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  • Building on these limitations, future research should examine how immersive VR environments designed in line with the identified criteria influence outcomes aligned with CLE and experiential learning, including performance on procedural tasks, the quality of legal reasoning in case work, and transfer to novel scenarios.

    Bridging Theory and Practice: Designing Immersive Virtual Reality Environments for Legal Education · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding about the motivations of AGs to move into the private sector and create State AG Practices. There is a need to examine the effect of the revolving door on regulatory compliance in the private sector.

    State Attorneys General, Revolving Doors and the Market for Regulatory Compliance · 2026 · DOI

  • The increasing internationalization of legal education has strengthened the importance of English proficiency and professional legal communication. There is a need to develop legal writing competence in law students.

    METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR DEVELOPING LEGAL WRITING COMPETENCE IN LEGAL EDUCATION · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of an autonomous academic discipline within the domain of commercial law in Italy. The need for a unified legal system. The limited dissemination of legal information and the development of comparative law.

    Law in a Changing Economy and Society – Italy, the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: The Birth of Academic Legal Knowledge · 2026 · DOI

  • Future studies can analyze the effectiveness of legal empowerment methods in different contexts. The paper suggests that future research can focus on promoting the online format of seminars and public lessons. Future studies can also analyze the challenges faced by para-lawyers in implementing legal empowerment methods.

    Effectiveness of legal empowerment methods of community members used by para-lawyers · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could further analyze Alexy's views on the nature of legal philosophy. Future research could explore the implications of Alexy's conception of legal philosophy for the practice of legal philosophy.

    Contemporary Perspectives in the Philosophy of Law: Robert Alexy (I) · 2026 · DOI

  • The legal profession is facing challenges in adapting to the changing needs of clients. Attorneys-at-law need to develop new competencies to provide effective support to clients in a collaborative and egalitarian decision-making process. The legal education and training programs need to be revised to prepare attorneys-at-law for the changing needs of clients.

    Transformacja praktyki radcy prawnego w relacjach z klientem poprzez podejście kompetencyjne do etyki zawodowej: uwagi na tle nowelizacji Kodeksu Etyki Radcy Prawnego · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can focus on developing and testing the competency profile and model for attorneys-at-law in different legal contexts. Research can explore the impact of the competency-based approach on client outcomes and satisfaction. Studies can investigate the effectiveness of training programs based on the competency-based approach in improving the quality of legal services.

    Transformacja praktyki radcy prawnego w relacjach z klientem poprzez podejście kompetencyjne do etyki zawodowej: uwagi na tle nowelizacji Kodeksu Etyki Radcy Prawnego · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper highlights the need for more research on the importance of prioritising Indigenous culture and recognising its authority in teaching methods.

    Crossing a Bridge at Ground Zero: Teaching a First Nations Pre-Law Enabling Program · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap between academic theory and labor market requirements is identified as a key challenge. The study aims to address this gap by integrating practical components into master's programs of legal training.

    INTEGRATION OF PRACTICAL COMPONENT IN MASTER’S PROGRAMS OF LEGAL TRAINING: EXPERIENCE OF UNIVERSITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN · 2026 · DOI

  • The study highlights the need for universities to adapt to the changing regulatory environment and technological progress.

    MODERN TRENDS IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF MASTERS OF LAWS: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE · 2026 · DOI

  • The limitations of this study must be acknowledged. Furthermore, the use of identical quiz questions introduces a potential learning effect on post-test scores, and the study only measured immediate performance, lacking data on longer-term learning, retention, or the development of higher-order skills like critical thinking.

    Evaluating the Role of ChatGPT as a Legal Educational Companion · 2026 · DOI

  • The existing limited coordination can result in potential duplication on the one hand, and yet be insufficiently nimble to respond as a system to changes in the operating context on the other.

    Learning by Writing: Exploring Authentic Legal Learning Through Case Summaries · 2026 · DOI

  • These programmes should be developed by TP in collaboration with relevant organisations (eg, SAL, SCCA and ICDL-Asia) and industry partners to ensure industry relevance and recognition. Similarly, the legal sector competency roadmap should take into account the skills and competencies that would continue to add value to the roles of ALPs.

    Learning by Writing: Exploring Authentic Legal Learning Through Case Summaries · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of frameworks for evidencing interdisciplinarity in doctoral theses. The need for innovative methodologies and epistemologies. The recognition of the complexities of interdisciplinarity in doctoral education.

    More than Ticking a Box: Interdisciplinarity in Doctoral Education · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to challenge this narrative and explore the potential of government lawyers in promoting social change.

    "Sleeping with the Enemy?" On Government Lawyers and Their Role in Promoting Social Change: The Israeli Example · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of a distinctive philosophy in Jesuit law schools. The need to re-examine the language of justice and service in the context of Jesuit law schools.

    Jesuit Identity in American Legal Education: An Historical Examen · 2026 · DOI

  • Further studies can investigate the effectiveness of the phased methodological approach in other ESP courses. The use of detective stories can be explored in other contexts, such as language learning for other professions.

    ENHANCING ESP READING SKILLS IN LAW STUDENTS THROUGH DETECTIVE TEXTS · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of effective teaching resources for developing professional reading skills in English among future lawyers. The need for a structured methodology for working with detective texts in English language classes.

    ENHANCING ESP READING SKILLS IN LAW STUDENTS THROUGH DETECTIVE TEXTS · 2026 · DOI

  • These findings suggest mock trial simulation shows promise as an educational intervention in forensic odontology, warranting investigation in larger, multi-institutional contexts.

    The impact of simulated courtroom training on expert witness preparedness: A pilot study in forensic odontology education · 2026 · DOI

  • The study notes that it is not possible to identify all Hungarian law students who studied at foreign universities in the 16-18th centuries - The study notes that the sources are not always reliable and that there are gaps…

    Haszontalan peregrináció? · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in our understanding of the impact of legal knowledge acquired at foreign law schools on domestic legal scholarship - There is a gap in our understanding of the experiences of Hungarian and Transylvanian law students who visited Western European universities in the early modern…

    Haszontalan peregrináció? · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the existing research on the impact of the SQE on legal education. The study aims to fill this gap by analyzing the effects of the SQE on legal master's programs.

    MODERN TRENDS IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF MASTERS OF LAWS: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE · 2026 · DOI

  • Alkhatib & Shaban (2023) investigated the use of visual arts, creative methods, and technology to enhance legal education, proposing innovative pedagogical strategies that go beyond traditional approaches, which broadened the understanding of the possibilities of interdisciplinary methods in legal education, influenced the formulation of tools, and substantiated the possibility of integrating creative approaches…

    Innovative approaches to teaching private law in the digital age · 2026 · DOI

  • The development of further frameworks for evidencing interdisciplinarity. The exploration of the applications of interdisciplinarity in doctoral education. The investigation of the impact of interdisciplinarity on knowledge generation and evaluation.

    More than Ticking a Box: Interdisciplinarity in Doctoral Education · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) There is a lack of understanding about the motivations of AGs to move into the private sector and create State AG Practices (“State Attorneys General, Revolving Doors and the Market for Regulatory…”, 2026); (2) There is a need to develop legal writing competence in law students (“METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR DEVELOPING LEGAL WRITING COMPETENCE IN LEGAL…”, 2026); (3) The lack of an autonomous academic discipline within the domain of commercial law in Italy (“Law in a Changing Economy and Society – Italy, the Late Nineteenth and Early…”, 2026); (4) Future studies can analyze the effectiveness of legal empowerment methods in different contexts (“Effectiveness of legal empowerment methods of community members used by…”, 2026); (5) Future research could further analyze Alexy's views on the nature of legal philosophy (“Contemporary Perspectives in the Philosophy of Law: Robert Alexy (I)”, 2026). 423 gap statements have been mined from Legal Education and Practice Innovations papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 5,222 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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