Legal Education for the Twenty-First Century: Global Perspectives on Preparing Lawyers for Global Careers: Seminar
Spring term, Block H
M 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Professor David B. Wilkins
2 classroom credits LAW-96725A
In September 2009, the Jindal Law School in New Delhi India will admit its first class of students. The school, which is founded by a lawyer who received his LLM from HLS in 2000 and which is being supported by a $100 million donation from the Jindal steel company in India, seeks to train a new legal elite in India capable of facilitating India's rise as a global economic power while encouraging greater accountability and democracy at home. Jindal is just one example of a growing number of new educational institutions and systems designed to improve the training of lawyers around the world, including major initiatives in China, Japan, Korea, Italy, Germany, Australia and Brazil. In this seminar, we will examine these new developments, along with innovations in legal education in the US, to determine how these trends are likely to affect -- and are being affected by -- the global market for legal services, the careers of lawyers, professional regulation, and the rule of law. Students are required to attend class and participate in class discussion and to write a 15-20 page paper on some topic relevant to the Seminar. Lap top computers will not be allowed in class.