Does a clinical legal approach tell us something interesting about the nature and the concept of
law? Is it possible to re-think the relationship between law and morals starting from the legal
clinics experience? Is the juxtaposition between doctors and jurists convincing? These are the
main questions that will be addressed here. They are questions concerning legal epistemology
and legal philosophy in the strict sense that seems not to be so interesting for clinical jurists.
Indeed, clinical jurists above all emphasize the importance of legal clinics from the viewpoint of
education and social justice, but neglect the contribution that a clinical legal method can offer
with respect to the knowledge of law. Nevertheless, dealing with this latter question could be
useful to strengthen contemporary legal clinical movement.
