Mar 10, 2023
Most people study and practise law for
emotional reasons, but as lawyers, we are trained to sideline those
emotions and consider legal issues objectively and dispassionately.
What kind of impact does this have, particularly with regard to
LGBTI rights?
On this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Jerome Doraisamy
speaks with Manchester Law School reader in human rights law Dr
Senthorun Raj about a recent research paper he published on the
mapping of emotional grammar as it pertains to LGBTI rights in law
schools, why this is such an important topic, whether emotion is
incompatible with blackletter law, and the extent to which law can
or should be divorced from passion.
Dr Raj also discusses whether emotional grammar, particularly as it
pertains to LGBTI rights, is even more critical in the
post-pandemic new normal, the need to get the next generation of
lawyers into good habits from day one, how best to incorporate
emotional literacy into legal education (both for students and
practitioners), and how best individuals can ensure they can
upskill on such matters.
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