Promoting academic integrity in legal education: 'Unanswered questions' on disclosure

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dc.contributor.authorJames, Colin
dc.contributor.authorMahmud, Saadia
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-29T22:56:00Z
dc.date.available2018-11-29T22:56:00Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2018-11-29T08:09:33Z
dc.description.abstractLaw students are a special case in academic integrity. If a law student breaches academic integrity policy, such as by plagiarism or collusion during their legal education, it may have long-term consequences for their reputation and their future in the legal profession. Graduating law students applying for admission to practise as a lawyer are advised to disclose mere investigations, whether or not they were found to have breached the rules, as failure to disclose may lead to their admission being refused or delayed. This paper analyses the views of 28 academic integrity stakeholders across six Australian universities, interviewed by the Academic Integrity Standards Project, with a specific focus on the 12 interviewees that were associated with legal education in their own institution. While the broader understanding of academic integrity among participants associated with legal education was similar to that of the overall participants interviewed in the study, legal academics raised the issue of disclosure requirements for a breach of academic integrity policy by students, given the significant professional consequences for a law student. Based on our findings, we propose a need for clarity and uniformity in the rules of disclosure as part of the emerging national legal profession. We also propose an approach that promotes academic integrity as an emergent professional integrity among law students, rather than focusing resources on identification and punishing students who breach academic integrity policy.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1833-2595
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/153362
dc.publisherSpringer Open
dc.sourceInternational Journal for Educational Integrity
dc.titlePromoting academic integrity in legal education: 'Unanswered questions' on disclosure
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage16
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage3
local.contributor.affiliationJames, Colin, ANU College of Law, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationMahmud, Saadia, University of South Australia
local.contributor.authoremailu1004454@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidJames, Colin, u1004454
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor180100 - LAW
local.identifier.absseo970118 - Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1000239xPUB211
local.identifier.citationvolume10
local.identifier.thomsonID000212679500002
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1000239
local.type.statusPublished Version

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