Prof. Bashar H. Malkawi, ‘Legal Education in the Middle East: What type of lawyers the Middle East must have?’

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Directions in Legal Education 2020
Online Conference on Teaching & Learning in Law
18 – 20 June 2020
Programme
18 June 2020 (14:00 – 21:10)
14:00 – 14:05 Welcome Message from Dean
Prof. Lutz Christian Wolff, Dean, Wei Lun Professor of Law, CUHK Law
14: 05 – 16:30 Parallel Sessions 1
Group 1: Students as Producers Group 2: Diversities in Legal Education
14:05 – 14:25 Prof. Michael Lower & Ms. Vivian Chen, ‘Students as
producers: student-led, collaborative, inquiry-based learning’
Prof. Steven Gallagher, ‘Law and History for Continuing Legal
Education? Amazing Evidence from Hong Kong’
14:25 – 14:50 Prof. Alice Lee & Ms. Phoebe Woo, ‘Students as Producers
and Leaders in Legal Education’
Prof. Bashar H. Malkawi, ‘Legal Education in the Middle East:
What type of lawyers the Middle East must have?’
14:50 – 15:15 Dr. Natasha Pushkarna, Ms. Angel Fan & Prof. Angela
Daly, ‘‘Student as producer’: Teaching new areas of law and preparing
law students for a digital, globalized world’
Dr. Fernando Pastor-Merchante, ‘Possibilities and Challenges of
the Comparative Law Methodology in Legal Education’
15:15 – 15:40 Mr. George Ho Shing Lok, ‘Student Producers in Action:
Experience from the Access to Justice Fellowship’
Mr. Lan Anh, ‘The Activities of Legal Dissemination and Education-
experiences of some countries in the world, and implications for Vietnam’
15:40 – 16:05 Prof. Jenny Gibbons, ‘Research magpies and shiny unofficial
knowledge in legal education’
Mr. Alejandro Martinez, ‘European laws on education: problems and
solutions’
16:05 – 16:30 Dr. Aleydis Nissen, ‘Field research and ethical clearance
proceedings: ‘a concrete wall hemming us in?’
Prof. Neetha Kurian, ‘Diversity in Legal Education - The Way
Forward for Law Schools’
16:30 – 17:45 Parallel Sessions 2
Group 1: Pedagogy I (Language & Writing) Group 2: Law & Technology I
16: 30 – 16:55 Prof. Rostam J. Neuwirth, ‘Legal Education in the Time of
Oxymora’
Prof. Alexandra Andhov,‘Bringing Technology and New Skillset into
a Law School’
16:55 – 17: 20 Prof. Lorenzo Cavalaglio, ‘Law and Legal Professions: the
Experience of Teaching 'Notarial Law' in a Law School’
Ms. Sanah Javed, ‘Technology Fostering Accessibility in Legal
Education’

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17: 20 – 17: 45 Ms. Bree Williams, ‘Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Legal
Education’
Prof. Swati Kaushal, ‘Implications of the Neoteric Methods of
Imparting Legal Education in the Times of Lockdown’
17:45 – 17:50 Break
17.50 – 18.50 Keynote I: The Future of Legal Education – A Civil Law Perspective
Professor Michael Martinek (Former Director of the Institute of European Law, Professor, University of Saarland in Saarbrücken)
18.50 – 19:00 Break
19:00 – 20:40 Parallel Sessions 3
Group 1: Innovative Subjects in Legal Education I Group 2: Teaching Law in Time of Crisis I
19: 00 – 19:25 Ms. Julie Elizabeth Boyd, ‘Considering Environmental /
Property Law towards a More Eco-centric Position within Legal
Education’
Dr. Sara Migliorini, ‘From Pandemic to Pan-Academic: what can a
virus teach us about teaching the law?’
19:25 – 19:50 Ms. Sabine Walsh, ‘Using Technology to Address the Skills Gap’ Prof. Deva Prasad, ‘Legal Education in India During the Health
Crisis: An Analysis and Learning for Future’
19:50 – 20: 15 Dr. Vandana Singh, ‘Innovative Subjects in Legal Education’ Prof. Alfonso Calcáneo Sánchez, ‘Internet Access and the Right to
Education in Times of Covid-19: A Latin American Perspective’
20:15 – 20:40 Prof. Hema K, ‘Jurimetrics is Desideratum - let's teach it in all the
law schools’
Prof. Phillipe Cupertino Salloum e Silva, ‘The challenges and
limits of university activities carried out remotely in times of a pandemic: an
analysis of the implementation of the Extension Course 'Cinema, Rights and
Diversity' at the Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Brazil’
20:40 – 21:10 Day 1 Closing Discussion: Teaching Law in Time of Crisis
19 June 2020 (14:00 – 20:15)
14:00 – 14:05 Welcome Greetings
14: 05 – 15: 20 Parallel Sessions 4
Group 1: Innovative Subjects in Legal Education II Group 2: Teaching Law in Time of Crisis II
14:05 – 14:30 Ms. Jennifer Ip, ‘Releasing the Power of Electives in the JD
Programmes to Prepare for the Unknown Future’
Ms. Deborah Ankor, ‘Learnings from Covid-19: Investigating
Collaborative Online Learning though the Lens of Staff Development’

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14:30 – 14:55 Mr. Matthew Cheung, ‘The Place and Value of Procedural
Subjects in Law School’
Prof. Rita Shackel, ‘Ensuring online law school examinations are fit for
purpose’
14:55 – 15:20 Prof. Alexandr Svetlicinii, ‘Teaching Business Law in the
BRICS Countries: Application of Team Teaching and Learning
Technologies in Legal Education’
Ms. Queenie Lai, ‘“Never let a good crisis go to waste” – Blended
Learning Post-Covid 19 – Giving the discretion of Zoom teaching to
teachers’
15: 20 – 17:25 Parallel Sessions 5
Group 1: Innovative Subjects in Legal Education III Group 2: Law & Technology II
15:20 – 15: 45 Ms. Shivang Rawat, ‘Innovative subjects in Legal education’ Dr. Wang Wei, ‘Computing Lawyering Skills: A Creative Pathway
towards Legal Data Scientist’
15:45 – 16:10 Mr. Charles Ho Wang Mak, ‘Cultivating Psychology in
International Legal Education - Should Psychology be Included in the
Syllabus for International Law?’
Prof. Prabhpreet Singh, ‘Law and Technology’
16:10 – 16:35 Dr. Simon Brooman & Dr. Debbie Legge, ‘Animal Law:
A course for legal education in the 21st century’
Prof. Dennis W. K. Khong, ‘Should Law Students Learn Computer
Programming’
16: 35 – 17:00 Ms. Rachael O’Connor, ‘Reverse mentoring as a staff and student
wellbeing tool in times of crisis and beyond.’
Dr. Priti Ramani Nayyar, ‘Creating Legal Intelligence by Means of
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Issues and Opportunities for Legal Education’
17:00 – 17: 25 Mr. Jeremy Dein QC, ‘The essential importance of communication
skills in the modern legal world - not a moot point’
Dr. Emma Roberts, ‘Digitally Building Firm Foundations:
Embedding Digital Literacy onto a Front-Loaded Delivery Model on a
First-Year Foundational Studies Module on an Undergraduate Law
Degree’
17: 25 – 17: 30 Break
17.30 – 18.30 Keynote II: Law and Technology
Professor Richard Susskind OBE (UCL)
18:30 – 19:45 Parallel Sessions 6
Group 1: Women in Law I Group 2: Teaching Law in Time of Crisis III
18:30 – 18:55 Prof. Snigdha Singh, ‘Need for Acknowledgement and Redressal
of Structural Challenges in Teaching Profession for Women in the light
of COVID pandemic: An Indian Experience’
Prof. Arie Reich, ‘How to Design and Administer On-line Exams in
Law’
18:55 – 19:20 Prof. Harkirandeep Kaur, ‘Law and Women: An analysis of role
of Indian Women in Law’
Mr. Tomás Gabriel García-Micó, ‘Teaching in unsettled times.
Experiences of online teaching for on-site studies.’

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19:20 – 19:45 Ms. Amelia Lo, ‘Observations on Women In Law- A Cross-
Jurisdictional Analysis’
Prof. Rayane Cristina de Andrade Gomes, ‘Inequalities, legal
education and pandemic: an analysis about the implementation of technology
mediated classes in the Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Brazil’
19:45– 20:15 Day 2 Closing Discussion: Law & Technology
20 June 2020 (10:00- 19:15)
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome Greetings
10:05 – 11: 20 Parallel Sessions 7
Group 1: Professionalism & Employability I Group 2: Pedagogy II
10:05 – 10:30 Prof. Roophashi Khatri, ‘Six Blind Men and the Elephant - The
Urgent Overhaul of a Parochial Legal Curriculum in India’
Mr. Michael Bromby, ‘Combining Pecha Kucha with Speed-
Networking to facilitate Students as Producers’
10:30 – 10:55 Ms. Bhumika Sharma, ‘Evolving Legal Education System in
India: A study with reference to masters education’
Prof. Xue Li, ‘Research on “Pedagogy of Initiative-litigation Cases”’
10:55 – 11:20 Mr. Valan A, ‘Is the Aim of the Bar Council of India on Legal
Education Achieved?’
Mr. Ian Lee, ‘Constructivisim and Problem-based Learning’
11: 20 – 13:20 Parallel Sessions 8
Group 1: Women in Law II Group 2: Pedagogy III (Clinical Legal Education)
11:20 – 11:45 Prof. Melissa Deehring, ‘Women in Law in Qatar: Realities and
Challenges’
Ms. Mahak Rathee, ‘Pro Bono: Role of Law Students’
11: 45 – 12: 10 Prof. Monica Sapucaia Machado, ‘Precariousness and the
Feminization of the Labour Market for Lawyers: a gender relationship’
Ms. Aastha Chahal & Ms. Mahak Rathee, ‘Clinical Legal
Education in India’
12: 10 – 12:35 Dr. Fincy Pallissery & Dr. Chaitra R. Beerannavar,
‘Indian Law Firms and Wellness at Work: Need for a
Transformation’
Prof. Niteesh Kumar Upadhyay, ‘Designing a road map for
futuristic online Clinical Legal Education Programs’
12:35 – 13:00 Ms. Manasvi Sharma, ‘Looking Back at Regina Guha 104
Years Later: An Indian Vantage Point on Women in Law’
Dr. Zubair Ahmed Khan, ‘Role of Law Clinics & Clinical Legal
Education in Providing Legal Services in Post-Covid World’
13:00 – 13:25 Prof. Melissa Deehring, ‘Teaching the Women, Peace and
Security Agenda in Law School: Lessons from Qatar’
Prof. Rhea Roy Mammen, ‘Integrated Experiential Legal
Education: How best can we do it?’
13:25 – 13:30 Break

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13: 30 – 15:00 The Big Debate: Directions in Legal Education
15: 00 – 15:10 Break
15:10 – 16:10 Keynote III: Legal Education in Hong Kong
Professor Geraint Howells (Prof. of Commercial Law University of Manchester &
Former Dean of Law at the City University of Hong Kong
16:10 – 18:15 Parallel Sessions 9
Group 1: Professionalism & Employability II Group 2: Pedagogy IV
16:10 – 16:35 Mr. Alex Nicholson, ‘The value of a law degree: a perspective from
UK providers’
Prof. Daniel Pascoe, ‘The Criminal Law Syllabus in Hong Kong and
the Realities of Legal Practice’
16:35 – 17:00 Dr. Simon Brooman & Ms. Sarah Stirk, ‘Reflective practice in
legal education: Are we missing an opportunity to give forward thinking
‘space’ to law students?’
Ms. Jenny Chan, ‘Do Law Teachers in Hong kong have Awareness of
Outcomes-based Education (OBE)?’
17:00 – 17:25 Prof. Royal Raj. S, ‘Professionalism in Law: Men in Black, do we
really know who we are?’
Dr. Esther Erlings, ‘From Problem to Paper: the use of problem-based
learning as capacity-building for final research papers’
17:25 – 17:50 Prof. Fernando Dias Simoes, ‘Academic Bias and International
Investment Law’
Group 3: Women in Law
Ms. Mitsu Parikh & Ms. Harsh Mahaseth, ‘Gender Bias: The
Legal Work Culture in Nepal’
17:50 – 18:15 Mr. Paul Mitchard, ‘Professionalism as Part of Legal Education’
18:15– 19:15 Day 3 Closing Discussion & Concluding Remarks