A law professor from Iraqi-Kurdistan recently had a chance to tour some of the top law schools in the United States. The visits were part of a program at Syracuse University in New York. The Civic Education and Leadership Fellows Program, or CELF is (1) by the State Department.
Academics in the social sciences from the Middle East and North Africa (2) a few months at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse. The academic program offers course work and individual development of projects to help (3) understanding of democracy and democratic reform. The program at Syracuse is aimed at encouraging greater involvement in Civic life.
Nasser khalil Al-Assaf is an associate professor in the College of Law and Politics at Salahaddin University in Arbil. While visiting the law schools, he said he was impressed by the amount of educational (4) available to students.
"When I visited the Yale Law School, which is one of the biggest law schools in USA. One of the professors took me to the library, and show me the library in this school, which is more than 7 floors, and contain more than one million books."
During the visits, professor Al-Assaf also (5) Legal Clinics, in which law students work with people who need legal aid. Some legal education experts would like to see law schools in the United States increase (6) like this for their students. The professor says law education in Iraq focuses more on reading and theory than on practical work.
"After my visits to the more than ten best law schools in USA, I observed that these schools (7) practical subjects through Legal Clinics. The clinics in USA law schools make the students more qualified and make them ready to practise law when they gradute from law schools."
He said Iraqi law students often (8) when they graduate, because they lack practical experience. He noted a big difference between reading the law and practising it.
At Syracuse, Nasser khalil Al-Assaf said he has developed new ideas about legal education. He created the (9) when he returns home. He wants to create a bridge between the law school and the local community in Kurdistan. The project calls for students and professors to volunteer in the community.
He said he wants to adopt the example of law students working in Legal Clinics, that way he says, (10) .
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1. concerned
2. directs
3. trained
4. prolonged
5. protests
6. economic challenges
7. major donors
8. power shortages
9. future prospects
10. To build support among young voters, some political parties are promising to reduce unemployment and fight corruption
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