Internationalisation of legal education - an unfinished agenda
the case of Symbiosis Law School Pune
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2020.7.250-266Keywords:
Internationalisation of higher education, Internationalisation of legal education, Internationalisation at home, Clinical legal education, Cross cultural competence, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), ChallengesAbstract
The beginning of 21st century has witnessed intensified discourses on internationalisation of higher education. It stands for a process of integrating an international, intercultural and global dimension into the teaching, research and service function of an institution thereby adding to the complexities, relevance and dynamics of internationalisation. Although legal education is a significant part of the broader edifice of higher education, it faces formidable hurdles in the path of internationalisation due to its significant territorial nature. Currently, legal education faces the challenge in terms of creating lawyers with technical competence
encompassing national, international and comparative legal fields. There is an urgent need that law students must imbibe the requisite cultural competence and technical knowledge to operate globally. This makes the objective of internationalising legal education all the more relevant and contemporary.
After establishing the concept and operational dimensions of internationalisation of higher education, the article will address the process of internationalisation of legal education by projecting Symbiosis Law School, Pune as a case study with its star-struck journey since long. It will explore the various facilitative, pedagogical as well as cultural tools adopted to achieve the objective. The impacts and the learning will be analysed. The article will also highlight the unfinished agenda in the light of gaps yet to be addressed in the current concept and the developments in internationalisation and challenges posed from national higher education norms.
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