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Studia Iuridica

To overcome gender inequality in legal education: Ethical awareness

2021, 90, No. 1

Gülriz Uygur

0000-0002-2598-6350

Ankara University School of Law

Nadire Özdemir

0000-0003-1406-4833

Ankara University School of Law

DOI

10.31338/2544-3135.si.2022-90.11

Publication date

27.06.2022

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Law

Discipline

law

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

We claim that to combat stereotyping regarding gender inequalities in law, students should gain ethical awareness which includes awareness of prejudices and stereotypes. For this reason, we organized our clinical legal education in such a way as to combat students’ bias and make a transformation. In our lectures we used transformative methodology that includes intersectional analysis. In this article we explain our educational experience and describe our courses with its main principles.

Keywords:

clinical legal education,ethical awareness,transformative methodology,edukacja kliniki prawa,świadomość etyczna,metodologia transformacyjna

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