Constructing Local Wisdom-Based Characters of Social Justice as Fundamental Part in Shaping Law School Graduates

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10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_15How to use a DOI?

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Local Wisdom; Social Justice; Law School

Abstract

It is important to build the characters of social justice inherently among the students to sensitize them about the injustice suffered by the communities as one of the processes of legal education in preparation to produce good and strong law graduates. Therefore, the problem of this research is on what values of social justice characters that should be taught in law schools in order to shape their graduates’ characters and what process or method considered effective to construct the character of social justice to be internalized in the graduates of law. The methods used in this research was conceptual approach. The research was supported with empirical approach. The specification of the research is descriptive analytical. Empirical data were obtained to understand how the clinical legal education methodology can generate social justice traits instilled with local wisdom values. Interviewing law students taking part in clinical legal education was the method used to obtain data. Some characters highlight the outcome of the social justice education through the exposure of handling and empowering the communities such as empathy, pro-social behavior, and altruism. Local wisdom also plays a vital role in the construction of the character because students or law graduates who incorporate values of virtue passed on generations can be more adaptable with the situation of the community when trying to resolve conflict or social injustice.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hesti Septianita
AU  - Anthon F. Susanto
AU  - Rosa Tedjabuwana
AU  - Mohammad Alvi Pratama
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/01/25
TI  - Constructing Local Wisdom-Based Characters of Social Justice as Fundamental Part in Shaping Law School Graduates
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business Law and Local Wisdom in Tourism (ICBLT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 121
EP  - 128
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_15
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_15
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