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Challenges for legal education in the era of i.r.4.0
Abdul Ghani, A., I. M1.
The formulation of the National Policy on Industrial Revolution
4.0 (IR4.0) and the Internet of things signals the readiness of the
Malaysian government to come up with the necessary policy
framework for the digitalised era. It has been said that universities’
curriculum structure and instructional design must also be revisited
to ready the graduates to face the onslaught of the technological
revolution. Through content analysis of relevant literature, this
paper analysed the myriad ways in which legal education has
been impacted by IR4.0 both in terms of the ‘body of knowledge’
as well as the ‘skill sets’ required for law students to survive in
the era of autonomous systems. The paper was structured to first
explain the concept of IR4.0 and how some national countries
leverage digital technology to improve their economy or facilitate
social transformation. The paper proceeded with a discussion of
how autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and data analysis
can enhance the instructional design of teaching and researching
law. In terms of the body of knowledge, most of the legal principles
drawn for the brick and mortar environment are no longer relevant
in the IR4.0 era. The paper reveals that the traditional method
that focuses on the training of law graduates to think like a
lawyer by understanding the reasoning in the judgement of cases
or the preparation of conveyancing and court documents are no
longer relevant in the IR4.0 era as these activities could easily be undertaken by bots. Instead, law students should be imparted
with a multiplicity of human skills that cannot be performed by
autonomous systems such as those involving conscience, high level
thinking and emotions such as mediation, negotiation, counselling,
court prosecution, advocacy, witness examination, plea mitigation
as well as social skills, resource management skills, technical skills
and most importantly system skills.
Affiliation:
- International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
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