Welcome!
Welcome to the Canadian Clinical Legal Education Conference (CCLEC) homepage, hosted by the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law.

Conference Notes are Now Available
Conference Notes - Day 1
Conference Notes - Day 2
Small Group Session - Funding Your Clinic - Sustainability With Limited Resources and Budgets
Small Group Session - Managing Student Clinics - Best Practices
Small Group Session - Public Legal Education - Assessing needs and finding partners
Small Group Session - Serving Our Communities Better
Small Group Session - Student Evaluation and Case Management
Small Group Session - Teaching Methods in Clinical Education Courses

Conference Videos are Now Available
Recordings from the conference are now available on our Vimeo page.

Why Is This Debate Important?
Legal education in Canada has not changed significantly for the past century.  Isn’t it time that we had a hard look at legal education and debate what changes should be made to create the best lawyers in the 21st century?

The Carnegie Report
In 2007 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching released a report called Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law.  This book has galvanized a debate in the United States that has been growing for some time. read more...