Abstract
Romanians eat our Big Macs, wolf down pizza slices at Pizza Hut, and guzzle Coca-Cola. They wear baseball caps, Nike clothing, and tennis shoes. They listen to American rap and pop music, see American movies with Romanian subtitles, and watch all of our old television shows. Romanians of all ages, but especially the young, hunger and thirst for all things Western, particularly from the United States. Doesn't it follow, then, that Romanian law schools ought to have - and, indeed, Romanian law professors would want - that symbol of an innovative, modern American law school curriculum: a live client clinical program? The answer is a resounding no. Most Romanian educators are not familiar with clinical legal education and are too busy to be seriously interested in any curricular reform. Those professors who are knowledgeable about clinical education generally believe that in-house live client clinics are completely unworkable in the Romanian context. From my perspective, these Romanians are absolutely correct. Given the existing structure of Romanian education, the nature of the Romanian system, and the limited resources available to Romanian law schools, pedagogically sound in-house live client clinics are not feasible.
Publication Title
Clinical Law Review
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
315
Recommended Citation
Rodney J. Uphoff,
Why In-House Live Client Clinics Won't Work in Romania: Confessions of a Clinician Educator,
6
Clinical L. Rev
315
(1999).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/clr/vol6/iss1/8