This book provides a sustained investigation of the theoretical and practical aspects of legal practice and education, synthesizing and developing nearly thirty years of Professor Sampford's critical thought, analysis and academic leadership. First, the book explains the significance of the 'critical', 'theoretical' and 'ethical' dimensions of legal education and legal practice in making more effective practitioners. Second, it explores the old/new challenges and opportunities for ethical lawyers.

Charles Sampford is the Foundation Dean of Law at Griffith University, Australia, (a law school which achieved a top 50 world ranking within 20 years) who has led a range of national and global research centres and currently directs the multi-university Institute of Ethics, Governance and Law.

Hugh Breakey is a Research Fellow at Griffith University's Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Australia, and President of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics.

1. Dancing Around the Vortex: A Personal Introduction

(Charles Sampford)

Part I: Legal Education, Theory and Ethics

2. Law, Ethics and Institutional Reform: Finding Philosophy, Displacing Ideology

(Charles Sampford)

3. "Theoretical Dimensions" of Legal Education

(Charles Sampford (with David Wood))

4. Reflection: Philosophy in legal education: Promises and perils

(Hugh Breakey and Charles Sampford)

Part II: Australian Law Schools after Pearce - a case study in educating critical, theoretical and ethical lawyers?

5. Revisiting Pearce

(Charles Sampford)

6. Reflections on a Respectable Revolution

(Charles Sampford)

7. Law Student Numbers: Reassessing the Issues

(Charles Sampford (with Christine Parker))

8. Reflections on developments in Legal education

(Charles Sampford)

Part III: Legal Ethics: Opportunities and Challenges in Education & Practice

9. What's a Lawyer doing in a nice place like this?

(Charles Sampford)

10. Educating Lawyers to be Ethical Advisers

(Charles Sampford (with Sophie Blencowe))

11. The Ethics of Employed lawyers

(Charles Sampford)

12. Reflection: Educating Ethical Lawyers

(Hugh Breakey and Charles Sampford)

13. Reflection: New Challenges to Ethical Practice

(Charles Sampford)

Part IV: Legal ethics in a globalizing world

14. Get New Lawyers!

(Charles Sampford)

15. More and more lawyers but still no judges

(Charles Sampford)

16. Goldsmith's Delinquent Client

(Charles Sampford)

17. Professions without Borders: Global Ethics and the International Rule of Law

(Charles Sampford)

18. Reflection: New Challenges and opportunities for law, lawyering and legal education

(Charles Sampford)