美国诊所法律教育精神在中国的本土化解读

American Clinic Law Education’ Localization in China

诊所法律教育在美国1960年代兴起,发展到现在已深深地扎根于美国的法学教育制度中,并为美国的正义法律事业作出了杰出的贡献,它的精神在于通过法学教育培养合格的法律人和实现法律人的将对人类的苦难不能遏制的同情心转化为帮助苦难人们的法律事业的愿望。20世纪末,中国的部分法学院在美国福特基金会的鼎力资助下,开始了中国的诊所法律教育的事业历程,这一历程既是美国诊所法律教育在中国的本土化,也是对诊所法律教育精神的解读。

Clinic law education rise in the sixties in the U. S. A., now it has already taken root deeply in law education in the U.S.A., and has made remarkable contribution for the legal cause of justice of the U.S.A.. It’ s spirit is to train qualified legal person , give themselves sympathy to the hu man being and help suffering people. At the end of the 20th century, with the ca pital from the American Ford Fundation , some law schools of China begun the cou rse of China law education of China, which was the beginning of localization of clinic law education of China, it is also the expression of the spirit of the cl inic law education.