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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The role of the corporate mega-firm |
Author: | Krook, J. |
Citation: | Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity, 2016; 4(2):65-73 |
Publisher: | Griffith University ePress |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 2203-3114 2203-3114 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Joshua Krook |
Abstract: | This article discusses the role of the corporate mega-firm in shaping the dreams, aspirations, and ambitions of Australian law students. In sum, I argue that students begin law school with clear social and moral convictions and leave as apolitical, passive enforcers of the law, unable to question the legal rules and principles they have been taught. Instead of pursuing careers in social justice and other areas of public advocacy, students are taught to believe that corporate law and corporate work are the only models of success. In the face of an onslaught of corporate messaging, advertising and media, it is difficult for students to retain a sense of their own moral compass. By the end of their degrees, law students often begin to rationalise a newly market-centric outlook on life, resulting in the loss of a new generation of public advocates to corporate positions. |
Keywords: | law school law student legal education corporate law Australia law degree corporate career social justice |
Description: | Published in December 2016 |
Rights: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC BY-NC 4.0) |
Published version: | https://griffithlawjournal.org/index.php/gjlhd/article/view/828 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Law publications |
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