1. Professor Jon Eddy The US-Afghan Legal Educators Program January 26, 2011

2. BASICS – Established 2005 – US Dept State/INL – Initial term 3 years, $2 million

3. GOAL – Train up to 20 professors in US – Target: LLM degrees – Gender equity – Possible outreach beyond Kabul in later years

4. PREMISE – Frustration with short-term trainings – Recognized need for long-term approach to capacity-building – Need to improve Afghan legal education

5. ACTUAL CONDITIONS –Extreme isolation and poverty of faculties –Major barriers to participation of women –Non-existent English language capabilities –Disillusionment with “assistance”

6. UW PRINCIPLES Work with both Law and Shari’a facultiesWork with both Law and Shari’a faculties Work with provincial universitiesWork with provincial universities Involve women equally with menInvolve women equally with men

7. ACCOMPLISHMENTS – Work closely with faculties at 5 universities – Visits by Deans from all these faculties – 15 successful LLM graduates – Over 80 study visits to the United States

8. LESSONS – Take time to build trust – Build your program methodically – Revise plans regularly – Do NOT look for quick results

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