IN the NE WS Chilean Professors Visit GU Law The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning (ILTL) is engaged in curriculum and teaching development with legal educators from Chile, Turkey and the Republic of Georgia. Four law professors from the Pontifica Universidad Catholica de Chile spent a week at Gonzaga this winter as part of ILTL’s Chilean Law Professors Program. The program focused on active teaching methods and assessment of student learning. The Chilean professors observed seven classes: Legal Research and Writing (Sandra Simpson), Comparative Law (Megan Ballard), Transactional Skills and Professionalism (Stephen Sepinuck), Contracts (Scott Burnham), Constitutional Law (Jason Gillmer), Employment Law (Cheryl Beckett) and Environmental Law (Gerry Hess). Simpson and Hess conducted three workshops with the Chilean teachers on feedback and assessment. At the end of the week, each of the Chilean visitors presented assessment projects that they developed during their week at Gonzaga and can use in their courses in Chile. But the Chilean Law Professors Program was not all work and no play. Mary Pat Treuthart arranged for the Chileans to meet with former GU faculty member Judge Rosanna Petersen and GU law alum Jaime Hawk, ’04. Inga Laurent led a tour of Spokane. Evening events included dinners with faculty members and ILTL Program Coordinator Barb Anderson, wine tasting at the Barrister Winery and a Zags basketball game.
ILTL Co-Directors Hess and Michael Hunter Schwartz hit the road in May to help foreign law teachers reform their legal education systems. In collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, ILTL is designing and delivering workshops on course design for law professors in Istanbul, Turkey, and Tbilisi, Georgia.
Saying goodbye to Chilean professors
Chileans with Hess and Simpson
Annual Diversity Reception On March 30 Gonzaga Law School and the Diversity Section of the SCBA welcomed law school applicants, students, alumni, lawyers, judges and bar organizations to learn more about the law school and the many educational, career and service opportunities available to the legal community. More than 150 gathered for an evening devoted to celebrating diversity and strengthening community ties.
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