What exactly is NACLE?

The general purpose of the North American Consortium on Legal Education is to promote increased understanding within North American countries of the legal systems of our neighbors, in order to increase cooperation among leaders and institutions in the private and public sectors. The consortium consists of law schools in Canada, the United States and Mexico that are interested in promoting cross-border legal exchanges among members of the Consortium.

The specific purpose of the Consortium is to increase the capabilities of each member law school to provide a quality legal education appropriate to the demands of the professional environment in North America. To this end, the law schools will actively seek opportunities for cooperation on joint projects, and will actively promote each other's programs that relate to these goals.

The members of the Consortium will further cross-border legal exchange, including:

• programs to facilitate foreign legal studies in Consortium Members by undergraduate and graduate law students;
• faculty exchanges and other means to promote interaction between law faculties;
• cooperation in research opportunities by individual faculty members;
• cooperation in curricular development;
• cooperation in summer study and other special programs;
• cooperation in the use of distance learning and information technology;
• mutual promotion of programs, either individually or jointly offered by Consortium Members;
• and other projects and programs that benefit Consortium Members, their students and faculties.

To find out more about NACLE and its objectives, please visit the Consortium's web site. You can also click on the NACLE logo under the menu on the left-hand side of the page at any time to visit their web site.

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