The Internationalisation of Legal Education: 2016 (Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law)

This volume provides an overview of the

state of internationalisation of legal education (IOLE) in many civil law and

common law countries. It provides a picture of the status of the debate about

the shape and degree of internationalisation in the curriculum in the different

countries, and the debates surrounding the adoption of a more international

approach to legal education in the contemporary world.

It is a compilation of the National

Reports submitted for the August 2014 Congress of the IACL held at Vienna, and

contains an introductory general report. Together, the reports examine such

questions as: Why is the topic of internationalization of legal education on the

agenda now? Why is it a relevant subject for examination today? Does the topic generate

the same level of interest everywhere in the world? Is enthusiasm for IOLE

mainly driven by the academic sector, by government, by multinational

corporations? Is the interest closely linked with the globalization of the

practice of law? Or is globalisation of law itself something of a myth, or a

reality reserved for only a very small percentage of practising lawyers around

the world?



















The general and

national reports make clear that there is indeed widespread interest in IOLE,

and numerous disparate initiatives around the world. Nonetheless, some National

Reporters state that the topic is simply not on the agenda at all. All in all,

the volume shows that the approaches

to internationalisation are many and varied, but every jurisdiction recognises

the importance of introducing aspiring lawyers to a more integrated global

environment.

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