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51 Alta. L. Rev. 717 (2013-2014)
Decolonizing Law School

handle is hein.journals/alblr51 and id is 771 raw text is: DECOLONIZING LAW SCHOOL 717 DECOLONIZING LAW SCHOOL RODERICK A. MACDONALD* AND THOMAS B. MCMORROW This article provides an examination of the future of law school in Canada through the framework of colonization and decolonization. The authors identify five interconnected forms of contemporary colonization in law school, namely intellectual, professional, market, consumerist, and herd colonization, all ofwhich are impacted by the catalyst oftechnology. The process ofdecolonizing law school identiled by the authors is fundamentally a process of moving the role ofhuman agency to the foreground in designing, building, and renovating institutional orders that foster human flourishing. Cet article s'avkre 1 etude de I avenir de 1 &ole de droit au Canada b travers le cadre de la colonisation et de la dccolonisation. L auteur determine cinq formes de colonisation contemporaines dans l'ecolede droit, notamment la colonisation intellectuelle, professionnelle, de marche, consumbriste et collective. Toutes cesformes de colonisation sont touch&s par le catalyseur de la technologie. Le processus de la decolonisation de l'ecole de droit identifidpar 'auteur constitue essentiellement a diplacer le rdle d'agence humaine au premier plan en concevant, en construisant et en rdnovant les ordres institutionnels promouvant l'dpanouissement humain. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. II. INTRODUCTION: PERENNIAL CHALLENGES ............. INTELLECTUAL COLONIZATION: To KNoW ONESELF . PROFESSIONAL COLONIZATION: MEANS AND ENDS . IV. MARKET COLONIZATION: RANKINGS AND NUMBER CRUNCHING ........ V. COLONIZATION BY CONSUMERISM: FROM COMMON PURPOSE TO LEGALISM . VI. COLONIZATION BY THE HERD: EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT .............. VII. FROM COLONIZED TO COLONIZER: TECHNOLOGY AND EMPIRE ................ VIII. CONCLUSION: THE POGO QUESTION ......... ........... 717 ........ . 720 ......... . 722 ...... . 725 ........ . 728 ...... . 731 ...... . 734 ............. . 737 I. INTRODUCTION: PERENNIAL CHALLENGES Our sense ofthe future is always tributary to our ever-changing understandings ofthe past. So any reflection about the future of law school ought to begin with an interpretation of what law school has been in the past. One can profitably begin that interpretive exercise by reflecting upon the title of this conference - The Future of Law School - and what is signalled by that choice of title. FR Scott Professor of Constitutional and Public Law, McGill University. Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology. This is a revised version of a paper written for the opening panel of The Future of Law School conference held at the University of Alberta in September 2013. We would like to thank participants at that conference for their constructive feedback, and in particular the following people who commented on this text at various stages of its development: Harry Arthurs, Sasha Baglay, Andrew Biteen, Ben Green, Michelle Dervan, Nathalie Des Rosiers, Kate Glover, Richard Janda, Daniel Jutras, Hoi Kong, Lindall S Mcdonald, David Sandomierski, Jeremy Webber, and John D Whyte. 717 DECOLONIZlNG LAW SCHOOL

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