Permissible plagiarism? Navigating normative expectations in the pre- and post-admission landscape

Thomas, Mark; Cockburn, Tina; Yule, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1080/09695958.2017.1309319

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“…As discussed in part one, a finding (and even an unfounded allegation) of plagiarism for law students is significant for their future in legal practice (Thomas et al, 2017). Such a finding can suggest that the applicant is not a 'fit and proper' person to gain entry to the legal profession.…”

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“…Academic integrity encompasses high level behavioural values including honesty, transparency, trust, autonomy, fairness and responsibility. Even though there is no empirical evidence of a correlation between academic misconduct and conduct as a professional (Thomas et al, 2017), plagiarism may be relevant to assessing a person's character and fitness because 'it ostensibly involves an element of dishonesty, stemming from a misappropriation of another's work' (Dal Pont, 2011: 38).…”

Section: The Significance Of Plagiarism With Respect To the Study And Practise Of Law Across Australian Jurisdictionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The eight Australian admission authorities are circumspect about admitting plagiarists due to the perceived link between plagiarism and dishonesty and the potential for future unethical conduct -emphasizing the importance of lawyers as ethical beings, particularly in a contemporary landscape that views lawyers as 'unethical tricksters' (Thomas et al, 2017).…”

Section: Entry To the Legal Profession And Law School Plagiarismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A particular focus of judicial analysis is intent (Thomas et al, 2017). As noted earlier, plagiarism can be categorised as intentional or unintentional.…”

Section: Entry To the Legal Profession And Law School Plagiarismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Academic misconduct is a problem shared by the global legal profession (Thomas et al, 2017;Hansen & Anderson, 2015;Freckleton, 2010;Corbin & Carter, 2007;Bermingham et al, 2010;). It is also a growing problem Lindsay 2011;Corbin & Carter, 2007;Hughes & McCabe, 2006) which impacts law schools, law students and the practitioner.…”

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There is plagiarism … and then there is plagiarism: academic misconduct and admission to legal practice

Booth

Stuhmcke

Wangmann

2020

International Journal of the Legal Profession

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“…A particular focus of judicial analysis is intent (Thomas et al, 2017). As noted earlier, plagiarism can be categorised as intentional or unintentional.…”

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Wangmann

2020

International Journal of the Legal Profession

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The Distinctive Nature of Academic Integrity in Graduate Legal Education

Hamilton

2022

Ethics and Integrity in Educational Contexts

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This chapter examines the distinctive nature of academic integrity in graduate legal education in Canada, a nature rooted in the fact that almost all graduate students in law have practiced law. I consider the general acceptance of the unattributed copying of others’ writing within the legal profession and the judiciary, contrasting that tolerance―even approval―with the unsympathetic reception given the same practices in the academy. I then turn to graduate legal education in common law Canada and the diversity among graduate students in law, including significant differences in their undergraduate legal education. Then, because many of the graduate students who have practiced outside Canada want to be admitted to practice law in Canada, I look at the impact that academic misconduct may have on their ability to be admitted to practice. In order to do so, I review all published Canadian court and tribunal admission decisions that considered academic misconduct committed while in law school. Lastly, in light of unique challenges of graduate legal education, I offer some suggestions for preventing academic misconduct and facilitating students’ engagement with their own scholarship.

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Plagiarism in Higher Education: Power Relations and Legal Aspects

Disantara

2020

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Academic expression of a person is often manifested in various scientific works as a form of efforts to help ‘educate the nation's life’. However, this scientific work becomes the object of intellectual crime, namely plagiarism. In fact, these intellectual crimes occur in tertiary institutions by utilizing the power relation aspects of certain academic positions. This research is a legal research; which aims to describe power relations as the cause of plagiarism in higher education, and is associated with professionalism and academic ethics; then describe the legal aspects that can be imposed on plagiarism for plagiarism in the realm of Higher Education. In this legal research, primary and secondary legal materials are used to inventory in order to obtain a prescription study on the legal issues discussed. The results of the study state that power relations are the main cause of plagiarism in Higher Education; considering that power relations lead to the structure of academic positions; so that it has the potential to make individuals under the control and dependence of parties who have greater authority. Then, the legal aspects of plagiarism in Higher Education can give birth to legal consequences; in the form of criminal sanctions, civil sanctions, and administrative sanctions. Therefore, the researcher recommends revising the Ministerial Regulation regarding plagiarism in Higher Education; and revising copyright laws and regulations by including several norms regarding plagiarism.

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Permissible plagiarism? Navigating normative expectations in the pre- and post-admission landscape

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

There is plagiarism … and then there is plagiarism: academic misconduct and admission to legal practice

There is plagiarism … and then there is plagiarism: academic misconduct and admission to legal practice

The Distinctive Nature of Academic Integrity in Graduate Legal Education

Plagiarism in Higher Education: Power Relations and Legal Aspects

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