8 th WORLDWIDE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE EDUCATION 13 th INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2015 ESKISEHIR, TURKEY Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 1

Clinical Legal Education Understanding Establishment and Sustainability Factors in Setting up and Running Law Clinics through a Systematic Review Method that Identifies Knowledge Gaps: A Method with Benefits Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 2

Introduction Consider the economic meltdown in many countries around the world Think about the continued need for access to justice in light of legal aid funding cuts Consider the un-employability of our law graduates upon completion of their studies Think about the law clinic and the factors affecting its creation and sustainability Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 3

Research Background Research on clinical legal education Focus is on the clinic in Zimbabwe Why I am at a GAJE conference GAJE conference connection with my research Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 4

Objective of Inquiry To provide insights into the contributing factors to the success and/or failure of clinical legal education To explain and understand the factors relevant in the creation and sustainability of clinical legal programmes from a Zimbabwean context To make a contribution to knowledge and to the global clinical movement Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 5

Systematic Literature Review What are these relevant factors? How do we identify them? What do we do with them? The concept of a Systematic Review method (Mkwebu, T. 2015a, ın press) The concept of Grounded Theory method (Mkwebu, T. 2015b, ın preparatıon) Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 6

Systematic Review Results What the Systematic Review of Literature has revealed 20 factors identified and categorised as influential factors relevant in the establishment and sustainability of clinical programmes Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 7

Influential Factors Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom Views of clinical legal education as untested and unorthodox Collaboration of the law clinic with different stakeholders The global clinical movement as a knowledge resource platform Student enthusiasm or lack thereof The notion that clinical legal education is a form of legal imperialism Research-intensive institution and clinical pedagogy Political/governmental and/or external interference Retention and status of clinical faculty Ties with the community served by the institution Socio-economic-cultural and political issues Legal service delivery policy Resistance from the legal profession Relationship between the legal academy law clinic and the judiciary Tension between education and service objectives Types of students chosen for clinic Staff-student power relationships Attitudes of the more traditional law academic staff Integration of clinic within curriculum Availability of financial and human resources Jurisdictional policy on higher education 8

Thematic Issues Resources Institutional Relational Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 9

Thematic Issues Regulation may be another category to consider There is obviously a gap between reality and literature Write Systematic Review of literature has shown that resources are there but who has time to read 9000 articles Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 10

Knowledge Gaps Beyond establishment to sustainability and finances Partnership and stakeholders Clinic as mainly a social justice vehicle or clinic primarily as a pedagogy Geographical spread of articles Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 11

Questions What do we know? Where do we go from here? How do we get there? Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 12

References Mkwebu, T. (2015, ın press). A Systematıc Revıew of Lıterature on Clınıcal Legal Educatıon: A Tool for Researchers ın Respondıng to an Explosıon of Clınıcal Scholarshıp, Internatıonal Journal of Clınıcal Legal Educatıon, Vol.22, No.3 Mkwebu, T. (2016, ın preparatıon). Understandıng the Establıshment and Sustaınabılıty Factors ın Settıng up and Runnıng Law Clınıcs through a Systematıc Revıew Method that Identıfıes Knowledge Gaps: A Method wıth Benefıts Tribe Mkwebu, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 13