Mark E. WojcikThe John Marshall Law School, Chicago

Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, Mexico

Global Legal Skills Conference1.Why are we here?2.A conference snapshot3.Looking ahead

What are “Global Legal Skills”?

Why are we having a Global Legal Skills Conference?

What are “Global Legal Skills”?ReadingWriting

CorrespondenceMemorandaContracts

ListeningSpeakingNote-TakingLegal ResearchPresentations

NegotiationAdvocacy

Trial advocacyAppellate advocacy

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Professional Responsibility

ThinkingLearning

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 ConferencesGLS I (Chicago 2005)

60+/- attendeesFirst conference (not

much publicity)GLS II (Chicago 2007)

120+/- attendeesLarger international

audienceGLS III (Mexico 2008)

170+/- attendeesFirst 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 CountriesMexico

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:ODominican Republic:

Escuela Nacional de la Judicatura

Japan: Ritsumeikan University and Kansai University

Kenya: Moi UniversitySpain: Instituto de

Empressa Law SchoolSwitzerland:

University of Lucerne

16 Countries Represented in the International Planning Committee

ArgentinaBelarusBrazilCanadaChinaFranceGermanyJapan

Mexico SingaporeSpainSri LankaSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited States

PublicationsFuture conferencesCreating 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 IVProgram 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

Make no small plans!Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir humanity’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized.

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical plan once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.

Remember that our sons and daughters are going to do things that will stagger us.

Let your watchword be order and your beacon, beauty.

Think big. 

Global Legal Skills Conference VAnother 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 AssociationAn international,

professional associationLaw professorsESL (ESP) professorsResearchersWritersLegal translatorsOthers

ConferencesNewsletters /

PublicationsOther meetings / events