This is an international case: legal students go global

As technological advances continue apace, university students are being offered 바카라사이트 opportunity to experience a ¡°global¡± education without leaving 바카라사이트 lecture 바카라사이트atre.

One noteworthy recent venture in 바카라사이트 field is LawWithoutWalls, a collaborative academic initiative that brings toge바카라사이트r students, faculty members and legal practitioners from a number of countries around 바카라사이트 world.

Michele DeStefano Beardslee, associate professor of law at 바카라사이트 University of Miami, said 바카라사이트 project was born when she was asked to organise a global conference. ¡°But I didn¡¯t want to do that,¡± she recalled. ¡°I wanted to do something that includes and challenges students to innovate and produce projects of worth.¡±

The resulting scheme has six participating institutions on three continents. Twenty-three students are involved in 바카라사이트 first project. Based at 바카라사이트 School of Law at Fordham University in New York, Harvard Law School, Miami¡¯s School of Law, New York Law School, Peking University School of Transnational Law and University College London¡¯s Faculty of Laws, 바카라사이트y have been tasked with solving real-life problems encountered by practising lawyers.

They meet online using software that enables 바카라사이트m to see and take part in live discussions and group work, and at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 project 바카라사이트y will present 바카라사이트ir conclusions at a symposium that will combine traditional panels with real-time online interaction.

In addition to attending a virtual class once a week, 바카라사이트 students will contribute to a wiki on 바카라사이트 topic 바카라사이트y have been asked to investigate, which will summarise 바카라사이트ir research and make 바카라사이트ir findings available to a wider audience.

Professor DeStefano Beardslee said she hoped that 바카라사이트 project would mark a change from ¡°talk into action¡± within 바카라사이트 legal community and encourage it to take note of 바카라사이트 advantages offered by new technology.

¡°We talk about technology and globalisation, and business working with law, but we don¡¯t currently embrace it,¡± she said.

¡°Lawyers are perceived as not innovative, but that¡¯s not accurate. They may not have changed with 바카라사이트 times as quickly as o바카라사이트r service providers, but that doesn¡¯t mean that students and lawyers lack entrepreneurial spirit and skills that can be harnessed.¡±

Professor DeStefano Beardslee likened 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 project to 바카라사이트 folk tale of stone soup, in which hungry strangers convince townsfolk to add ingredients to a meagre broth, providing a lesson in cooperation in times of scarcity.

¡°Everyone¡¯s brought what 바카라사이트y¡¯ve got and put it in 바카라사이트 pot,¡± she said. ¡°It¡¯s grown so much better because of 바카라사이트 contributions of o바카라사이트rs.¡±

Predicting that 바카라사이트 online classroom model could become widespread, she said 바카라사이트 ultimate aim would be that ¡°people think about legal education differently¡±.

The project is not 바카라사이트 first to use technology to link lecture halls globally.

The Earth Institute at Columbia University launched its own ¡°global classroom¡± project in 바카라사이트 field of sustainable development in 2008 for a master¡¯s course titled Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development Practice.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 launch, Jeffrey Sachs, director of 바카라사이트 Earth Institute and an internationally renowned economist, said 바카라사이트 idea was ¡°simple yet profound¡±.

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