Abstract
“Pandemic!”
Naturally, this word—and event—has had a great effect on the minds of those who love to teach law and study abroad, and who relish meeting with colleagues abroad. What would we do? How could we continue to teach and learn from one another, to share the latest teaching and learning techniques, if international travel had come to a standstill?
Fortunately, constraints of all sorts breed creativity, and the constraints of this pandemic are no exception. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced law schools to alter the ways that students interact, attend class, and study, and has compelled professors to find new ways to collaborate, speak at conferences, and teach students at home and abroad.
We have learned so much during this turbulent time that we can use after the pandemic ends. By developing virtual conferences, distance-based international collaboration among professors and students, and projects that we can work on together in spite of the pandemic, we have also discovered “silver linings” during this difficult time—that is, we have discovered and created new ways of teaching, learning, and collaborating—both domestically and internationally, that we should continue to develop and utilize beyond the pandemic.
This article explores those hidden benefits of getting through difficult times and using new means to connect that will live beyond the pandemic.
Recommended Citation
Diane P. Edelman,
The Silver Lining of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Building Effective — and Enduring — International Legal Education Opportunities,
46
S. Ill. U. L.J.
35
(2021).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol46/iss1/2