Law Students Research Articles

In search of legal barriers to Roma’s right to education

The department of law at University of Gothenburg has for a number of years worked in tandem with local non-profit organizations (focusing on such things as social work, minority rights, asylum rights, and labor law.) Collaboration has, for example, been implemented within law school clinics where students receive valuable experience and non-profit organizations benefit from the legal support provided by law students. In addition, a group of researchers at the department has explored the possibilities of mutually beneficial collaborations with civil society non-profit organizations. This paper explores the possibilities of research within the triad of students, researchers, and non-profit organizations, based on the experience of working with a Roma women’s organization, Trajosko Drom, in Gothenburg, Sweden. The paper argues that Martin Buber’s distinction between “I-Thou” and “I-It” (Buber 1958) may be fruitful when assessing the reciprocal dimension of such a collaboration and may mitigate the risk of what Miranda Fricker describes as “epistemic injustice” (Fricker 2007). The concrete context of this paper concerns barriers to education for Roma minorities in Sweden. These barriers are visible in materials well established within legal scholarship. However, without the benefit of a minority perspective, there is a risk of not noticing them. The paper’s main argument is that a collaboration with a local NGO that creates possibilities for the genuine and ontologically constitutive I-Thou relationships reduces the risk of marginalizing and silencing of voices within legal scholarship. However, in order to create possibilities for I-Thou, there is a need, first, of a mutual beneficial I-It relationship. Research collaborations with local NGO’s set up in this manner reduce the risk of epistemic injustice.

Executive Presence Among Young Management and Law Students of SPMVV: An Interventional Study

Executive presence (EP) is a critical attribute for success in leadership roles, combining confidence, communication skills, and the ability to inspire trust. This interventional study explores the impact of targeted EP training on management and law students at Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (SPMVV). A total of 100 students participated. They underwent a structured EP enhancement program comprising workshop on nonverbal communication, public speaking, and self-awareness. Pre- and post-intervention assessments measured changes in key EP dimensions, including selfconfidence, body language, and verbal clarity. Results revealed a significant improvement in the group, highlighting the effectiveness of the intervention in equipping future leaders with essential executive competencies. This study underscores the importance of integrating EP development into higher education curricula, particularly for management and law disciplines.

Bibliometric analysis of legal culture and legal education research

Introduction. The assessment of legal culture plays a significant role in shaping the identity of law students and improving the legal systems of various countries. Aim. This study aimed to analyse the scientific literature on legal culture and to identify influential authors, emerging trends, collaborative networks, and key topics that connect legal culture with the educational process. Methodology and research methods. A bibliometric analysis was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, utilising the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The study included 2106 documents from Scopus and 442 from Web of Science. Data were processed using Microsoft Excel and R-studio, with analysis focusing on annual trends, top-cited authors, and collaboration networks. Results and scientific novelty. The study revealed a consistent increase in scientific output, particularly from 2020 to 2023, with articles and books being the pre dominant forms of publication. Key topics included the professional identity of law students, emotional regulation in the legal profession, and the role of values in shaping legal education. The most influential authors were David Nelken in Scopus and Avi Rubin in Web of Science. Collaborative networks demonstrated robust international research connections. Practical significance. The research findings highlight the necessity of incorporating legal culture into legal education to improve the educational experience of law students. This integration emphasises the significance of emotional, ethical, and cognitive skills in their professional training

Associations Between the Neural Stress Response and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression.

Anxiety and depression disorders show high prevalence rates, and stress is a significant risk factor for both. However, studies investigating the interplay between anxiety, depression, and stress regulation in the brain are scarce. The present manuscript included 124 law students from the LawSTRESS project. Anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and psychosocial stress was induced with the imaging stress paradigm ScanSTRESS. Anxiety, but not depression scores, were significantly related to neural stress responses in a striato-limbic cluster. Moreover, relative to women, men showed stronger associations between anxiety scores and activation in striatal and temporal clusters. A bifactor model of the HADS suggested a general factor characterized by tension, nervousness, and cheerlessness, which was associated with activation changes in a similar but more circumscribed cluster than anxiety. In the LawSTRESS project, the HADS was assessed at five sampling points (1 year, 3 months, 1 week prior exam, 1 week, and 1 month thereafter), and thus an exploratory trajectory analysis could be performed. It confirmed the relationship between anxiety scores and striatal stress responses at baseline but revealed no predictive value of the neural measure across the sampling points. Our results suggest that-in healthy young participants-neural acute psychosocial stress responses in striato-limbic structures are associated with anxiety, supporting the assumption that these regions are related to individual differences in vulnerability to stress-related disorders. A correlation with depression scores could not be found, and possible explanations are discussed.

Developing a Professional Identity: Lessons For Women, BIPOC, and First-Generation Law Students From the Canaries in the Coalmines

This Article explores the concept of professional identity formation in the law, particularly as it pertains to women and lawyers of color. The topic of professional identity formation is an understudied area in legal education, despite the ABA’s new Standard 303(b)(3), which requires law schools to provide substantial opportunities for the development of professional identity. In the legal field, professional identity is often conflated with professionalism, which leads to confusion about how law schools should best prepare their students for their professional lives, and fails to fully equip students to join the profession. Studies from other professions have shown that professional identity is the development of an identity whereby, the newcomer to the profession is adopted into and successfully incorporates the values of the profession, merging the new professional identity with their existing personal identity. Professional identities are most effectively fostered through joining communities of practice, where newcomers are mentored and welcomed into the professional culture. The Author argues that because the legal profession in private firms is still primarily white and male dominated, women, lawyers of color, and first generation lawyers do not always have access to the kind of mentorship, supportive community, and positive narratives that are necessary to foster a strong professional identity. While efforts have been made to foster diversity and inclusion in law firms, these have still fallen short. Thus, even though women, students of color, and first generation students might have positive experiences in law schools, these experiences are not necessarily replicated in firms. The Article goes on to suggest that this failure to fully incorporate these groups into a supportive community of practice in law firms, and the subsequent failure to foster and promote strong professional identities, may be one reason why women and lawyers of color leave the profession at far higher rates than white men.

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Implementation of Virtual Reality Moot Court for Simulation and Procedural Law Learning of the Constitutional Court

The limited space for moot court simulations in law learning is one of the main obstacles. In the Constitutional Court's judicial practice, no faculty has a Moot courtroom identical to the actual courtroom. Every law student must be able to practice trial to improve their argumentation, advocacy, legal reasoning, and other problem-solving skills. This research aims to build and develop a Virtual Reality (VR) Moot Court that can be used as a Moot Court in the trial of the Constitutional Court. VR Moot Court is a means of practicum in the constitutional procedure law course. This research was carried out through scenario preparation and system design stages, followed by 3D asset optimization, user interaction design, multi-user design, and testing. This research utilizes Unity to build 3D assets and Spatial.io as a VR platform. For more immersive use, users can use VR headsets such as Oculus. However, VR Moot Court can also be accessed via smartphone or PC for broader use. The development of VR Moot Court is quite complex, requiring the optimization of assets used across various devices. This study optimizes poly, texture, material, and lighting. The results of VR Moot Court development in this study tested the system's functionality and measured the optimization results. The results of system optimization tests have shown a decrease in GPU and CPU usage. Meanwhile, the results of the functionality and user satisfaction tests also show that VR Moot Court, in addition to taking course learning outcomes in the constitutional court's procedural law course, this system is also relevant to the actual Constitutional Court courtroom. This research in the future requires the development of a type of moot courtroom for other kinds of courts.

PAGES OF THE HISTORY OF FORENSIC MEDICINE IN UKRAINE: PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY OF VOLODYMYR SERADSKYI AS THE FOUNDER AND HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION OF FORENSIC MEDICINE OF GALICIA

Seradsky Volodymyr Ivan (pol: SIERADZKI Wlodzimierz Jan, October 22, 1870, Wieliczka near Krakow, Poland - July 4, 1941, Lviv, Ukraine) - Polish physician, forensic doctor, professor and head of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Dean of Medical Faculty, Rector of Lviv University, co-author of a well-known in the international scientific community test for carboxyhemoglobin in the blood, President of the Lviv Medical Society, member of the German Society of Forensic Medicine, German Criminological Society, member of the International Academy of Forensic and Public Medicine, member of the Galician Society - Society of Physicians of Poland, honorary member of the Vilnius Society of Physicians, awarded the Cross of the Commander of the Order of the Polish Renaissance, the Cavalry Cross of the Order of the French Legion and the medal "10th anniversary of independence". According to the ministerial rescript of September 21, 1898, he became the head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Medical Department of Lviv University, at that time he had the title of associate professor. From the 1898-1899 academic year he began teaching forensic medicine, giving lectures on forensic psychopathology, from the 1899-1900 academic year he organized practical classes with students. He gave the first lecture for medical students on "Relations of forensic medicine with other medical sciences" on November 11, 1898, the first section of the corpse was held on June 26, 1899 (lectures were given for five hours a year, and practical classes were held two hours a week for fourth- and fifth-year students according to the Ministry of Education (1899). From the academic year 1900-1901 he began teaching forensic medicine for law students in the third year of study at Lviv University. Beginning in 1905, for more than three decades he headed the Department of Forensic Medicine of Lviv Medical University, and in 1939-41 - the Department of Forensic Medicine of Lviv Medical Institute. In 1899, V. Seradsky became an "extraordinary" professor of forensic medicine at the Faculty of Law and medical propaedeutics at the medical school, and five years later he received the title of "ordinary" professor. The main areas of research were psychopathology and its use in forensic medicine, the study of mechanisms of death by suffocation, postmortem changes in the form of fat wax, the study of blood subgroups, the study of hemolysins, cytotoxins, precipitins, forensic examination of infant death, criminal anthropology, history and development of medicine. He held universal positions: dean (1908-09, 1919-20), deputy dean (1909-10, 1921-22) of the Medical University, delegate of the Academic Senate (1913-14, 1914-15), part-time - head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy , General and Experimental Pathology (1915), Rector (1924-25), Vice-Rector (1926-27) of Lviv University Jan Kazimir.

Legal Writing in the United Kingdom: Impact on The Professional Development of Law Students

Legal writing is not only an essential skill for the career of those practicing law, but also an integral part of the training process at law schools in the UK. It is a mandatory subject in the undergraduate law degree (LLB) and a prerequisite course in the master's law program (LLM) at both intermediate and advanced levels. Known by various names and often combined with other subjects such as Legal Communication and Writing, Legal Research and Writing Skills, Legal Scholarship, etc., it typically spans two credits in the curriculum. This paper will analyze the teaching methods of Legal Writing Skills in UK law schools and the impact of legal writing on the professional development of law students. Using secondary sources, the paper will demonstrate how legal writing not only improves communication and argumentation skills of law students but also develops their critical thinking and deepens their understanding of the law. Moreover, legal writing poses significant challenges for learners, and innovative teaching methods are truly necessary to better prepare law students for their future professional development

Legal Counseling on Changing the Status of Building Use Rights to Ownership Rights in Merjosari Village, Lowokmaru District, Malang City

In 1997 the government regulated the policy of granting ownership rights to very simple houses and simple houses through KMNA/KBPN No. 9 of 1997 and KMNA/KBPN No. 6 of 1998 concerning Granting Ownership Rights to Residential Houses. The existence of this decision is very beneficial for land owners and residential houses located in housing complexes built by developers and for Indonesian citizens who own land with Building Use Rights for residential homes, it is easy to obtain changes to their land rights into Ownership Rights. To address the fact that in the statutory regulations, regulations regarding changing the status of Building Use Rights to Ownership Rights, it is deemed necessary to provide counseling/lectures so that the community in Merjosari Village, Lowokmaru District, Malang City knows the process and obstacles encountered in changing the status of Use Rights. The building becomes property rights. The counseling/lecture on the topic of changing the status of Building Use Rights to Ownership Rights involved lecturers from the Law Faculty of Cipta Wacana Christian University as a service team and involved law students from Cipta Wacana Christian University. Community service activities carried out in Merjosari Village, Lowokmaru District, Malang City can be said to have been carried out well in accordance with expectations.

The Genocide Case against Israel: from the Victim’s Side to the Defendant’s Bench?

Abstract This article presents a scholarly analysis of the United Nations International Court of Justice’s (icj) preliminary rulings issued in January, March, and May 2024 regarding South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, initiated in December 2023. The study critically examines these initial rulings, identifying the compelling arguments presented by the Court and comparing it to some other recent cases such as Nicaragua v. Germany. Employing a legal analytical methodology, the piece argues for the significant judicial implications of the icj’s preliminary findings and offers a tentative forecast for the expected main judgment. It further delves into the proper qualification of the crime of genocide as well as its characterization as a human rights law violation, providing the author’s perspective on the seriousness of the genocide allegations from both sides involved in this critical case. This study contributes to the existing scholarly literature on the Israeli-Hamas War and the broader Israeli–Palestinian conflict, emphasizing judicial aspects and the substantive part of international criminal law, specifically the crime of genocide. It aims to serve as a valuable resource for international law scholars, legal practitioners, academics, and students engaged in the complexities of state and individual criminal responsibility within the context of international law.

Peran Mahasiswa Fakultas Syariah Dan Hukum UINSU Dalam Melaksanakan Bantuan Hukum Secara Non Litigasi

Legal aid is one tool in efforts to achieve justice for the poor in Indonesia. Implementing legal aid is not only limited to the advocate profession but also legal professionals, lecturers, and law students. The involvement of UINSU Sharia and Law Faculty Students in Implementing Non-Litigation Legal Aid is not limited to just the demands of the legal aid law but is also an implementation of religious commands to always do good and prevent evil. In the academic aspect, the implementation of non-litigation legal assistance carried out by UINSU Faculty of Sharia and Law students is an experience in itself to test the theoretical knowledge gained in class with law enforcement practice in the field. This research is included in the qualitative research category. The research results concluded that even though it is still relatively limited, UINSU Faculty of Sharia and Law students have played a role in implementing non-litigation legal assistance. Barriers experienced by UINSU Faculty of Sharia and Law students in legal aid activities include lack of support, lack of student awareness of the social environment, lack of campus facilities and infrastructure, lack of funding for legal aid, quite busy study time, lack of self-confidence, lack of public understanding regarding legal aid as a right and public doubts regarding the status of students who can carry out non-litigation legal aid.

The Impact of Using Virtual Vocabulary Learning Applications on Enhancing Law Students’ Lexical Competence at the Tertiary Level

Technological advancements have transformed foreign language learning and teaching practices in the 21st century. Correspondingly, numerous online applications have arisen to meet the needs of English learners, one of which is Quizlet, a virtual vocabulary learning initiative. Having seen the growing popularity of Quizlet, the researcher investigated its effectiveness in developing 60 law students’ lexical competence within 12 weeks in the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year at a private university in Iraq. The participants were chosen via convenience sampling to represent the control and experimental groups. Control group students’ vocabulary lessons were based on a paper-based format through coursebooks and worksheets; however, experimental group students’ lessons were enriched with Quizlet to learn legal terminology through flashcards, games, tests, and self-study folders in an Academic English course. Vocabulary exams, questionnaires, and interviews were used to collect data using mixed methods research design principles. Quantitative data were analyzed by SPSS via descriptive statistics or independent samples t-test, respectively; however, qualitative data gathered by interviews were categorized under specific themes through content analysis using MAXQDA. The findings revealed that Quizlet-enriched instruction paid off with higher vocabulary exam marks, satisfaction, and motivation rates. On the other hand, control group students did not progress noticeably. The findings of this study can offer specific implications for educators interested in integrating technological tools into vocabulary lessons.

Проблемні аспекти припинення підприємницької діяльності фізичними особами-підприємцями в Україні

Abstract. The article includes the definition and systematization of the main reasons and consequences that encourage entrepreneurs to stop their activities, the analysis of the legislative framework that regulates this process, as well as the development of recommendations for improving legal conditions to minimize the negative consequences of the cessation of activities for business entities and the country's economy in general . In particular, the issue of termination of business activities of individual entrepreneurs in Ukraine is investigated, emphasizing its relevance due to economic, legislative, social and tax aspects. The article examines major economic changes, such as globalization and technological development, that force entrepreneurs to adapt or cease operations, affecting the economy and the legal sphere. Analysis of legislation reveals innovations in the regulation of this process and their effectiveness. Emphasis is placed on understanding and legal aspects of termination of economic activity of an individual entrepreneur, in particular, voluntary and forced termination are distinguished. It is established that most authors describe this process as a complex legal procedure with various legal consequences and discuss the problems of imperfection of legislation in the context of modern trends towards the unification of legal norms. In addition, the article covers the issue of classification of the grounds for termination of the activity of an individual entrepreneur depending on the will of the owners and the legality of the process, with an emphasis on social and legal realities that shape business practice in Ukraine. It is concluded that the termination of entrepreneurial activity by a natural person-entrepreneur is a legal process regulated by numerous regulatory documents, in particular the Civil Code of Ukraine and other legislative acts. Termination of activity can be initiated by the entrepreneur himself or due to forced circumstances, such as bankruptcy. This analysis is important for understanding the processes governing the termination of the FOP, and can serve as practical material for lawyers, entrepreneurs, and law students. Keywords: Civil Code of Ukraine; Economic Code of Ukraine; subjects of economic activity; termination of business entity activity; natural persons-entrepreneurs; liquidation; termination.

Belonging in the Law Classroom: Preliminary Reflections from a South Australian Case Study

This article reports the findings of the Belonging in the Law Classroom Project (Belonging Project) – a qualitative research project undertaken during 2022 with the support of an UniSA Early Career Researcher Teaching and Learning Grant. The Belonging Project aims to improve the experience and retention of first-year Law students by better understanding and fostering their sense of belonging in the online or physical classroom. The idea that students can and need to belong to a higher education community has become engrained within higher education policy and practice. Past studies have identified a strong causal link between students’ sense of belonging at University and student retention. This has led to a sustained focus on developing institutional strategies to improve student engagement, largely focused on extra-curricular supports or activities, but less focus on what happens in the classroom to foster student belonging. By focusing on student belonging in the classroom, and enacting dialogic approaches to provide students with opportunities to talk and explore within the classroom setting, as well as connecting with their life worlds and funds of knowledge to help students identify the existing skills and resources that they bring to the law studies, the Belonging Project provides a fresh perspective for teaching staff to understand student retention and engagement This article will explore some of the practical frameworks, exemplars and resources complied during the Belonging Project to provide first year law teachers with building blocks that they can utilise to foster student belonging in their classroom.

Navigating English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in Morocco: Challenges, Opportunities, and Technological Integration

This study examines the perceptions and experiences of law and humanities students at the multidisciplinary faculty of Taza, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, regarding English for Specific Purposes (ESP) education in Morocco. Using a mixed-methods approach, quantitative data from a survey of 130 students is complemented by qualitative insights from interviews and classroom observations. Findings reveal that 79% of respondents stress the need for ESP curricula tailored to their academic disciplines, with over 70% advocating for increased class frequency and interactive instructional methods. Challenges include technological limitations, such as compatibility issues with the Rosetta Stone application, and significant disparities in student proficiency levels, which complicate instruction in large, diverse classes. A gap in lesson adequacy is also noted between law and humanities students, underscoring the need for discipline-specific approaches. Recommendations include enhancing collaboration between language instructors and subject-matter experts, addressing logistical barriers, and improving technology integration. These measures aim to strengthen ESP programs in Morocco, equipping students with the skills needed for academic and professional success.

Dataset of video game-based assessments in digital culture courses at Indoamerica University.

This dataset contains evaluation results from video game-based assessments administered to first-level university students across six different academic programs at Universidad Indoamérica from October 2022 to August 2024. The data were collected using an adapted version of Pacman through the ClassTools.net platform, where traditional quiz questions were integrated into gameplay mechanics. The dataset comprises 1418 assessment attempts from students in Law, Medicine, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Architecture, and Nursing programs, documenting their performance in digital culture and computing courses. Each record includes attempt number, timestamp, student identifier, gender, academic period, section, career program, and score achieved. The dataset enables analysis of student performance patterns, learning progression through multiple attempts, and comparative studies across different academic programs and periods. This information can support research in educational gamification, assessment design, and digital learning strategies in higher education.

Scholarship with a Purpose: Frontiers of Gender Equality Pushes the Boundaries for Students and Scholars Alike

Abstract This review article critiques Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives, edited by Rebecca J Cook. Composed of chapters centred on advancing gender equality, Frontiers differs from the typical edited collection because the authors worked collaboratively and shared a common purpose. They are all strongly committed to substantive equality (as opposed to formal equality) and recognise the importance of addressing intersectional discrimination. In their respective chapters the authors expand the discourse surrounding gender equality law by envisioning transformative approaches to righting gendered wrongs in domestic, regional and international human rights systems. While the collection is certainly valuable for scholars and legal practitioners, this review article considers its value for a different audience – that of graduate students in law and gender studies. Because the book is far more structured and unified than the typical edited collection, it could serve as a foundational textbook for an advanced comparative course on gender equality and the law. This review article – authored by a professor and a law student – analyses the book’s considerable strengths as a textbook. However, it also identifies certain weaknesses and suggests supplementary materials, in order to provide better coverage of the Asia-Pacific region.

Law school culture and curriculum: Correcting social justice drift

This article examines the problem of social justice drift among law students. The author discusses institutional measures to reverse this trend and identifies shortcomings of existing policies. Noting that the focus has been trained on expanding social justice-oriented curricular and extracurricular offerings, the author contends that mainstreaming social justice in the core curriculum of professionally accredited law degrees is more likely to prevent the attenuation of social justice commitment among students and better equip the next generation of legal practitioners to pursue careers in social justice. Options for curricular reform to this end are duly considered.

Using Generative AI to Identify Arguments in Judges’ Reasons: Accuracy and Benefits for Students

This study evaluates the effectiveness of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in identifying and reconstructing legal arguments from judges’ reasons in court cases, focusing on the practical implications for law students and legal educators. By examining the performance of two versions of popular Large Language Models – ChatGPT and Claude – across five recent High Court of Australia decisions, the study makes a preliminary assessment of the accuracy of LLM systems in replicating a skill essential for lawyers: identification of arguments and argument chains in judges’ reasons. The methodology involves marking LLM-generated outputs with reference to both a sample answer and a detailed rubric. Key findings reveal a significant variance in the accuracy of different LLMs, with Claude 3.5 markedly outperforming all others, achieving average grades up to 90 per cent. In contrast, ChatGPT versions demonstrated lower accuracy, with average marks not exceeding 50 per cent. These results highlight the critical importance of selecting the right GAI system for legal applications, as well as the necessity for users to critically engage with AI outputs rather than relying solely on automated tools. The study concludes that while LLMs hold potential benefits for the legal profession, including increased efficiency and enhanced access to justice, for GAI use that may be carried out by a law student, the technology cannot yet replace the nuanced human skill of legal argument analysis.