Law student attitudes towards pro bono and voluntary work: The experience at Northumbria University

McKeown, Paul

doi:10.19164/ijcle.v22i1.407

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“…Our findings indicating that social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and perceived social support mediate the relationship between prior experience and SEI align with the literature. For example, according to Snyder et al (2000) and McKeown (2015), many individuals engaged in altruistic activities are motivated by the potential opportunity to develop their careers and employability and obtain other personal benefits. Therefore, we suggest that perceived financial security, social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived social support and prior experience are immediate antecedents of SEI.…”

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Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Ukil

Ullah

Hsu

2023

NEJE

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PurposeAlthough few studies indicate that financial concerns matter to social entrepreneurs, the literature is unclear about the extent to which a financial motive affects the intention to start a new social enterprise. Moreover, prior research suggests that the intention to start a new enterprise heavily depends on the societal context in which the enterprise operates. Therefore, this study aims to examine the seminal model of social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) developed by Hockerts (2017) in a different social context; additionally, it proposes a new antecedent of SEI – perceived financial security.Design/methodology/approachThis study used two different measurement scales and samples (n = 436 and 241) in a developing country to validate the model and propose a new antecedent, i.e. the perceived financial security, of SEI. Furthermore, the authors employed the partial least square-structural equation model to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results demonstrate that social entrepreneurial self-efficacy, perceived social support and perceived financial security directly predict SEI; they further mediate the relationship between prior experience and SEI. Consequently, the model by Hockerts is extended.Originality/valueThis study established perceived financial security as a strong antecedent of SEI, thereby offering a novel insight that a social entrepreneur can be motivated by potential financial concerns.

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Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Ukil

Ullah

Hsu

2023

NEJE

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“…Although participation of students in pro bono during professional training does not increase the likelihood of further participation in such activities after graduation (McKeown, 2015), studying in a legal clinic influences the awareness of the role of the lawyer in society and the formation of ethical behavior skills. V. C. Burbano, J. Mamer, and J. Snyder having analyzed the activities of the top 200 law firms, argue that "pro bono activities can benefit firms through human capital learning and screening mechanisms, given the stretch roles that pro bono engagements allow" (Burbano et al, 2018).…”

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Lawyer’s emotional intelligence and professional ethics development: aspects of the widespread introduction of legal clinic

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Legal clinic is an innovative form of legal education. There is the need to critically reflect on functioning of a legal clinic in order to determine the possibility of clinical education to be a factor in the development of students’ emotional intelligence and professional ethics. The article covers possible positive and negative aspects of the widespread introduction of legal clinic as a means of individual students’ qualities development into law education. The study is based on the method of systematic analysis, allowing comprehensively cover legal clinics functions and critically evaluate the impact of legal clinics on emotional intelligence and professional ethics of future lawyers’ development. The article shows that legal clinic, being an innovative form of legal education aimed at developing practical skills of future lawyers, performs both educational and social functions. Legal clinic promotes the development of emotional intelligence (allowing students to better understand and control their emotion, as well as to adequately perceive the client's psychological state, choosing appropriate tactics of behavior) and professional ethics (understanding the importance of the principle of the rule of law, the priority of human rights, awareness of the role of a lawyer in society and the importance of pro bono activities).

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“…Supplementary providers encompass all those volunteers who are qualified, and for various reasons and provide their expertise to supplement the work of a chosen agency. There are many examples of such arrangements, including the USA Voluntary Service Overseas Programme (VSO), pro bono legal services [13] . Substitute volunteers differ in the respect that they are often unpaid locals who are brought into an organisation when there is an absence of provision.…”

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Paid staff or volunteers – does it make a difference? The impact of staffing on child outcomes for children attending community-based programmes in South Africa and Malawi

Tomlinson

Sherr

Macedo

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Global Health Action

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Background: Globally, and in low and middle income countries (LMIC) specifically, there is a critical shortage of workers. The use of volunteers to support such care delivery systems has been examined, there is scant literature on the impact of volunteers on child outcome in high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-affected communities. Objectives: To examine the differential impact of paid versus volunteer workforce in Community Based Organisations (CBOs) providing care to children and families affected by the HIV epidemic in South Africa and Malawi on child outcomes over time. Methods: This study compared child outcomes for 989 consecutive children attending CBOs (0.7% refusal) at baseline and 854 at follow-up (86.3% response rate). Results: Children attending CBOs with paid staff had higher self-esteem, fewer emotional/behavioural problems and less perceived stigma. Likewise, children attending CBOs with paid staff had fewer educational risks, and 20 heightened cognitive performance, and the digit-span memory test. After controlling for outcome at baseline, gender, age, HIV status, and disability, attending a CBO with paid staff remained a significant independent predictor of higher self-esteem scores, less perceived stigma, as well as fewer educational risks and better performance on the drawing test. We found no associations between CBO attendance – paid or volunteer – and children’s depressive and trauma symptoms. Conclusions: Our findings show that in order to most optimally impact on child outcome 30 community-based workers (CBWs) should ideally be paid with trained staff. Specialised input for more severe child difficulties is needed.

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Law student attitudes towards pro bono and voluntary work: The experience at Northumbria University

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Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Advancing the model of social entrepreneurial intention: the role of perceived financial security

Lawyer’s emotional intelligence and professional ethics development: aspects of the widespread introduction of legal clinic

Paid staff or volunteers – does it make a difference? The impact of staffing on child outcomes for children attending community-based programmes in South Africa and Malawi

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