International Conference "New Perspectives of Legal Education in Europe" (18./19.03.2010)

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The objective of this conference is to look for new international perspectives in academic legal education in Europe and in Germany. A major issue is whether the Bologna Process’ two-cycle degree structure is suitable to accommodate the specific needs and international demands of professional legal education and training in the 21st century. Reforming legal education and the need for accommodating respective state guidelines are issues of intensive and controversial debates, not only in Germany, but in many countries. Thus, the discussion must take into consideration the rich experience in all European countries – especially since many internal controversies have been triggered in the context of implementing the Bologna Process. The conference will discuss whether a national design of law study programmes is helpful, especially in the long term, as it tends to pose obstacles to students’ mobility and mutual recognition in the common European Higher Education Area. Selected examples of good practice from Bologna countries will, however, serve to provide more transparency and comparability, increase awareness for possible and desirable changes and promote the feasibility of reforming legal education.

Introduction: Brigitte Göbbels-Dreyling, Deputy Secretary General of the German
Rectors´ Conference (HRK)

Law Studies in Europe: An Overview: Prof. Dr. Heribert Hirte, LL.M. (Berkeley), University of Hamburg

Discussion Reforming Law Studies in Europe: The Employers´ View
Panellists:
Prof. Dr. Peter M. Huber, Minister of the Interior of Thuringia, Erfurt
Dr. Michael Lappe, German Senior Partner, Linklaters LLP, Munich
Dr. RA Daniel Petitpierre, President of the Association of Swiss Corporate Counsels
N.N., Representative of a European Bar Association
Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schlüter, Secretary General of the Stifterverband für die
Deutsche Wissenschaft, Essen

Workshop 1: What does it mean to be and to think as a lawyer?
Impulse: Prof. Richard J. Wilson, American Society of International Law, American University, Washington D.C.
Prof. Dr. Walter van Gerven, Leuven Centre for a Common Law of Europe, Catholic University of Leuven
Chair: Prof. Dr. Janez Kranjc, President of the European Law Faculty Association
Rapporteur: Laura Schmitt, Free University of Berlin, ELSA

Workshop 2: How to teach and examine in Law Studies?
Impulse: Prof. Avrom Sherr, Director and Woolf Professor of Legal Education, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Stelkens, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
Comment: Annemarie Hoffmann, Universities of Cologne and Paris
Chair: Johannes Riedel, President of the Appellate Court of Cologne
Rapporteur: Hendrik Doobe, Tönissteiner Studentenforum

Workshop 3: How to integrate international experience?
Impulse: Prof. Dr. Hagen Lichtenberg, University of Bremen
Comment: Keti Zukakishvili, Tbilsi State University, ELSA
Chair: Marina Steinmann, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Rapporteur: Jakub Cech, University of Prague, ELSA

Workshop 4: Which skills beyond legal knowledge are required?
Impulse: Thomas Schmidt, Global Professional Development Manager, Linklaters LLP
Comment: Olia Sendetska, University Kyiv, ELSA
Chair: Prof. Dr. Barbara Dauner-Lieb, University of Cologne
Rapporteur: Moritz Quecke, University of Cologne

Workshop 5: How to enhance research competences?
Impulse: Dr. Arad Reisberg, D.Phil, Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Laws, University College London
Katrin Deckert, docteur en droit, Deputy Secretary-General, International Academy of Comparative Law, University of Paris Est-Créteil
Chair: Dr. Peter Zervakis, Head Bologna Centre, German Rectors´ Conference
Rapporteur: Maeve Kieffer, Eurodoc

Reflection: Similarities and differences in Legal Education in Europe and the US
Prof. Richard J. Wilson, American Society of International Law, American University,
Washington D.C.

Lessons learned and Steps ahead:
a) Presentation and discussion of the workshop results
b) Working on common suggestions for a long-term political agenda
Conference Rapporteur: Maeve Kieffer, Eurodoc; Hendrik Doobe, Tönissteiner Studentenforum
Chair: Prof. Dr. Franz Werro (Georgetown University Law Center), Faculty Director - Centre for Transnational Legal Studies, London

Debate: "The Bologna process is the opportunity for the overdue modernization of Legal Education"
Chair: Prof. Dr. R. Alexander Lorz, LL.M., University of Düsseldorf
Panellists:
Jakub Cech, University of Prague, ELSA
Laura Schmitt, Free University of Berlin, ELSA
Prof. Dr. Laurence Gormley, University of Groningen
Dr. Arad Reisberg, D.Phil, Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Laws,
University College London

National Discussion for German Participants
Theme: Reforming Legal Education in Germany
Chair: Peter Greisler, Director, Institutions of Higher Education, Federal Ministry of
Education and Research
Impulse: Harald Schomburg, International Centre for Higher Education Research
Kassel (INCHER)

Poster Exhibition

Poster SASLA - Hochschule für Recht und Wirtschaft Berlin
SASLA
SASLA-History
SASLA-Cycle I
SASLA-Cycle II
SASLA-Cycle III

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