Fletcher, Kylie

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The complexity of our environments and dealings is, perhaps, more obvious to us in a so-called ‘post-truth’ world. Some traditionallyheld ‘truths’ may indeed be ‘untruths’. We are, more often than before, called upon to question traditional messengers of ‘truth’. Itis no longer sufficient to rely on the status quo as a source of ‘truth’. What is a ‘truth’ to one, might not be to another. The collective‘truth’ might be distinguished from the individual ‘truth’. Our systems of law and legal education are not immune to these issues.The field of complexity thinking is a means for legal educators to better understand their operating environment in a post-truthcontext. This paper discusses complexity thinking and its increasing prominence, including in education scholarship. It providesan overview of this scholarship and applies it to legal education. It suggests how complexity thinking might inform the law schoolcurriculum to better respond to the challenges of a post-truth world.This research is being completed as part of the author’s Doctor of Philosophy. Consequently, this research is supported by anAustralian Government Training Scholarship

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Using Complexity Thinking to Inform Legal Education in a Post-Truth Environment

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Using Complexity Thinking to Inform Legal Education in a Post-Truth Environment

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