Learning from Each Other: Enriching the Law School Curriculum in an Interrelated World

Soochow University, Kenneth Wang School of Law
Suzhou, China
October 17-19, 2007

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Program

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

16:00 – 20:00
Registration

19:00
Opening Dinner Sponsored by The Kenneth Wang School of Law

Welcome
Carl C. Monk, IALS President

Greetings from The Kenneth Wang School of Law, Soochow University
Francis SL Wang, Kenneth Wang School of Law

Dinner Speaker:
Madame Chunying Xin, Vice-Chairman, Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Deputy Director of the Legal Studies Institution of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

 

Thursday, October 18, 2007

8:30 – 17:00
Registration

9:00 – 9:15
Introduction
Todd D. Rakoff, Harvard Law School, United States, Chair, IALS Planning Committee

9:15 – 10:45
Plenary Session: Different Modes of Legal Education and Legal Thinking
Noor Aziah Haji Mohd Awal, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia
Alisdair A. Gillespie UKCLE Associate, Warwick University and Reader in Law, De Montfort University, England
Obeng Mireku, University of Venda School of Law, Thohoyandou, South Africa
V.S. Elizabeth, National Law School of India University, India
Sang-Hyun Song, Judge, International Criminal Court, formerly Dean of the Law Faculty, Seoul National University, Korea
Nin Tomas, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Moderator: Gerald Torres, University of Texas, United States

10:45 – 11:15
Refreshment Break

11:15 – 12:15
Small Groups: Different Modes of Legal Education and Legal Thinking
Small Group Leaders:
Marcelo Alegre, University of Palermo, Argentina
Fatou Kiné Camara, University of Dakar, Senegal
Chuma C. Himonga, University of Cape Town, Faculty of Law, South Africa
Clifford Larsen, Bucerius Law School, Germany
Todd D. Rakoff, Harvard Law School, United States
Paul Rishworth, University of Auckland, New Zealand
V. S. Elizabeth, National Law School of India University, India
Francis SL Wang, Kenneth Wang School of Law, China

12:30 - 13:45
IALS Luncheon Sponsored by St . John’s University School of Law, New York, USA

13:45 – 15:15
Plenary Session: How to Introduce Similarities and Differences and Discuss Common Problems in the Classroom
Rosalie Jukier, McGill University, Canada
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, McGeorge School of Law, United States
Luis E. Sprovieri, Attorney, Argentina
Danie Visser, University of Cape Town Faculty of Law, South Africa
 Moderator: Clifford Larsen, Bucerius Law School, Germany

15:15 – 15:45
Refreshment Break

15:45 - 17:00
Breakout Sessions with the Panelists

17:00
IALS Dinner and Evening Garden Tour of Net Master’s Garden
Sponsored by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

 

Friday, October 19, 2007

9:00-10:00
Plenary Session: How Can Technology Enrich the Experience of Law Students?
Nin Tomas, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand

10:00-10:30
Refreshment Break

10:30–11:45
Plenary Session: How Can Technology Enrich the Experience of Law Students Searching Information Globally?
Xin Li , Vice Director of Network Center, Chinese Education and Research Network (CERNET), China
Sharon Wang, Reference Librarian, Osgoode Hall Law School Library, Canada
Stephen T. Yandle, Esq., Vice-President Global Law Programs, LexisNexis , United States

12:00 – 12:45
Plenary: Working With Each Other: Exchanges, Joint Programs, Other Forms of Collaboration
Markus Baumanns, Chairman of the Board, Bucerius Law School, Germany
Arie Freiberg, Monash Law School, Australia
Bengt Lundell, University of Lund, Sweden
Francis SL Wang, Kenneth Wang School of Law, China
Moderator: Carl C. Monk, IALS President, United States

12:45 – 13:45
Luncheon
(Self-select subject discussion during luncheon)
Working With Each Other:
Faculty Exchange
Student Exchange
Joint Programs
Scholarly Collaboration
Other Forms of Institutional Collaboration

13:45 – 14:45
Serendipitous Networking
Moderator: Alan C. Neal, Warwick School of Law, England

14:45 – 15:00
Closing
Todd D. Rakoff, Harvard Law School, United States Kenneth Wang School of Law

19:00
Closing Dinner Sponsored by The Wang Family Foundation and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius

Greetings from ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
Markus Baumanns, Executive Vice President, ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany -view paper-

Greetings from the Wang Family Foundation
Francis SL Wang, Executive Director, Wang Family Foundation, China

This conference is supported in part by grants from The Wang Family Foundation and
ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius

 In addition, LexisNexis has provided a grant to support global participation in this conference.

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