Export of Legal Education

This collection is the multifaceted result of an effort to learn from those who have been educated in an American law school and who then returned to their home countries to apply the lessons of that experience in nations experiencing social, economic, governmental, and legal transition. Written by an international group of scholars and practitioners, this work provides a unique insight into the ways in which legal education impacts the legal system in the recipient’s home country, addressing such topics as efforts to influence the current style of legal education in a country and the resistance faced from entrenched senior faculty and the use of U.S. legal education methods in government and private legal practice. This book will be of significant interest not only to legal educators in the United States and internationally, and to administrators of legal education policy and reform, but also to scholars seeking a more in-depth understanding of the connections between legal education and socio-political change.

'Numbers and statistics on US LLM education "exports" can only take us so far down the analytical road. Substantive knowledge of how US-trained LLMs affect educational, social, legal, and political policy in transitioning countries can only be generated by analyzing the actual experiences of the growing number of US-educated LLM graduates who are key democratic, business, policy, and human rights reformers around the globe. By providing in-depth case studies of these experiences, The Export of Legal Education makes a much-needed contribution to a woefully understudied area in international legal education and development studies.' Joseph Glicksberg, Open Society Institute, USA 'In the ongoing debate on globalization, the role of legal education receives scant attention. This book goes a long way in filling this void. It provides insightful, first-hand accounts of the important contributions made by returning LLM students. The result is a compelling case for increasing the use of legal education as an indispensable tool for the transfer of skills, social reform and greater integration of diverse ideas.' Mark Ellis, Executive Director, International Bar Association, UK 'This collection provides revealing insights about an export not normally thought of as an export: US legal education... All educational institutions offering LL.M., or like programs for foreign students, should immediately obtain a copy of [this] publication. Doing so will enrich the opportunities for both sides of this equation, whereby readers can glean the lessons learned by a leading institution - and its graduates, who take their export back home on this two-way educational street.' ASIL Newsletter

Ronald A. Brand is Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for International Legal Education at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the co-author of The 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and Drafting Contracts Under the CISG (Oxford University Press, 2008). D. Wes Rist is Adjunct Professor of Law and Assistant Director of the Center for International Legal Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Ronald A. Brand, Wade Channell, Maurice Oduor, Jelena Arsic, Daniil Fedorchuk, Milena Dordevic, Marco Gardini, Luz Maria Cardenas Arenas, Vjosa Osmani, Naveed Ahmad, Adolfo Cespedes Zavaleta, Daniela Ballao Ernlund, Jose Luis C. Syquia, Timur Arifdjanov.

This collection is the multifaceted result of an effort to learn from those who have been educated in American law schools and who then returned to their home countries to apply the lessons of that experience in nations experiencing social, economic, governmental, and legal transition. Two chapters from a U.S. perspective add emphasis to the importance of exporting LL.M. education to the exporting country's educational and development interests. The remaining chapters, whose authors comprise an international group of scholars and practitioners, provide unique insight into the ways in which legal education impacts a country's legal system. Their chapters address such topics as efforts to influence the current style of legal education in a country and the resistance faced from entrenched senior faculty; the implementation of innovative teaching methodologies in new and revitalized law faculties; the use of U.S. legal education methods in government and private legal practice; and the impact of U.S. legal education methods in developing a culture of respect for the rule of law in a transition country. This is a book that will be of significant interest not only to legal educators in the United States and internationally, and to administrators of legal education policy and reform, but also to scholars seeking a more in-depth understanding of the connections between legal education and socio-political change.

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