Suffolk/Haifa Legal Education Suffolk/Haifa Legal Education ProgramProgram

Comparative Clinical Comparative Clinical EducationEducation

Program GoalsProgram Goals

1. COMPARATIVE CLINICAL 1. COMPARATIVE CLINICAL METHODOLOGY AND SUBSTANTIVE METHODOLOGY AND SUBSTANTIVE LAWLAW

Deepen students’ knowledge of Deepen students’ knowledge of clinical methodologies and legal clinical methodologies and legal systems by studying the differences systems by studying the differences and similarities between the clinical and similarities between the clinical programs and the laws of their programs and the laws of their respective countriesrespective countries

2. 2. DEVELOP CROSS CULTURAL SKILLSDEVELOP CROSS CULTURAL SKILLS Promote an understanding of Promote an understanding of

different cultural adaptations of the different cultural adaptations of the “rule of law” in practice“rule of law” in practice

Increase cultural understanding Increase cultural understanding between future professionals who will between future professionals who will practice law and engage in social practice law and engage in social justice work in an increasingly global justice work in an increasingly global environmentenvironment

3. PROMOTE CRITICAL THINKING3. PROMOTE CRITICAL THINKING Knowledge of other legal systems Knowledge of other legal systems

and cultures will allow the student to and cultures will allow the student to look more critically at their own look more critically at their own systemsystem

Comparative Law AspectsComparative Law AspectsIn Haifa:In Haifa: Legal Feminism Legal Feminism

Clinic,Clinic, Clinic of Law and Clinic of Law and

Social Change, Social Change, Arab Minority Arab Minority

Rights Clinic, and Rights Clinic, and Prisoner’s Rights Prisoner’s Rights

Clinic. Clinic.

In BostonIn Boston Family Advocacy ClinicFamily Advocacy Clinic Housing and Housing and

Consumer Protection Consumer Protection ClinicClinic

Juvenile Defender Juvenile Defender ClinicClinic

Suffolk Defender’s Suffolk Defender’s ClinicClinic

Immigration ClinicImmigration Clinic Child Advocacy ClinicChild Advocacy Clinic

Comparative Cultural Comparative Cultural AspectsAspects

In Haifa, Suffolk In Haifa, Suffolk students lived in students lived in dormsdorms

In Boston, University In Boston, University of Haifa students lived of Haifa students lived with local families.with local families.

In both countries In both countries students had students had significant opportunity significant opportunity for travel and to meet for travel and to meet local people in many local people in many different communitiesdifferent communities

Comparative SkillsComparative Skills