CLEA conference from June 26 to 28

The Commonwealth Legal Education Association Regional Conference 2008 will be held in Colombo from June 26-28. The theme of the conference is “Legal Education Towards Value Based System of Law” and the purpose is to explore the avenues by which values can be integrated into the legal education curriculum.

This may be the most formidable challenge which presents itself before the legal fraternity on the face of various complexities which the legal system is exposed. There is also a student conference on “Value Based Legal Education and Challenges of the Globalised Society”.

It is organised to give an opportunity for law students of South Asia to interact and discover the strategies of meeting challenges in the new world.

A moot competition also will be held between teams of participating countries. One team consisting of three members each and nomination will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

Prof. Mir Aurangazeb and his team from Pakistan, Prof. S. Sivakumaran and his team from India Prof Habeebur Rahman and Prof Aminul Rahman and their team from Bangladesh and a team from South Africa have already confirmed.