CSL CLE Centre and Woking College UK is organising Faculty Development Programme on How to Teach Law- Transformative Pedagogies on 1-8 September 2024.

About the FDP

Cooperative School of Law Centre for Continuing Legal Education (CSL CLE Centre) and Woking College UK organise the Faculty Development Programme with the support of Indian Law Institute, Kerala Unit on ‘How to Teach Law- Transformative Pedagogies’ from 1 September 2024 – 8 September 2024 via Zoom.

Sessions

Date: 1 September 2024, Sunday
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Programme
Introductory : P.J. George, Manager, Cooperative School of Law
welcome: Rubin Thomas John, Faculty of law, Woking College, UK
Presidential address: Dr. Aneesha Shams, Principal, Cooperative School of law
Inaugural Address: Dr. Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, Judge, High Court of Kerala
Vote of Thanks: Adv. Parvathi Menon, Treasurer, Indian law Institute, Kerala State Unit

Day 1: 2 September 2024, Monday (6 pm-9 pm IST)
Session 1: Transforming Legal Education – Integrating Practical Skills and Experiential Learning (Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque, Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala)

Session 2: Active Learning Strategies in Law Schools (Dr. Aneesha Shams, Principal/ Chair, Cooperative school of Law/ CSL CLE Centre)

Session 3: Promoting Ethical Awareness and Professionalism (Rubin Thomas John, Faculty of law, Woking College, UK)
Learning Activity: Watch a video session by Mr. Terry Wilks, Director of Learning and Development, Woking College, and prepare questions for discussion.

Day 2: 3 September 2024, Tuesday (6pm-9pmIST)
Session 4: Case Study Method (Dr. Aneesha Shams, Principal/ Chair, Cooperative school of Law/ CSL CLE Centre)

Session 6: Case Law Analysis (Justice Syam Kumar V M, Judge, High Court of Kerala)

Session 5: Socratic Method and Case Studies (Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, Judge, High Court of Kerala)

Homework: Prepare dialogues for a role-play of the Socratic Method using Marbury V. Madison case.

Day 3: 4 September 2024, Wednesday(6 pm – 9 pm IST)
Session 7: (6 pm-7 pm) Teaching Procedural Laws in Law Schools (Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath, Judge, High Court of Kerala)

Session 8: Clinics and Externships at Law schools; Possibilities Explained (Adv. Parvathi Menon, High Court of Kerala/ Treasurer, Indian law Institute, Kerala State Unit)

Session 9: Legal Research and Drafting Techniques (Adv. Hariraj M R, Senior Advocate, High Court of Kerala)

Day 4: 5 September 2024, Thursday(6 pm-9pm IST)
Session 10: Digital Collaboration and Interactive Learning in teaching Law (Gokul Narayan, Chief Operations Officer, Asian School of Cyber Laws, Delhi)

Session 11: AI as a Teaching Assistant (Sandeep Chandrashekharan, Assistant professor, GD Goenka Law School, Gurugram)

Session 12: Legal Writing Tools (Mr. Tariq Akbar, CEO, Legal Ease Solutions LLC)

Day 5: 6 September 2024, Friday(6 pm – 9 pm IST)
Session 13: Mini Moot Court Techniques (Dr. Anna Puthuran, Principal, G-CLAR Law College, Kayamkulam)

Session 14: Instructional Design for Effective Law Teaching (Dr. Jayaram, Dean, GD Goenka School of Law, Gurugram)

Session 15: Problem-Based Teaching (Dr. Aneesh Pillai, Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT)

Homework: Prepare a problem question with an answer key.

Day 6: 7 September 2024, Saturday (8.30 am-3.30pm)
Morning Sessions:
Session 16 (8.30 am -9.30 am): Teaching Mediation
 (Dr. Sukhsimranjit, Singh, Assistant Dean &Judge Wainstein Managing Director, Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, Professor of Law and Practice, Caruso School of law, California)

Session 17 (10 am-11 am) Teaching Arbitration (Dr. Rosmy Joan, Associate Professor, NALSAR, Hyderabad)

Session 18 (11.15am-12.15pm) Session 22 (11 am- 12 pm): Building Inclusive Classrooms (Rubin Thomas John, Faculty of Law, Woking College, UK)

Afternoon sessions:

Session 19 (1.30pm-2.30pm): NGO Internship Guidance (Adv. Teena Cherian, Founder Director, Jenika Foundation, Kochi)

Session 20 (2.30pm-3.30pm): Corporate Internship Guidance (Adv. Raja Sujith, Senior Partner, Majmudar & Partners, Bangalore)

Day 7: 8 September 2024, Sunday (9.30 am- 4 pm)
Morning Sessions:

Session 21 (9.30-10.30) Enhancing Opportunities: Value Additions, Certifications, Upskilling and Professional Trainings in Law Schools (Sreelal, HR Manager, Aptiv, Kochi)

Session 22 (10.30am -11.30am): Project Guidance and Empirical Research (Dr. Rhea Roy Mammen, Post Doctoral Fellow, Van Vollenhoven Institute, Faculty of law, Leiden University; Director, Jusfocus Research institute, The Netherlands)

Session 23 (11.45 am – 12.45pm): Assessment and Feedback in Legal Education (Rubin Thomas John, Faculty of Law, Woking College, UK,)

Afternoon Sessions:
Faculty Panel: (2 pm -4 pm) Sharing Best Practices and Lessons
Valedictory and Certificate Distribution session will be in person at High Court of Kerala; Date and time of the event will be announced later.

How to Register?

Interested candidates can register via the link given at the end of the post.

Deadline

Register on or before 30th August.

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