"Preface" [2014] ELECD 692; in van Caenegem, William; Hiscock, Mary (eds), "The Internationalisation of Legal Education" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) ix

Book Title: The Internationalisation of Legal Education

Editor(s): van Caenegem, William; Hiscock, Mary

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783474530

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Preface
In 2010, Edward Elgar published our book The Internationalisation of
Law: Legislation, Decision-Making, Practice and Education. That book
resulted from a conference on this subject, held at Bond University to
mark the 20th anniversary of the Law Faculty.
As editors, we felt this was a significant topic which deserved our
continuing attention. As teachers within a law faculty, how we respond to
the changing nature of the study and practice of law remains a pressing
issue. Since that date, ever more universities and faculties have responded
with new initiatives to the challenge of producing lawyers adequately
prepared to operate in a global, transnational environment.
We held a follow-up symposium at Bond University late in 2012, this
time focusing more narrowly on legal education. The chapters in this
book are substantially based on the contributions made to that sympo-
sium by invited speakers. They provide different perspectives on legal
education: from legal professionals in large law firms, to barristers,
educators, practical training specialists, arbitrators and academics, to
mention a few.
It emerged clearly that the legal academy is responding in many and
varied ways to the globalisation challenge. The solutions range from joint
degrees, to extensive exchange programs, to including international
aspects in all courses, to introducing international foundation law
courses, foreign language compulsories and so forth. No doubt new ideas
and initiatives will continue to emerge, which is one of the developments
that makes the study of this topic so fascinating. All these approaches
have their merits, ...