• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Seattle University School of Law’s Legal Exchange brings together Moroccan and American law students for a globally-connected law class co-taught by professors from American and Moroccan institutions. Legal Exchange offers a learning experience for students from countries that have faced similar legal challenges, and includes a clinical project for students to apply both theories and practices of justice. American and Moroccan students gain a unique view of how each group can learn from the other and from both countries’ histories, in order to solve modern legal problems.

Activities

In classes led by both American and Moroccan faculty, students learn about American and Moroccan legal education. They examine Moroccan judicial practices and how similar processes might be used in the United States. Students work with clinical faculty and each other to participate in a community-led project to address long-standing challenges in the United States and assess judicial practices in Morocco. Students develop and apply skills in communication and multi-layered problem solving. Throughout the course, participants read law materials, prepare and deliver presentations, and lead discussions, while learning how to work effectively with interpreters and translators. A Seattle-based community service project includes research, community lawyering skills, and collaboration with law students, law professors, attorneys, judges, and community members.

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