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The Globalisation of Legal Education

Simon Chesterman
New York University - School of Law, Singapore Programme; National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp. 58-67, July 2008

Abstract:
This article examines the evolution of legal education as it has moved through international, transnational, and now global paradigms. It explores these paradigms by reference to practice, pedagogy, and research. Internationalisation saw the world as an archipelago of jurisdictions, with a small number of lawyers involved in mediating disputes between jurisdictions or determining which jurisdiction applied; transnationalisation saw the world as a patchwork, with greater need for familiarity across jurisdictions and hence a growth in exchanges and collaborations; globalisation is now seeing the world as a web in more ways than one, with lawyers needing to be comfortable in multiple jurisdictions.

Keywords: legal education, globalisation, globalization, pedagogy

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Date posted: May 13, 2008 ; Last revised: April 14, 2009

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Chesterman, Simon, The Globalisation of Legal Education (July 2008). Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp. 58-67, July 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1132642

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Simon Chesterman (Contact Author) New York University - School of Law, Singapore Programme ( email ) NUS Law School 469G Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259776 Singapore HOME PAGE: http://www.SimonChesterman.com
National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law 469G Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259776 Singapore

Abstract

Date posted: May 13, 2008 ; Last revised: April 14, 2009

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Simon Chesterman (Contact Author)