Dean McConnaughay Presents at University of California Irvine/Australian National University Research Symposium

Dean Philip McConnaughay presented an invited paper at “The Globalization of Legal Education:  A Critical Study” symposium hosted by the University of California Irvine’s Center on Globalization, Law and Society and Australian National University, September 8-9 in Irvine, California. Dean McConnaughay’s paper, “China and the Globalization of Legal Education:  A Look into the Future,” examines the influence of legal developments in China’s Pearl River Delta and Belt and Road countries on global legal services and on STL’s program of legal education.

The symposium gathered leading international scholars for discussions ranging from global hierarchies in the cross-border movement of students to innovations in legal education in Asia and South America. In addition to scholars from University of California, Irvine and Australian National University, participants were from Northwestern University, University of Toronto, NYU, University of Copenhagen, Funacao Getulio Vargas, Washington University, Universidad Diego Portales and Utrecht University.