The day after the May 5 “Practically Grounded” conference, a joint project of Pace and Albany Law Schools to be held at Pace Law School in White Plains, half an hour north of New York City (see entry below), Pace Law will host another experiential learning-oriented conference, this time on behalf of the Teaching International Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law and the American Branch of the International Law Association. “Teaching International Law Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Experiential Learning, in Web 2.0, and in Historical and Empirical Research” will take place on Friday, May 6, 2011, from 8:45 am to 7:00 pm.
Noteworthy is the fact that at both Teaching Conferences, all participants will be offered a free copy of Best Practices for Legal Education: A Vision and A Road Map and the book will be referenced and used throughout by conference speakers and moderators.
The focus of this conference is getting both students and faculty involved in empirical research, historical research, Web 2.0, and experiential learning. Beth Simmons of Harvard, one of the country’s leading empiricists in the field of international law, will be speaking along with Jordan Paust, Houston; Sital Kalantry, Cornell; Julian Ku, Hofstra; Peggy McGuiness, St. John’s; and Tom Lee, Fordham. Anthony VanDuzer, of the Ottawa University Faculty of Law, will describe his NAFTA course, co-taught with a U.S. law professor and a Mexican law professor, using Skype to bring professors and students from the three countries together simultaneously. Robert Van Lierop, former UN ambassador currently with the UN in Darfur, will discuss the externship program he supervises, in which Pace law students assist island countries with environmental issues at the United Nations.
A full schedule and additional information can be found here.
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Re: Teaching International Law Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Experiential Learning- This sounds wonderful. I must have missed a posting about it on the listserv for externship faculty.
May I suggest that another resource for this group is GLOBAL CLINICAL MOVEMENT: EDUCATING LAWYERS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (F.S. BLOCH. 2010) (Oxford) The chapter on externships (which I wrote – shameless self-promotion) might be of particular use.
This thing sounds wonderful, The fact that seminars and conferences like this are some of the few ways of enhancing, educating and nurturing young lawyers in the reality in the field of law and study. Another great effect of this seminar is to get involved and awareness too. Anyway, i enjoy reading your post. Simple yet unique and very informative.