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NSU hosts Global Law Education Conference
NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law recently hosted a Global Law Education Conference at the Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship. The inaugural faculty training program included 23 law professors from around the world to discuss global legal education methodologies.
International law professors attended from the Bahamas, England, Jamaica, India, Lebanon, Trinidad, Tobago and United States. Led by NSU Law professors, sessions focused on active learning methodologies, including the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s “Learning by Doing” methodology, experimental learning and teaching, collaborative learning techniques, and the use of rubrics. The four-day training, which included a full day on trial advocacy skills, was live-streamed.
The conference was an activity of NSU Law’s International Consortium for Global Legal Education. The mission of the Consortium is to promote and foster a diverse global community of legal educators, to develop best practices in legal education, and to encourage research and collaboration through free membership.
For more than 10 years, NSU Law has worked in close collaboration with many law faculty colleagues and students from around the world. “The Consortium’s many programs well reflect our commitment to global education and domestic diversity,” said NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law Dean Jon M. Garon.
The faculty program is unique among international academic conferences because the sessions focus on teaching effectiveness and experiential education. NSU’s College of Law and its faculty and students have built a network of law schools around the world that are working to improve the preparedness of their communities’ lawyers. These programs help develop hands-on techniques to make their graduates more effective working in courtrooms and assisting clients.
“We are well positioned to work toward developing best international legal practices, improve educational effectives, and conduct meaningful research at NSU as we are located in the heart of the U.S. southern global gateway,” Garon said.