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MEMORANDUM 00-20
June 29, 2000
| To: | Deans of Member and Fee Paid Schools |
| From: | Carl C. Monk |
| Subject: | AALS Conference of International Legal Educators |
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As you may recall, the Association sponsored its first Conference of International Legal Educators May 24 - 28, 2000 at the New York University facility of Villa La Pietra in Florence, Italy. The Conference was particularly successful, with representatives from approximately 30 different countries who are the leading legal educators in their region of the world. All participants submitted advanced written materials regarding the legal education and legal systems in their countries. (The U.S. participants provided a memorandum regarding particular aspects of legal education in the United States.) These papers were assembled in booklet form and provided to all participants. The Conference booklet should be available for purchase within the next month. Many of the articles will also be published, in revised form, in the Journal of Legal Education sometime within the next year. A Spanish version will be published in the University of Puerto Rico Law Review. The AALS was asked to follow up on this conference by appointing a working group from among the conference participants to consider next steps to help achieve our goal of greater international cooperation among law schools and law faculty, and increase mutual understanding of different legal systems and different cultures. I have attached a list of program participants and the outline of the agenda for the Conference. AttachmentsCCM:rm |
For Immediate Release
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Contact: Carl C. Monk Executive Director Phone: (202) 296-8851 Fax: (202) 296-8869 E-mail: cmonk@aals.org |
LEGAL EDUCATORS FROM ALL CONTINENTS CALL FOR NEW INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE GLOBAL COOPERATION
June 7, 2000, Washington, D.C. - Fifty legal educators from thirty different countries, meeting in Florence, Italy, have asked the Association of American Law Schools to appoint a working group to consider new forms of international cooperation, including the possible creation of a new international organization. The call for appointment of the working group came at the conclusion of the "La Pietra" Conference, a conference of international legal educators sponsored by the Association of American Law Schools and held at New York University's Villa La Pietra in Florence, Italy.
The La Pietra Conference, concluded last week, was part of the Association of American Law Schools' Centennial Celebration. It represents a significant new international presence for the Association, and resulted from the Association's member schools and their faculty asking that the Association do more to facilitate cooperation among law schools and law faculty in the United States and other countries.
Dean John Sexton, a past President of the Association, and dean of New York University School of Law, chaired the Conference Planning Committee. The Committee consisted of faculty representing different countries and legal systems from around the world. Sexton said, "This Conference and the call for appointment of the working group demonstrates that law can no longer be studied in a vacuum and that legal educators from throughout the world seek a greater understanding of other cultures and legal systems. New York University School of Law has a long-standing commitment to global legal education and was pleased to host this Conference."
The Association's Executive Director, Carl Monk, said, "I am very pleased at the confidence that has been placed by these distinguished legal educators in the Association to follow up on this groundbreaking Conference. America's law schools recognize that their students can receive a quality legal education and be effective members of the legal profession only if they understand the legal systems of other countries throughout the world."
Conference participants all prepared advanced papers about their own legal systems. The papers covered topics such as financing of legal education; who students and law faculty are and how they are selected; the curriculum structure of different countries; and how cooperation can occur in the context of the different systems. Monk said, "These papers represent a rich resource for those who seek to learn more about the legal education system of other countries. The papers will be published in the Association's Journal of Legal Education."
The working group will be appointed after consultation with all conference participants and will be announced later this summer.
Conference of International Legal Educators Participants
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David J. Bakibinga
Roger Burridge
Máximo Carvajal Contreras
Nadia de Araujo
Jose Francisco de Mata Vela
Armando César Dimande
Norman Dorsen
Yosseph M. Edrey
Maria da Conceicăo Faria
Lawrence C. Foster
Antonio Garcia Padilla
Igor Gräzin
Claudio M. Grossman
Kebreab Habte-Michael
Norio Higuchi
Huang Jin |
Philip F. Iya
John B. Kaburise
Mary Kay Kane
Roberto G. MacLean
Merlin M. Magallona
Elliott S. Milstein
N.L. Mitra
Carl C. Monk
Joerg M. Mössner
H. W. O. Okoth-Ogendo
Stephen Parker
Carlos Peńa Gonzáles
Louis M. H. Perret
Mónica Pinto
Harry G. Prince
Frank T. Read |
John Sexton
Anna Williams Shavers
Ximena Moreno de Solines
Sang-Hyun Song
Walter A. Stoffel
Rennard Strickland
Kent D. Syverud
Frans Vanistendael
Robert K. Walsh
Wang Wei Guo
Judith W. Wegner
James P. White
Adrien K. Wing
Margaret Y. K. Woo
Marilyn V. Yarbrough
Stephen Zamora |
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS
CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL EDUCATORS
MAY 24 - 27, 2000
FLORENCE, ITALY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2000
Sponsored by West Group
7:00 pm
Opening Gala Reception, Rooftop Terrace Hotel Baglioni
8:00 pm
Buffet Dinner
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2000
8:00 am
Vans depart from Grand Hotel Minerva for Villa La Pietra
8:30 - 8:45 am
Welcome
Carl C. Monk, AALS Executive Director
Introduction
John Sexton, New York University and Chair, Planning Committee for AALS Conference of
International Legal Educators
8:45 - 9:45 am
Plenary I: Question Session on Descriptive Reports
Moderator:
Adrien K. Wing, University of Iowa
9:45 - 10:30 am
Plenary II: How to Achieve Cooperation with Different Systems of Law and Legal Education
Moderator:
Philip F. Iya, University of Fort Hare
Panelists:
Antonio Garcia Padilla, University of Puerto Rico
Igor Gräzin, University Nord
Ximena Moreno de Solines, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador
H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo, University of Nairobi
Stephen Parker, Monash University
Louis Perret, University of Ottawa
Rennard Strickland, University of Oregon
10:30 - 10:45 am
Refreshment Break
10:45 - 11:45 am
Small Group Discussions
(See Separate Small Group Assignment List)
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Reports from Small Group Discussions
12:15 - 1:45 pm
AALS Luncheon
1:45 - 2:30 pm
Tour of Villa La Pietra Gardens
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Keynote Address
Piero Fassino, Minister of Justice of Italy
3:30 pm
Vans depart for Grand Hotel Minerva
The remainder of the day is free and dinner is on your own.
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2000
8:00 am
Vans depart from Grand Hotel Minerva to Villa La Pietra
8:30 - 9:15 am
Plenary III: Possibilities of Faculty Exchange and Cooperation
Moderator:
Mónica Pinto, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Panelists:
David J. Bakibinga, Makerere University
Jose Francisco de Mata Vela, Universidad Mayor de San Carlos
Lawrence C. Foster, University of Hawaii
Kebreab Habte Michael, University of Asmara
Mary Kay Kane, University of California, Hastings
N.L. Mitra, National Law School of India University
Frank T. Read, South Texas College of Law
9:15 - 10:15 am
Small Group Discussions
(See Separate Small Group Assignment List)
10:15 - 11:15 am
Plenary IV: Possibilities of Student Exchange and Cooperation
Moderator:
Norio Higuchi, University of Tokyo
Panelists:
Nadia de Araujo, Pontificia Universidade Catolica
Armando Cesar Dimande, Eduardo Mondlane Law School
Claudio Grossman, American University
Walter Stoffel, Université de Fribourg
Robert Walsh, Wake Forest University
Margaret Y.K. Woo, Northeastern University
Stephen Zamora, University of Houston
11:15 - 11:30 am
Refreshment Break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Small Group Discussions
(See Separate Small Group Assignment List)
12:30 - 1:15 pm
Reports from Small Group Discussions
1:15 - 2:30 pm
AALS Luncheon
2:30 pm
Vans depart for Grand Hotel Minerva
3:45, 4:00 and 4:30 pm
Tour of the Ufizzi Museum
6:30 pm
Vans depart from Grand Hotel Minerva for the American Consulate
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Reception, American Consulate
Vans return to Grand Hotel Minerva at conclusion of reception
SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2000
7:45 am
Vans depart from Grand Hotel Minerva to Villa La Pietra
8:30 - 9:15 am
Plenary V: Enrichment of the Curriculum through International Cooperation
Moderator:
Stephen Parker, Monash University
Panelists:
Yosseph M. Edrey, Haifa University
Maria da Conceicăo P. Faria, Eduardo Mondlane University
Joerg M. Mössner, University Osnabrück
Mónica Pinto, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Harry G. Prince, Association of American Law Schools
Anna Williams Shavers, University of Nebraska
Sang-Hyun Song, Seoul National University
Frans Vanistendael, Catholic University
9:15 - 10:15 am
Small Group Discussions
(See Separate Small Group Assignment List)
10:15 - 10:30 am
Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:15 am
Plenary VI: A "Global Curriculum" and Educational Outcomes
Moderator:
Frans Vanistendael, Catholic University, Leuven
Panelists:
Norman Dorsen, New York University
Norio Higuchi, University of Tokyo
Huang Jin, Wu Han University
Phillip F. Iya, University of Fort Hare
Roberto MacLean, Southern Methodist University
Elliott S. Milstein, American University
Carlos Peńa Gonzales, Universidad Diego Portales
Judith W. Wegner, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Adrien K. Wing, University of Iowa
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Small Group Discussions
(See Separate Small Group Assignment List)
12:15 - 12:30 pm
Reports
12:30 - 1:30 pm
AALS Luncheon
1:45 - 2:45 pm
Plenary VII: Possible Institutional Moves
Moderator:
Claudio Grossman, American University
Panelists:
Roger Burridge, University of Warwick
Máximo Carvajal Contreras, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
JBK Kaburise, Vista University
Merlin M. Magallona, University of the Philippines
Carl C. Monk, Association of American Law Schools
Kent Syverud, Vanderbilt University
Wang Wei Guo, China University of Political Science & Law
James P. White, American Bar Association
Marilyn Yarbrough, University of North Carolina
2:45 - 3:00 pm
Refreshment Break
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Plenary Discussion
Moderator:
Kent D. Syverud, Vanderbilt University
4:00 pm
Vans depart for Grand Hotel Minerva
6:30 pm
Vans depart from Grand Hotel Minerva for Villa La Pietra
7:00 pm
AALS Reception, Villa La Pietra
AALS Farewell Dinner Villa La Pietra
Vans return to Grand Hotel Minerva at the conclusion of the dinner.
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