How can the principles of Ubuntu be applied in criminal justice
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The principles ofUbuntu: Using the legalclinical model to trainagents of social change
Professor Nekima Levy-pounds EsqandArtika Tyner Esq1For the past few decades, the legal clinical model has been used as a tool to teach law students theart of practising law.2Typically, this model focuses on providing law students with an opportunityto work with clients and to handle legal cases in a safe environment, and often in slow motion.3Although the legal clinical model has a number of advantages in assisting students to safelytransition from law students to lawyers, it falls short in stressing the importance of using the lawas a tool to achieve social justice within our society. The purpose of this paper is to propose thatthe legal clinical model be revamped to train law students to become not just lawyers, but agents The principles of Ubuntu: Using the legal clinical model to train agents of social change71 Professor Nekima Levy-Pounds is the Director ofthe Community Justice Project (CJP) and ArtikaTyner is a Clinical Law Fellow at the University ofSt. Thomas, School of Law, Minneapolis,Minnesota. Through the CJP, students can integratethe University of St. Thomas’ mission into theirClinic experience as they work for justice andreconciliation. Following the sub-Saharan Africanideology of Ubuntu, clinical students focus oncreating systemic changes that will furtherhumanitarian goals. The CJP strives to build bridgeswith community stakeholders and to workcollaboratively to address problems in distressedcommunities. Students conduct research andpropose practical solutions to longstandinginjustices, such as police brutality and racialdisparities in the criminal justice, educational andjuvenile justice systems.2 See Clinical Anthology: Readings for Live ClientClinics (Susan L. Kay et al. eds., Anderson Pub. Co.,2003) (clinic programs were introduced during the
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