Maharg, Paul2015-06-292015-06-291360-1326http://hdl.handle.net/1885/14143Information and communications technology in professional legal education courses is perceived as problematic for teachers and course designers. It is so not because technology is inherently difficult or strange, but because at a deep level it can threaten the practice and identity of teachers. However the contextual challenges of their position, caught between academy and practice, may actually enable professional legal educators to take account of new technologies. The article discusses this proposal, using the example of the incremental development of a discussion forum. It suggests that the tools of pragmatist and transformative meta-theory may point the way forward for professional legal educators to create their own community of practice in the use of ICT in professional legal learning.Paul Maharg 2006.legal educatione-learningsimulationvirtual worldstaff developmentlearning2006http://webjcli.org/about/submissions#copyrightNotice..."Copyright in all contributions accepted for publication remains with the Author(s), and the publishers acquire publication rights. Author(s) are free to re-use their own material but if all or any part of published material is reproduced elsewhere, the author should acknowledge the Web Journal of Current Legal Issues as the original place of publication." from the publisher website as at 30/06/2015