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31 Int'l J. Clinical Legal Educ. 1 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/clled31 and id is 1 raw text is: https://doi.org/10.19164/ijcle.v311.1458 Editorial Dr Lyndsey Bengtsson Lind.e 2.ben txonpnorthunbriwacu Welcome to the first edition of 2024. This is a wonderful edition which explores significant topics. With contributions from Australia, Nigeria and the UK, the authors offer valuable perspectives on access to justice for marginalised communities, the cultivation of social justice values in students, integrating vicarious trauma training, the impact of clinic on academic performance and the utilisation of Artificial Intelligence in both legal service provision and clinic settings. We begin with Katie Robertson's article, The Stateless Legal Clinic: Novel Approaches to Meeting Legal Needs in Australia through Clinical Legal Education which explores the integration of clinical legal education into the emerging field of statelessness studies. Specifically, it sheds light on the operation of the Stateless Legal Clinic in the University of Melbourne. This clinic offers legal assistance and education to stateless children seeking Australian citizenship and provides students at the University of Melbourne's Juris Doctor program with hands-on legal experience through an elective clinical legal education subject. By scrutinising Australia's legal framework concerning statelessness, the article analyses the design and function of the clinic. It contends that the clinic presents innovative avenues for enhancing access to justice for marginalised communities often neglected by the legal profession. ISSN: 2056-3930 1