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24 Syllabus 1 (1993)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus24 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar 0 Volume XXIV, Number 1 e Winter 1993 CEELI Program Con tin ues to Flourish he CEELI Sister Law School Program continues to provide opportunities for American law schools to develop relationships with Central and Eastern European law schools. The program was established by former ABA President Talbot D'Alemberte to assist Central and Eastern European countries in the formulation of legal infrastructure which will permit lasting legal, political and economic reform. Discussed below are the most recent components of the CEELI Sister Law School Program. Fall Visit of Deans from Central and Eastern Europe Thirty-three U.S. law schools participated in the most recent phase of the Sister Law School Program this fall. This visit, from September 27th to October 24th, brought the total number of participating Central European law school deans to 41. More than 120 U.S. law schools have participated in the program to date. The eleven visiting deans from Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia spent the first week in Washington, D.C., where they visited all three branches of the United States government. Special orientation events included a meeting with Justice O'Connor at the United States Supreme Court, a reception at Winthrop, Stimpson, Putnam & Roberts and a luncheon at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Dean Ralph Rohner of Catholic University's Columbus School of Law and Dean Justice O'Connor with visiting central and eastern European deans. Elliott Milstein of American University's Washington College of Law hosted special evening events in honor of the visiting deans. Each dean spent three weeks visiting an individual consortium of three U.S. law schools to forge long- term relationships and to explore various aspects of American legal education. The deans met with members of the local community, Continued on page 12 Interpretation of Standard 306 Considered n December of 1986, the Council adopted Interpretation 2 of Standard 306 regarding field placement programs. Subparagraph (e) of that Interpretation stated factors that the Accreditation Committee should consider in evaluating whether field placement program credit was commensurate with the time and effort expended by and the education benefit to the participating student as required in Standard 306(c). From that time to the present, the Accreditation Committee has had a great deal of experience in dealing with many law schools concerning the application of the Interpretation to diverse field placement programs. In 1990, the Accreditation Committee formed a Subcommittee on Externships to study whether that experience warranted amendment or revision of Interpretation 2. After careful review of the history of consideration of field placements by the Accreditation Committee, the Subcommittee determined to seek the views of Deans and other interested Continued on page 11

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