The use of legal academic work by barristers: An introduction to Scholarship for the Legal Community

Legal scholarship is often thought to be indispensable in understanding the informing principles of an area of law, and many judges have indicated a receptiveness to having such work cited in court. Despite that, academic writing is rarely relied upon by counsel, and is rarely cited in judgments. Scholarship for the Legal Community provides an online platform from which to access recent pieces of doctrinal academic research, in the hope of addressing this gap by making high quality academic work more accessible to barristers, and consequently, the courts.

In this CPD, the presenters will explain the origins of the platform, introduce the platform and make some observations about how it may be used by Counsel.

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