Internationalization of Legal Education in Indonesia: Insights from Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang
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today’s global era. While the internationalization of higher education
has been defined as “the process of integrating an international,
intercultural and global dimension into the goals, teaching/learning,
research and service functions of a university or higher education
system†(Knight, 2014), the internationalization of legal education refers
to such a process at the schools of law around the world. Several
factors have contributed to the increasing need for such an
internationalization of legal education. These factors include the
increasing demand for transnational legal practices and the emergence
of legal problems that occurred across international boundaries. This
article discusses the internationalization of legal education in Indonesia,
focusing on the practice of international program offered by Faculty of
Law at Universitas Negeri Semarang. The article analyzes the strengths
and opportunity of the program as well as its weaknesses and threats.
The picture of the international program at the Faculty of Law at
Universitas Negeri Semarang may not reflect the general picture of the
international programs in many Faculties of Law at Indonesian
universities. However, it can provide a glance on how the
internationalization of legal education has been practiced by a public
university in Indonesia. The article starts with a discussion on
theoretical views on the internationalization of legal education. Then it
presents why internationalization of legal program is needed and how
it should be practiced in the Indonesian context. It then provides a
critical analysis on the practice of international law program at
Universitas Negeri Semarang. Some strengths and weaknesses of the
program are discussed. A recommendation to improve the quality of
the international program at the Indonesian Faculties of Law is
presented afterwards.
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