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Same-Sex Legal Education: A Case Study of First Year Public Law Students

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Despite formal equality between female and male students in United Kingdom Law Schools, slightly more female students in many institutions, and supposed gender ‘neutrality’ in the law curriculum, legal education remains highly masculinised (see for example Cownie, 2000). For the dual purpose of exploring ways to challenge this gendered concept of law through our curriculum and teaching, and to try to identify ways in which more positive learning environments can be fostered for all of our students, we offered some single-sex classes (to run alongside the existing mixed classes) for one first year module, Public Law. Our interest was sparked by the observation of gendered segregation (whether conscious or unconscious) in terms of both seating arrangements and class composition. A (purely accidental) all male class appeared to lead to an enhanced experience in terms of participation and engagement with the material, and we were keen to explore the issues raised by this much more fully. This paper presents our findings from this case study, drawing on the insights of the students through a module evaluation questionnaire and a focus group conducted at the end of the semester, as well as our own reflections on our experiences as tutors.
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Francis, Andrew. and Barker, Nicola. "Same-Sex Legal Education: A Case Study of First Year Public Law Students" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society, J.W. Marriott Resort, Las Vegas, NV, <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p17758_index.html>

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Francis, A. and Barker, N. "Same-Sex Legal Education: A Case Study of First Year Public Law Students" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society, J.W. Marriott Resort, Las Vegas, NV <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p17758_index.html

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Abstract: Despite formal equality between female and male students in United Kingdom Law Schools, slightly more female students in many institutions, and supposed gender ‘neutrality’ in the law curriculum, legal education remains highly masculinised (see for example Cownie, 2000). For the dual purpose of exploring ways to challenge this gendered concept of law through our curriculum and teaching, and to try to identify ways in which more positive learning environments can be fostered for all of our students, we offered some single-sex classes (to run alongside the existing mixed classes) for one first year module, Public Law. Our interest was sparked by the observation of gendered segregation (whether conscious or unconscious) in terms of both seating arrangements and class composition. A (purely accidental) all male class appeared to lead to an enhanced experience in terms of participation and engagement with the material, and we were keen to explore the issues raised by this much more fully. This paper presents our findings from this case study, drawing on the insights of the students through a module evaluation questionnaire and a focus group conducted at the end of the semester, as well as our own reflections on our experiences as tutors.

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