Holding Onto ‘Too Many Lawyers’: Bringing International Graduate Students to the Front of the Class

<p>As U.S. law schools come to terms with the need for new sources of revenue, the role of international law students may be both central to survival and an indication of the challenges that arise from the presence of different tracks for students. In order to maintain and perhaps increase US...

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Main Author: Carole Silver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2013-07-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2298682
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Summary:<p>As U.S. law schools come to terms with the need for new sources of revenue, the role of international law students may be both central to survival and an indication of the challenges that arise from the presence of different tracks for students. In order to maintain and perhaps increase US law schools&rsquo; share of the global market for graduate law students, understanding what international students want is crucial to meeting the competition. At the same time, satisfying the goals of international students may require schools to embrace globalization and allow its forces to infiltrate their structures, activities and traditional approaches to educating lawyers.</p> <hr /><p>Las facultades de derecho de EE UU coinciden en la necesidad de lograr nuevas fuentes de financiaci&oacute;n, con lo que el papel de los estudiantes de derecho internacionales puede ser b&aacute;sico para su supervivencia y un indicio de los retos que surgen por la presencia de diferentes grupos de estudiantes. Para que las facultades de derecho de EE UU mantengan y tal vez aumenten su participaci&oacute;n en el mercado global de estudiantes de derecho, es fundamental entender qu&eacute; quieren los estudiantes internacionales. A su vez, alcanzar las metas de estos estudiantes puede obligar a las facultades de derecho a abrazar la globalizaci&oacute;n y permitir que llegue a sus estructuras, actividades y sistema tradicional de formar abogados.
ISSN:2079-5971