Abstract
This article considers the role of international graduate law students as potentially contributing to the 'solution' of the economic challenges facing US law schools. It suggests that intense competition for international graduate students from law schools within and outside of the United States creates challenges for US schools interested in maintaining and developing their international student populations. Understanding what international students want will help schools succeed in this competition. Satisfying those desires may require schools to allow globalization to infiltrate their structures, activities and traditional approaches to educating lawyers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 227-245 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | International Journal of the Legal Profession |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2012 |
Funding
Many thanks to Elizabeth Chambliss, Bruce Green, Eyal Katvan and John O’Hare for helpful comments; to the participants in the workshop on ‘Too Many Lawyers? Facts, Reasons, Consequences and Solutions’ for discussion of the larger context in which the paper evolved; to the International Institute for the Sociology of Law for support; and to Brendan Smith, Kyle Doherty-Peters, Kasie Gorosh and Matthew Antonini for research assistance. Certain of the research that forms the basis for this paper was supported by a grant from the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). The opinions and conclusions contained in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of LSAC. See Silver (2013a) for an expanded discussion of the issues raised here.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Strategy and Management
- Law