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Motivations and Experiences of International Law Students

Seminars

This event reports on a project, funded by the Society of Legal Scholars, on the motivations and experiences of international law students in England and Wales. It will provide opportunities to compare experiences of law students with other students, and of the UK experience with that of the USA.

  • From: Friday 9 June 2023, 10 am
  • To: Friday 9 June 2023, 4 pm
  • Location: 30 Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
  • Booking deadline: Thursday 25 May 2023, 12.00 pm
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Event details

Both the USA and UK are primary destinations for international law students. There is a considerable US literature on their motivations and experiences. There is no current UK equivalent, and this proof of concept project sought to investigate this.

The objectives of the project are to investigate

  1. whether the criteria found in the USA are mirrored in England and Wales.
  2. the relative importance to international law students of:
    1. knowledge and competence for practice in the home jurisdiction;
    2. status and capital envisaged as a “halo” for employers at home; and
    3. regulatory bypass of problematic home qualification systems.

We will discuss the findings of this project and compare them with data about international students generally and law students in the USA.  There will be space to discuss your own views and experiences, as well as your response to the data.

Programme

Proposed Programme

UK time (BST)

10:00-10:30

Registration, coffee, tea

10:30-10:45

Introduction (15 minutes)

Jane Ching – the context

10:45-11:15

Our SLS funded project: quantitative data (30 minutes)

Jane Ching

11:15-11:45

Plenary discussion (30 minutes)

11:45-12:15

Chinese students at NTU (30 minutes)

Aldo Gutierrez and Ishwinder Kaur

12:15-13:15

Lunch (60 minutes)

13:15-13:45

Our SLS funded project: qualitative data (30 minutes)

Azhin Omer

13:45-14:15

Plenary discussion (30 minutes)

14:15-14:45

The US context (30 minutes)

Professor Carole Silver, Professor of Global Law & Practice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, USA

14:45-15:00

Break (15 minutes)

15:00-15:30

Panel: international LLM students (30 minutes)

15:30-16:00

Closing thoughts and plan of action (30 minutes)

Booking information

Booking deadline is 12:00 midday (UK time) on 25th May 2023. When completing the booking form, please use the "Job Title" field to describe your position e.g. student and for the "Organisation" filed describe the institution you are based at.

Location details

Address:

30 Burton Street
 Nottingham
 NG1 4BU

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