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With its roots in voluntary legal aid associations and with the support of international organizations, clinical legal education (CLE) emerged in China in 2000. Two years later, the first 11 institutions with clinical programs together formed a national academic organization, the Committee on Chinese Clinical Legal Education (CCCLE), affiliated with the China Association for Legal Education. Since then, dozens of additional Chinese law clinics have opened, often alongside the voluntary legal aid associations. Moreover, membership in the CCCLE has expanded dramatically. The new CLE programs offer students the chance to develop professional lawyering skills and provide legal assistance to poor and disadvantaged members of Chinese society. Despite encountering some resistance to its nontraditional approach to legal training, the important role of CLE is increasingly being recognized within the legal academy and the judicial system.
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Baskir, C.E., Liqun, M., Ao, L. (2015). Chinese Clinical Legal Education: Globalizing and Localizing. In: Sarker, S.P. (eds) Clinical Legal Education in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137517531_3
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