Effective techniques for teaching about other cultures and legal systems (Lithuanian report)

The study program at Vytautas Magnus University School of Law, Lithuania, leads to a master degree in law and from the very start was aimed at much more trans-cultural and interdisciplinary teaching of law, than it was and still is common in Lithuania. The necessity for teaching about other legal systems is grounded by these circumstances: - Lithuania is a very small country, - Lithuania is the Member of European Union, - Lithuania was occupied for fifty years, So one of its greatest challenges for Lithuania as a nation is to create and consolidate the rule of law. In order to create a law school which would indeed meet the real needs of the country by preparing lawyers who can move the country towards the rule of law and to implement the law which actually cuts across the “borders”, our School of Law have made and implemented these decisions, that are related with our aim to teach our students not only about Lithuanian legal system but about other legal systems as well.[...]Teisės fakultetasVytauto Didžiojo universiteta