Public Legal Education: The Role of Law Schools in Building a More Legally Literate Society

This book makes the case for a more legally literate society and then addresses why and how a law school might contribute to achieving that. Moreover examining what public legal education (PLE) is and the forms it can take, the book looks specifically at the ways in which a law school can get involved, including whether that is as part of an academic, credit-bearing, course or as extra-curricular activity.

Divided into five main chapters, the book first examines the nature of PLE and why its...