Anna Shavers Attends Meeting to Develop 'Global' Law Curriculum
Released on 06/03/2004, at 2:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Anna Williams Shavers, associate professor of law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, joined legal educators representing more than 45 countries and all of the world's legal systems in Hawaii in late May to hammer out a "global curriculum" for law schools.
Shavers was among more than 130 leading legal educators gathered at the invitation of the Association of American Law Schools. The three-day conference, titled "Educating Lawyers for Transnational Challenges," marked the first time legal educators from around the world had met to consider how best to educate lawyers for the practice of law across international boundaries.
"More and more lawyers must understand other cultures and legal systems," Shavers said. She described her international law interests as those primarily involving gender issues, immigration and information technology.
CONTACT: Anna Williams Shavers, Assoc. Professor, Law, (402) 472-2194