ABOUT
The first Global Legal Skills Conference was held at UIC-John Marshall in Chicago. It was an intimate conference connecting legal writing and ESL professionals who had an interest in teaching law students, lawyers, and other legal professionals from around the world. GLS has since grown to include not only legal writing faculty, but also international and comparative law professors, clinical faculty, linguists, librarians, judges, attorneys, court translators, law students, and scholars interested in global legal skills education. Now in its 15th iteration, the conference draws hundreds of professionals from around the world.
The conference has been held four times in Chicago; three times in Monterrey, Mexico; twice in San Jose, Costa Rica; twice in Verona, Italy; once in Washington D.C., once in Melbourne, Australia, and most recently in Phoenix, Arizona. The 15th Global Skills Conference will bring the conference back to Italy, for a third time. The University of Bari will host the conference on May 20-22, 2020. Proposals for the 15th Global Skills Conference are now being accepted at https://forms.law.asu.edu/gls15
Sponsors
- University of Bari (Bari, Italy)
- Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State Universtiy (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
- UIC-John Marshall (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Cooperating Organizations and Institutions
We are pleased to have the support of the following academic and professional organizations:
- American Bar Association Section of International Law
- American Society of International Law
- International Law Institute
- International Law Students Association (ILSA)
- Legal Writing Institute
- Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers
- Teaching International Law Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association
Speakers and Participants from at least 20 Countries
- Australia
- Austria
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
If you have any questions about the GLS Conference, please contact Professor Mark Wojcik of UIC-John Marshall at mwojcik@jmls.edu. We welcome the participation and support of other organizations, institutions, and law schools around the world.