Introduce "common language" for global legal education: NUS law dean

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Introduce "common language" for global legal education: NUS law dean

By Ian Poh

Legal education needs a "common language" as the rule of law grows internationally and lawyers need to work more with their counterparts from different legal systems. Having a common language will facilitate understanding and cooperation, said the National University of Singapore (NUS) Law dean Simon Chesterman on Thursday.

"Legal education is jurisdiction-specific in a globalised world yet it must seamlessly translate across borders because our graduates go everywhere and interact with lawyers from around the world, " he said. Prof Chesterman was speaking to about 80 law school deans from 31 countries at the opening of the first Global Law Deans' Forum.

An expected starting point for such commonality is a statement on the standards and expected outcomes of a legal education which expected to be finalised on Friday after the two-day meeting organised by by NUS Law and the International Association of Law Schools.
Some points include transparency over the admission of students and the inclusion of professional ethics as a goal of legal education, alongside proficiency in legal knowledge and skills.

 

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That is a good idea. So that everyone will know "What is inside a polling station is not within a polling station."

 

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Chesterman is married to Dr Patricia Tan Shu Ming, daughter of the President of Singapore, Dr Tony Tan.

cronyism at work again.

 

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That is a good idea. So that everyone will know "What is inside a polling station is not within a polling station."

"Your Honour, I did not rape her. I put my penis inside her, not within her."