Mark E. Wojcik The John Marshall Law School, Chicago Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, Mexico

Global Legal Skills Conference 1. Why are we here? 2. A conference snapshot 3. Looking ahead

What are “Global Legal Skills”? Why are we having a Global Legal Skills Conference?

What are “Global Legal Skills”? Reading Writing Correspondence Memoranda Contracts Listening Speaking Note-Taking Legal Research Presentations Negotiation Advocacy Trial advocacy Appellate advocacy Alternative Dispute Resolution Professional Responsibility Thinking Learning

Why Have a GLS Conference? What are we learning here? Will it show up in our teaching? Will it show up in what our students learn? Do we teach our students what they need to learn? Do we even know the needs of our students? How can we know the answers to any of these questions?

A snapshot of the conference

Global Legal Skills III First conference logo (created by FLDM)

Global Legal Skills Conferences GLS I (Chicago 2005) 60+/- attendees First conference (not much publicity) GLS II (Chicago 2007) 120+/- attendees Larger international audience GLS III (Mexico 2008) 170+/- attendees First conference outside U.S. First panels not in English

Presenters from 40+ U.S. Law Schools Albany Law School American University-Washington College of Law Arizona State University Boston University Chicago-Kent College of Law Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (Ohio) Drexel University (Pennsylvania) Florida International University Franklin Pierce Law Center (New Hampshire) Georgetown University Law Center Harvard Law School Indiana University-Indianapolis The John Marshall Law School-Chicago John Marshall Law School-Atlanta Michigan State University Northwestern University (Illinois) Nova Southeastern University (Florida) Rutgers University-Camden (New Jersey) St. John’s University (New York) Santa Clara University (California) Seattle University South Texas College of Law Stanford Law School (California) Stetson University (California) Temple University (Pennsylvania) Texas Tech University University of Akron (Ohi0) University of Denver (Colorado) University of Illinois University of Michigan University of Missouri University of North Dakota University of Oregon University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (California) University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) University of Southern California University of Wisconsin Villanova University Washington University (St. Louis) William Mitchell College of Law (Minnesota)

Presenters from 8 Other Countries Mexico Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon Universidad Iberamericana Puebla Escuela Judicial (Consejo de la Judicatura del Poder Judicial del Estado de Nuevo Leon) Escuela Judicial del Poder Judicial Federal China: China University of Political Science and Law Chile: ESE:O Dominican Republic: Escuela Nacional de la Judicatura Japan: Ritsumeikan University and Kansai University Kenya: Moi University Spain: Instituto de Empressa Law School Switzerland: University of Lucerne

16 Countries Represented in the International Planning Committee Argentina Belarus Brazil Canada China France Germany Japan Mexico Singapore Spain Sri Lanka Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States

Publications Future conferences Creating a professional association

Capturing “Best Practices” Book with summaries of conference presentations and papers (from the first three conferences) Resource for future work Publisher (Van der Plus Publishing) Working Title: International Legal Education: The Best Theory and Practice – Summaries from the Global Legal Skills Conferences

Global Legal Skills Conference IV Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Law Center June 2009

Global Legal Skills Conference IV Program submission process will be more focused (easier for participants) Defined program tracks Interest group meetings International Planning Committee will be more active and involved Craig and Peter need your help NOW

Global Legal Skills Conference V Planned for a location in Asia Host country still to be determined Conference may focus on needs of Legal English in Asia

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Global Legal Skills Conference V Another alternative – return to Monterrey in February 2010 Also hold a conference in Asia (where focus would be on needs of Asia) Could also hold a regional conference in Europe Also hold a student conference

Global Legal Skills Association An international, professional association Law professors ESL (ESP) professors Researchers Writers Legal translators Others Conferences Newsletters / Publications Other meetings / events