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What are “Global Legal Skills”?ReadingWriting
CorrespondenceMemorandaContracts
ListeningSpeakingNote-TakingLegal ResearchPresentations
NegotiationAdvocacy
Trial advocacyAppellate advocacy
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Professional Responsibility
ThinkingLearning
Why Have a GLS Conference?What are we learning here?
Will it show up in our teaching?
Will it show up in what our students learn?
Do we teach our students what they need to learn?
Do we even know the needs of our students?
How can we know the answers to any of these questions?
Global Legal Skills ConferencesGLS I (Chicago 2005)
60+/- attendeesFirst conference (not
much publicity)GLS II (Chicago 2007)
120+/- attendeesLarger international
audienceGLS III (Mexico 2008)
170+/- attendeesFirst conference outside
U.S.First panels not in English
Presenters from 40+ U.S. Law Schools Albany Law School American University-Washington
College of Law Arizona State University Boston University Chicago-Kent College of Law Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
(Ohio) Drexel University (Pennsylvania) Florida International University Franklin Pierce Law Center (New
Hampshire) Georgetown University Law Center Harvard Law School Indiana University-Indianapolis The John Marshall Law School-Chicago John Marshall Law School-Atlanta Michigan State University Northwestern University (Illinois) Nova Southeastern University (Florida) Rutgers University-Camden (New
Jersey) St. John’s University (New York) Santa Clara University (California)
Seattle University South Texas College of Law Stanford Law School (California) Stetson University (California) Temple University (Pennsylvania) Texas Tech University University of Akron (Ohi0) University of Denver (Colorado) University of Illinois University of Michigan University of Missouri University of North Dakota University of Oregon University of the Pacific, McGeorge
School of Law (California) University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) University of Southern California University of Wisconsin Villanova University Washington University (St. Louis) William Mitchell College of Law
(Minnesota)
Presenters from 8 Other CountriesMexico
Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Universidad Iberamericana Puebla
Escuela Judicial (Consejo de la Judicatura del Poder Judicial del Estado de Nuevo Leon)
Escuela Judicial del Poder Judicial Federal
China: China University of Political Science and Law
Chile: ESE:ODominican Republic:
Escuela Nacional de la Judicatura
Japan: Ritsumeikan University and Kansai University
Kenya: Moi UniversitySpain: Instituto de
Empressa Law SchoolSwitzerland:
University of Lucerne
16 Countries Represented in the International Planning Committee
ArgentinaBelarusBrazilCanadaChinaFranceGermanyJapan
Mexico SingaporeSpainSri LankaSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited States
Capturing “Best Practices”Book with summaries of conference
presentations and papers (from the first three conferences)
Resource for future work
Publisher (Van der Plus Publishing)
Working Title:
International Legal Education: The Best Theory and Practice – Summaries from the Global Legal Skills Conferences
Global Legal Skills Conference IVProgram submission process will be more
focused (easier for participants)
Defined program tracks
Interest group meetings
International Planning Committee will be more active and involved
Craig and Peter need your help NOW
Global Legal Skills Conference V
Planned for a location in Asia
Host country still to be determined
Conference may focus on needs of Legal English in Asia
Make no small plans!Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir humanity’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical plan once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.
Remember that our sons and daughters are going to do things that will stagger us.
Let your watchword be order and your beacon, beauty.
Think big.
Global Legal Skills Conference VAnother alternative –
return to Monterrey in February 2010
Also hold a conference in Asia (where focus would be on needs of Asia)
Could also hold a regional conference in Europe
Also hold a student conference
Global Legal Skills AssociationAn international,
professional associationLaw professorsESL (ESP) professorsResearchersWritersLegal translatorsOthers
ConferencesNewsletters /
PublicationsOther meetings / events