From July 22-25, 2015, I joined
350 delegates from around the world at Anadolu University in Eskisehir, Turkey,
for the 8th Annual Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE)
conference, “Justice Education for a Just Society.” GAJE works to facilitate international information sharing and
collaboration on justice education; serves as a clearinghouse of teaching
methods and materials; and convenes global conferences on justice education at
locations accessible and affordable for individuals from developing
countries. The sessions during this year’s conference featured eight
different streams: Content of Social Justice Education; Resources and
Methodologies for Social Justice Education; Sustainability of Clinics; Regional
and International Collaboration; Overcoming Obstacles to Promotion of Human
Rights, Social Justice, and Legal Education Reform; Pro Bono and Legal Clinics; New
Initiatives and Innovations in Justice Education; and scholarly presentations
organized by the International Journal on Clinical Legal Education. In
addition to sharing pedagogical techniques, litigation ideas, and community
organizing strategies with colleagues from Nigeria, Spain, and Belarus, I was
able to visit a Turkish prison and hear from the country’s Deputy Minister of
Justice about criminal justice policies there. I returned to UNC with multiple
concrete ideas for strengthening both the content and teaching methodologies I
use in the Youth Justice Clinic. My participation in the conference was made
possible through my grant from the UNC Faculty Engaged Scholar program.
Posted by Barbara A. Fedders on Wed. September 30, 2015 2:22 PM
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Youth Justice Clinic