The ABA
Section on Legal Education requires at least six credit hours of meaningful
experiential opportunity for each student. Some state bar authorities have
considered exceeding this standard. How are the International Legal Exchange
and Post Graduate Legal Education coordinators and programs going to address
these new challenges of providing meaningful experiential opportunities on a
scale for all of their students? How are these stakeholders working with the
law school clinicians? Experiential opportunities may include: local clinical
opportunities for foreign law students and the equivalent for U.S. law students
in foreign countries, field placements, externships, student trainee exchange
programs (STEP) pursuant to the ELSA model, and a host of other creative
solutions. They may also include practice-based experiential coursework within
the curriculum. Challenges faced include: sourcing enough meaningful
externships for incoming international and post-graduate students and securing
for outgoing exchange JD students, and managing these and the other placement
opportunities; developing field placement templates that address labor issues within
and outside the U.S.; and outcomes and assessment for placements such as
rubrics and other instrument for assessment among others. The panelists of this
half-day program will share their secret recipes for addressing these issues.
Business meeting at program conclusion for Section on International Legal Exchange.
Business meeting at program conclusion for Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education.