Event Title
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: U.S. Perspectives on Recognition of Academic Credit for Coursework Completed Abroad
Location
American University Washington College of Law, Warren Building, Room NT08
Start Date
2-23-2017 9:00 AM
End Date
2-23-2017 10:15 AM
Description
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due; U.S. Perspectives on Recognition of Academic Credit for Coursework Completed Abroad
In 2016, the ABA’s Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar issued revisions to Standard 310, Determination of Credit Hours for Coursework, as well as a Guidance Memo from the Managing Director. The Section also issued a Memorandum further explaining implementation of the Revised Standards and Rules of Procedure as they affect other Standards that relate to credit transfer for study abroad. These changes will affect the ways that all of our schools determine how to accept credit for student work done under the supervision of our partner schools abroad.
How should U.S. law schools implement the revised Standards? This panel will encourage a lively discussion of this important question, one that is informed not only by the ABA revision process, but also by thoughtful approaches to similar questions debated in other countries. After all, regulating the granting of credit for coursework undertaken at foreign universities is not uniquely an issue for U.S. law schools. Law schools in Canada and universities throughout the European Union, for example, have participated in educational exchanges for nearly thirty years. This panel will also attempt to encourage discussion of the implementation of ABA Revised Standard 310 as informed by approaches in other countries.
Presenters:
William E. Adams, Jr., Deputy Managing Director, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admission to the BAR
Diane Penneys Edelman, Director of International Programs and Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: U.S. Perspectives on Recognition of Academic Credit for Coursework Completed Abroad
American University Washington College of Law, Warren Building, Room NT08
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due; U.S. Perspectives on Recognition of Academic Credit for Coursework Completed Abroad
In 2016, the ABA’s Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar issued revisions to Standard 310, Determination of Credit Hours for Coursework, as well as a Guidance Memo from the Managing Director. The Section also issued a Memorandum further explaining implementation of the Revised Standards and Rules of Procedure as they affect other Standards that relate to credit transfer for study abroad. These changes will affect the ways that all of our schools determine how to accept credit for student work done under the supervision of our partner schools abroad.
How should U.S. law schools implement the revised Standards? This panel will encourage a lively discussion of this important question, one that is informed not only by the ABA revision process, but also by thoughtful approaches to similar questions debated in other countries. After all, regulating the granting of credit for coursework undertaken at foreign universities is not uniquely an issue for U.S. law schools. Law schools in Canada and universities throughout the European Union, for example, have participated in educational exchanges for nearly thirty years. This panel will also attempt to encourage discussion of the implementation of ABA Revised Standard 310 as informed by approaches in other countries.
Presenters:
William E. Adams, Jr., Deputy Managing Director, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admission to the BAR
Diane Penneys Edelman, Director of International Programs and Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law