The Working Group on International Students and Law Schools will host a conference on the topic of Legal Education and International Students at Masaryk University Faculty of Law in Brno, Czech Republic on June 25-26, 2020.
A Code/Charter of Best Practice in International Legal Education?
Is it possible? Is it desirable? What would even be included?
This two-day conference will focus on what might be the best practices/approaches in legal education when a law school/faculty includes non-domestic law students (international or foreign law students). The first day will be devoted to panel/poster presentations on the many different issues/challenges/ approaches/solutions arising for the international students, local students, academics and institutions.
The second day will focus on what might be needed to develop an aspirational Charter or Code of Best Practice for Legal Education of International Students. The result or conclusions of that second day would then be circulated to those not in attendance at the conference (mainly law schools/faculties around the world) for their input. Depending on the conference results and the later input on any results the Working Group will then reconvene to continue the development of a Code/Charter. The ideal and eventual goal would be to produce and disseminate such a Code/Charter to which law schools/faculties could aspire.
Suggested Topics:
Language issues (comprehension, instruction, accent, writing, oral, etc.)
Admissions (language, tests, visas, etc.)
Academic success (attrition, assessments, supports, etc.)
Personal success (mental health, socialisation, financial wellbeing, etc.)
School administrative issues (recruitment, admin supports, relation to budgets, etc.)
Cultural issues (legal cultural, academic culture, popular culture, etc.)
Substantive issues (curriculum, foundations, specialisations, legal practice, etc.)
Pedagogical issues (participation, interaction with local students, academic misconduct, etc.)
Macro issues (cost/benefits, country/region source or destination, legal tradition specific, etc.)
Teacher/instructor issues (training, cultural conflicts, supports, etc.)
Language issues (comprehension, instruction, accent, writing, oral, etc.)
Admissions (language, tests, visas, etc.)
Academic success (attrition, assessments, supports, etc.)
Personal success (mental health, socialisation, financial wellbeing, etc.)
School administrative issues (recruitment, admin supports, relation to budgets, etc.)
Cultural issues (legal cultural, academic culture, popular culture, etc.)
Substantive issues (curriculum, foundations, specialisations, legal practice, etc.)
Pedagogical issues (participation, interaction with local students, academic misconduct, etc.)
Macro issues (cost/benefits, country/region source or destination, legal tradition specific, etc.)
Teacher/instructor issues (training, cultural conflicts, supports, etc.)
All proposals must be submitted to cpicker@uow.edu.au by 15th February 2020. The conference committee will then consider proposals and do its best to inform those invited to present by 15th March 2020.
Fore more information, visit the conference website.
