The Role of Industry in Legal Education

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In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Shirley Southgate, Leo Cussen’s Executive Director is hosted by Jerome Doraisamy to explore the strong relationship between the legal profession and educational providers.

They discuss the significance of this relationship as well as the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the profession to work together on legal education, the importance of proactivity in communicating educational needs and strategies for creating meaningful educational programs.

Our Executive Director also reflects on Leo Cussen’s partnerships, their successes and the valuable lessons learned from 50 years of operation. She highlights potential challenges on the horizon, ways to capitalize on market opportunities and introduces new offerings from Leo Cussen coming into the new year.

 

 

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