Dates
Aug. 7 to 8, 2011Description
The purpose of the Workshop was to explore how law schools can best prepare graduates who seek to engage in transnational practice, and to develop a roadmap for a curriculum that will prepare students for transnational practice.
The morning session began by defining "intercultural legal competence" by delineating specific outcomes of such a curriculum. Specifically, what added knowledge, skills, and values, beyond knowledge of potentially relevant international and foreign laws, are necessary for attorneys to deal effectively with parties, attorneys, officials, or others from other nations, and to represent clients in transactions and disputes which occur outside the borders of their home nation?
The afternoon session sought to provide ideas for courses, programs, and pedagogies that can achieve the outcomes specified for intercultural legal competence. The goal was to produce a variety of options, along with an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each, so that schools can make informed choices.
Ultimately, a report will be produced summarizing the outcomes identified as the measures of intercultural legal competence and the menu of educational options we suggest for achieving these outcomes. This report will follow the model of the report that followed the workshop on "Globalizing the Law School Curriculum," which also took place at Lake Tahoe in 2005.
From the Conference
Materials (pdf)
International Legal Competence Workshop Program (pdf)
International Legal Competence Workshop Bios (pdf)
International Legal Competence Workshop (YouTube)
| 2011 | ||
| Sunday, August 7th | ||
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| 7:00 PM |
Why Intercultural Legal Competence? Frank Wang, University of the Pacific PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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| Monday, August 8th | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Civilization and its Negotiations Laura Nader, University of the Pacific PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Five Habits for Cross-Cultural Lawyering Sue Bryant, Cuny School of Law PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Lawrence Rosen PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Jeanne M. Brett PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Global Center for Business and Development PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
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| 9:15 AM |
Video: Intercultural legal competence as seen by those engaged in transnational practice Global Center for Business and Development PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Laura Nader, University of the Pacific PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM |
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| 9:45 AM |
Study Abroad and the International Curriculum: Assessing Changes in Intercultural Competence Susan G. Sample, University of the Pacific PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM |
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| 10:00 AM |
Group Discussion: Preliminary reactions and questions Global Center for Business and Development PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Group Discussion: Defining and delineating intercultural legal competence Global Center for Business and Development PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Synthesis: Outcomes for intercultural legal competence Global Center for Business and Development PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Remarks by Dean Rachel Moran on achieving intercultural legal competence Rachel Moran, University of the Pacific PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM |
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| 1:45 PM |
Breakout Groups: Ideas for developing intercultural legal competence in students Global Center for Business and Development PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
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| 3:45 PM |
Reports from the Breakout Groups & Synthesis Global Center for Business and Development PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
Robert Reinstein, University of the Pacific PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Lake Tahoe 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA 96146; PlumpJack Valley Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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