LEITNER COURSES
International Law & Development in Africa
SUMMERY
This clinic course will provide the opportunity for you, as a Fordham law student, to bring the achievement of the MDG's closer to fruition in a very real way -- through the conceptualization and implementation of an MDG related project. You will partner with colleagues in law schools in Africa to propose a project and assist in the implementation of the project over the course of the term.
OVERVIEW
Fall 2010
SUMMERY
This clinic course will provide the opportunity for you, as a Fordham law student, to bring the achievement of the MDG's closer to fruition in a very real way -- through the conceptualization and implementation of an MDG related project. You will partner with colleagues in law schools in Africa to propose a project and assist in the implementation of the project over the course of the term.
OVERVIEW
IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, the International Law & Development in Africa Clinic works on the implementation of legal projects, particularly in the area of traditional legal systems, law and development, access to justice and rule of law programs. The clinic adopts a human rights based approach: the focus is on the contribution that legal rules and reforms can make toward achieving development and eradicating poverty. Clinic projects are designed to engage students in capacity-building activities and expose you to the realities and challenges of working in countries with different legal cultures and scarce resources. More than one billion people still live in extreme proverty. The international community meeting held at the United Nations headquarters at the dawn of the new millenium set out a bold agenda for the 21st century. The Millenium Declaration, endorsed by world leaders, set out a process that led to the adoption of time-bound and measurable goals for combatting poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women.
The Fall 2010 clinic will be structured as follows:
- Introduction to the development agenda and MDG's with guest lectures from practitioners involved in the implementation of the Goals.
- Project Design and Proposal. Students will be grouped in teams and work with African law students to put together a development project proposal.
- Implementation will be funded by the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice. Students who have elaborated the project will travel to Africa to assist African law students in bringing the project to fruition.
Fall 2010
