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1A: Remedies in the Arsenal of the Modern Lawyer
by Leon Kalicharan September 17, 2013 0 Comments
This is a new section that has been introduced into this course based on the
flexibility provided by the blended learning methodology adopted. It is also
introduced to realign the course with the core objectives that were envisaged
when the course was first conceptualised 40 years ago and rebranded 16
years ago i.e. to provide law students with a skill set of providing legal
remedies to their future clients. At that time, the lawyer was a totally different
professional from what he is called to be today and since that time, there have
been tremendous changes in the legal profession around the world:
1. There is increased competition as globally, more and more
professionals are created in a limited marketplace.
2. Clients are more concerned about viable solutions to their problems as
opposed to the traditional adversarial attitudes adopted in the past
which were time-consuming, expensive and inefficient. This has led to
the infusion of mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution
within the framework of civil litigation.
3. The shrinking world brought about by globalisation has seen the cross-
border need for efficiency in legal services to support business activity
in a more complex environment with increased specialisation.
4. The complexity of life and the demands for justice, equity and fairness
have reconfigured the legal landscape away from simply redress in the
Supreme Court, to alternative and parallel remedies in specialised
tribunals created by statute, regional and international legal obligations
to facilitate trade (such as under the CSME), and the emergence of new
social environments which have propelled the courts to respond through
the development of new mechanisms.
1. Technology has had the effect of:
providing clients with virtually free legal advice in many areas and
dedicated legal services on the Internet;
Reconfiguring the way law is practiced with the advent of virtual and
semi-virtual law firms with the ability to practice globally from a single,
fixed, remote location;
Making knowledge is more accessible so clients have a range of
providers to choose from;
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Increasing communications that continue to make time and distance
irrelevant so that English firms can now outsource their legal research
and services to lawyers in India and Pakistan.

This section of the course will therefore explore these issues so as to
contextualise the need for a broader appreciation of the new configuration of
the course content. A variety of approaches will be taken to facilitate this
discussion. For the Part 1A, all relevant material will be posted on TWEN
(based on the references herein or as may be given from time to time) for
students to download and review for discussion. However, students will be
required to build on their own knowledge regarding Part 1B and to do
additional research.

As far as technology is concerned, students can visit the Year 2 blog on Law
and Technology located at www.caribbeanlawtech.wordpress.com to follow the
discussion and access the materials there. You are only required to have a
general idea of the consequences of technology on changing the way that
practice is conducted especially as it relates to the lawyer as a problem-
solver. However, you are free to browse the site and participate in discussions
as you wish.