1. Legal education Brazil / Panama Last updated 21 Nov 11 Latin American Law

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3. Montoya Legal Education Reform in LatAm

4. Legal education in LatAm –Structure Mostly public institutions / undergraduate program Fixed curriculum / old texts / often night classes Part-time professors (90%) / limited research (20%) –Methods Deductive (like Europe) / not inductive (like US) Scholastic / authoritarian teacher / emphasis on memorization –Outcomes Little problem-solving, social awareness Few practical skills / interdisciplinary awareness Lawyers not prepared to participate in legal reforms

5. Reforms to legal education in LatAm –Brazil: Fundación Getulio Vargas Founded 2000 / Rio and Sao Paolo campuses Reforms: Concept of law / teaching-research / methods Professors promoted for scholarship (reform agenda) Students learn problem-solving / upper-level electives –Colombia: Los Andes Founded 1968 / major reforms 1995-97 US-style campus / problem-solving / full-time faculty Curriculum: context, law basics, specialization –Results at “reform” schools More courses: 39-64 / still mostly theory Still few electives (<20%), practical skills (<25%), interdisciplinary (<15%) Univ Torcuato Di Tella … acceptance in Argentina Jim Rodden

6. Week in the life … Weekdays 6:15am – Wake Up (get ready and breakfast) 7:00am – catch the public transportation (takes hours to get in downtown when you don’t live around there) 8:00am – start working (internship at law firm) 11:30am – lunch time 1:30pm – Back to work (law firm) 6:00pm – stop working 6:30pm – class starts 9:15pm - end of class 10:30pm – arrive home / free time (shower, eat, read, get ready for next day) 11:00pm to 2:30am (exams week) – Studying Weekends - studying School schedule Monday thru Friday (one 3-credit class / day) Mornings – 7:30 to 10:30 Afternoons – 1:00 to 3:00 Evening – 6:30 to 9:15 Exams week Two exams per semester + oral presentation or seminar paper (according to the professor)

7. Panamanian law schools University of Panama School of Law 270-340 students 55% M / 45% F Autonomous University of Chiriquí ISAE University School of Law Latina University of Panama School of Law Public/private – oversight authority Joel De Leon Quintero

8. Panama law curriculum 1L2L3L4L5L Political Science Introduction to Law Roman Law Civil Law Human Rights Principles of Economics Principles of Sociology General Criminal Law Principles of Public Int’l Law Public Financial Law Constitutional Law Commercial Law Contracts Criminology Adm Law Special Criminal Law Public Int’l Law General and Civil Proced Economic Law Political Economy Procedure Law Advanced Adm Law Const Proced Law Ecological Law Mining Law Commercial Transactions Advanced Civil Law Advanced Procedure Labor Law Labor Procedure Family Law Criminal Procedure Evidence Legal Practice Banking Law Maritime Law Law Basics Public Law Private Law Social Law Inter-disciplinary Admission/tuition/courses/grading Joel De Leon Quintero

9. US Legal Education Undergraduate (BA / BS) Four years Multiple disciplines Law school (JD) Three years Fixed 1L curriculum UL requirements UL electives Profs: FT / adjuncts 45,000 graduates Law school (LLM) One-two years Specialization Bar exam ABA-approved LS MPRE / MSE / essay Reciprocity University (MA / PhD) One-four years Inter-disciplinary Law firm In-house Prosecutor Judge Law Prof Government Defender Litigator Advisor Transaction Mediator Regulator … attorney could tell the client what the problem is, how he was going to solve it, and what it would cost, without any client input or pushback … Jim Rodden

10. Brazil Legal Education Law school (LL.B.) FIve years after HS Fixed curriculum Some non-law courses Legal practicum Profs: FT / adjuncts 64,000 graduates Law school (LLM) 65% of LLBs Specialization Bar exam OAB exam 15-20% LLBs pass 455,000 admitted Int’l practice / studies Non-Brazil consultants Offices in NY, London Law firm In-house Prosecutor Judge Law Prof Government Defender Litigator Advisor Transaction Mediator Regulator Juliana Barbosa

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