Export Date: 23 February 2015; Correspondence Address: Higgins, N.; School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland; email: noelle.higgins@dcu.ie; References: Sullivan, W.M., Colby, A., Wegner, J.W., Bond, L., Schulman, L.S., (2007) Educating Lawyers: Preparation For the Profession of Law, p. 3. , San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass; Holmes, O.W., (1881) The Common Law, p. 1. , Little Brown & Co; Educating Lawyers Supra, (1), p. 6; Educating Lawyers Supra, (1), p. 6; Educating Lawyers Supra, (1), p. 8; Lave, J., Wenger, E., (1991) Situated Learning, , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Vygotsky, L.S., (1978) Mind In Society, p. 86. , Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; Kyriakides, K., Camp, R., Los, W., A similar tour is undertaken annually in London by the Law School of the University of Hertfordshire by senior lecturers, which requires a round trip of some 40 miles. The authors would like to thank Dr Kyriakides for sharing his ideas on field tripsWright, M.C., Getting More out of Less: The Benefits of Short-Term Experiential Learning in Undergraduate Sociology Courses (2000) Teaching Sociology, 28 (2), pp. 116-121; Scarce, R., Field Trips as Short-Term Experiential Education (1997) Teaching Sociology, 25, p. 219. , See also; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 219; Carver, R., Theory for Practice: A Framework for Thinking about Experiential Education (2008) Philosophical Foundations, (3), pp. 149-150; Keeton, M.T., Tate, P.J., Editors' Notes: The Boom in Experiential Learning (1978) Learning By Experience: What, Why and How, p. 2. , in Morris T. Keeton and Pamela J. Tate, San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass; Learning Activities That Engage the Learner Directly In the Phenomena Being Studied, , See also Cantor who defines experiential education as; Cantor, J.A., (1997) Experiential Learning In Higher Education: Linking Classroom and Community, (1). , ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education; Cf. Wright Supra, (9), p. 116; Kolb, D.A., Learning, E., (1984) Experience As a Source of Learning and Development, p. 26. , Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall; Bruner, J., Toward a Theory of Instruction, , Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1966) at p. 72 has advocated the "[k]nowing is a process, not a product" theory; Kolb, Supra, (13), p. 27; Olb, K., Supra, (13), p. 29; Kolb, Supra, (13), p. 31; Kolb, Supra, (13), p. 34; Kolb, Supra, (13), p. 36; Wright, Supra, (9), p. 116; Scarce, Supra, (9); Beirsdorfer, R.E., Davis, W.E., Suggestions for Planning a Class Field Trip (1994) Journal of College Science Teaching, 24, pp. 87-94. , 307 Quoted In Avi Hofstein and Sherman Rosenfeld, "Bridging the Gap Between Formal and Informal Science Learning" (1996) 28 Studies In Science Education; Hofstein, Rosenfeld, Supra, p. 20; Follo, M.F., Field Trips as a Teaching Method (1994) Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, p. 189. , in Keith W. Prichard and Robert McLaran Sawyer, Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group; Scarce, Supra, (9); Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 220; Supra, (9), p. 116. , Wright comments that only a minority of professors adopt experiential learning techniques in their classrooms - Wright; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 226; Wright, Supra, (9), p. 117; Wright, Supra, (9), p. 122; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 220; Boyle, C.E., Seeing Gender in Everyday Life: A Field Trip to the Mall (1995) Teaching Sociology, 25, pp. 150-153; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 220; Falk, J., Balling, J., The Field Trip Milieu: Learning and Behaviour as a Function of Contextual Events (1982) The Journal of Educational Research, 76 (1), pp. 22-23; Wright, Supra, (9), p. 117; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 224; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 220; Wright, Supra, (9), pp. 117-118; Chickering, A.W., (1977) Experience and Learning: An Introduction to Experiential Learning, , See the research of, New Rochelle, NY: Change Magazine Press; Rippetoe, J.K., The Undergraduate Education in Sociology: A Case for Experiential Learning (1977) Teaching Sociology, 4, p. 239; Wright, Supra, (9), p. 118. , and; Cantor, Supra, (12); Wright, Supra, (9), p. 118. , and; Gore, J.S., Nelson, H.Y., How Experiential Education Relates to College Goals and Objectives (1984) Evaluation and Programme Planning, 7, p. 143; Wright, Supra, (9), p. 118. , and; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 224; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 224; Scarce, Supra, (9), pp. 224-225; Anderson, D., Zhang, Z., Teacher Perceptions of Field-Trip Planning and Implementation (2003) Visitor Studies Today, 6 (3), p. 6; NoteAnderson, Zhang, Supra, (43), p. 6. , See; Muse, C., Chiarelott, L., Davidman, L., Teachers' Utilization of Field Trips: Prospects and Problems (1982) The Clearing House 122 For More Information On the Common Challenges Associated With Field Trips, 56 (3). , See; Grant, L., Heirich, M., Martin, S.S., van Ellen, E., The Detroit Tour: Experiential Learning within the Framework of a Large Lecture Course (1981) Teaching Sociology, 9 (1), pp. 15-23; Wright, Supra, (9), p. 118. , and; Grant, N., Supra, (46); Wright, Supra, (9), p. 118. , and; Muse, Supra, (45), p. 123; Muse, Supra, (45), p. 125; Scarce, Supra, (9), p. 223; Siegel, D.M., The Ambivalent Role of Experiential Learning in American Legal Education and the Problem of Legal Culture (2009) German Law Journal, 10, p. 815; Educating Lawyers (2012) Supra N. 1, , http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/sites/default/files/publications/elibrary_pdf_632.pdf, Summary of the Findings and Recommendation, available at, accessed 22 April; Siegel, Supra, (51), p. 816; (2012) Criminal Law Theory Class Who Take a Trip to The Eastern State Penitentiary, , http://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/registrar/descriptions/alphabetical.cfm, See for example University of Pennsylvania Law School, available at, accessed 22 April; (2012) Small Group Field Trip to The Second Circuit Court of Appeals In New York, , http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/6047.htm, See for example Yale Law School, available at, accessed 22 April; (2012) Professor Heymann's Field Trip to The Real World, , http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/batlaw/fieldtrip.html, See for example University of Wisconsin, available at, accessed 22 April; NoteScarce, Supra, (9), p. 224. , who comments on the benefits of field trips for the development of the relationships between students and academics; Wright, Supra, (9), pp. 117-118. , See; Chickering, Supra, (37); Rippetoe, Supra, (37); Gore, Nelson, Supra, (39). , and, who all comment on the benefits of field trips for the transition of the student from education to the professional world; NoteSilver, C., Garver, A., Watkins, L., Unpacking the Apprenticeship of Professional Identity and Purpose: Insights from the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (2011) The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, 17. , http://bestpracticeslegaled.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/carnegie-paper-silver-et-al.pdf, available at, accessed 22 April; Gentry, J.W., Stoltman, J.J., Mehihoff, C.E., How Should We Measure Experiential Learning? 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