{"id":3533,"date":"2005-07-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-02-02T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T12:01:13","slug":"comprometiendo-a-la-comunidad","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/amchamchile.cl\/en\/noticia\/comprometiendo-a-la-comunidad\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:es-->Comprometiendo a la Comunidad<!--:--><!--:en-->Engaging the Community<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es--><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nClaudio Grossman, abogado chileno, ha vivido en Estados Unidos durante los \u00faltimos 23 a\u00f1os y, desde 1995, ha sido Decano de la Escuela de Derecho de Washington, la facultad de leyes de la American University. en Washington DC. No obstante, \u00e9l mantiene estrechos v\u00ednculos con Chile y durante una reciente visita a Santiago, actu\u00f3 como moderador en un seminario de AmCham sobre la reforma procesal penal y convers\u00f3 con bUSiness CHILE acerca de la importancia de construir fuertes nexos entre las universidades y los negocios y, por cierto, con la sociedad civil como un todo.<\/p>\n<p><B>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 le atribuye usted tanta importancia al compromiso con la comunidad?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>En la actualidad, no solo las universidades act\u00faan como depositarias del conocimiento y proporcionan capacitaci\u00f3n. Una gama completa de otras instituciones -compa\u00f1\u00edas, ONGs, centros de an\u00e1lisis e instituciones especializadas (think tanks)- tambi\u00e9n cumplen dichas funciones. Vean por ejemplo el seminario que AmCham celebr\u00f3 recientemente en Chile, sobre la reforma procesal penal. \u00c9ste es un ejemplo de una instituci\u00f3n no universitaria que proporciona un importante servicio de capacitaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Dentro de ese contexto, las universidades necesitan crear nexos con estas otras instituciones. \u00c9ste es el \u00fanico medio para lograr el uso adecuado de recursos y para asegurar que estamos centrados en los temas correctos.<\/p>\n<p><B>\u00bfC\u00f3mo plantean esto en la American University?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>Bien, en las universidades estadounidenses \u00e9sa es una de las funciones del Directorio o de los beneficiarios, que ayudan a establecer las prioridades y, en la Escuela de Derecho de Washington (Washington College of Law) (WCL), tenemos un Consejo Asesor del Decano, que proporciona los puntos de vista de los abogados en ejercicio de la profesi\u00f3n, acerca de los desarrollos en la escuela de derecho, las fortalezas y debilidades de nuestros programas y nos otorga una directriz en estas \u00e1reas.<\/p>\n<p><B>\u00bfY c\u00f3mo se refleja esto en la experiencia de aprendizaje de los estudiantes?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>Lo que nosotros denominamos aprendizaje emp\u00edrico, es una parte muy importante de nuestros cursos, y est\u00e1 disponible para nuestros estudiantes a trav\u00e9s de un programa de cl\u00ednicas, as\u00ed como tambi\u00e9n, mediante pr\u00e1cticas externas supervisadas en firmas de abogados. Actualmente, operamos nueve cl\u00ednicas en \u00e1reas que fluct\u00faan desde violencia dom\u00e9stica y derechos humanos, a tributaci\u00f3n y desarrollo econ\u00f3mico comunitario. Dentro de estas \u00e1reas, elegimos casos espec\u00edficos, principalmente sobre la base de su potencial educativo y en la pr\u00e1ctica, esto significa por lo general, que hemos proporcionado apoyo a las personas o a las comunidades que no tienen recursos para pagar consejo legal, no obstante que \u00e9se no es el objetivo primario. Durante sus tres a\u00f1os en WCL, los estudiantes pueden trabajar a tiempo completo en una cl\u00ednica durante seis meses, o un a\u00f1o a tiempo parcial, pero eso var\u00eda, ya que tienen una cantidad de opciones a disposici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p><B>\u00bfC\u00f3mo visualiza usted el estado del compromiso en las universidades chilenas?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>Pienso que ha existido un cambio importante y que la preocupaci\u00f3n por la necesidad de compromiso, est\u00e1 creciendo. Y por ejemplo, en Marzo, WCL va a lanzar un programa ac\u00e1 en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Chile que ofrecer\u00e1 un grado de maestr\u00eda en derecho comercial. Esto significa que alrededor de 40 graduados de WCL dar\u00e1n clases en Santiago y ellos no s\u00f3lo son acad\u00e9micos. Muchos de ellos son abogados en ejercicio de la profesi\u00f3n y que trabajan en compa\u00f1\u00edas de EE.UU.<\/p>\n<p>Los nexos internacionales son extremadamente importantes y en WCL, tenemos programas de doble grado con Espa\u00f1a, Francia y Canad\u00e1, lo que significa que los estudiantes estudian durante dos a\u00f1os en Washington y dos a\u00f1os en el otro pa\u00eds. Actualmente, los abogados tienen que estar capacitados para operar en distintas jurisdicciones, no s\u00f3lo en un pa\u00eds. <\/p>\n<p><B>Chile est\u00e1 reformando su sistema de procedimiento penal; \u00bfqu\u00e9 otros desaf\u00edos vislumbra usted en el \u00e1mbito legal?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>El pr\u00f3ximo paso es el de revisar la justicia civil y especialmente los mecanismos alternativos de resoluci\u00f3n de conflictos, tales como el arbitraje, que evitan la necesidad de litigar. Y yo tambi\u00e9n dir\u00eda que existe una necesidad para que los jueces se especialicen, de forma que est\u00e9n mejor preparados para tratar con problemas crecientemente sofisticados que se presentan ante ellos.<\/p>\n<p><B>Usted es probablemente m\u00e1s conocido en Chile con relaci\u00f3n al tema de los derechos humanos\u2026<\/B><\/p>\n<p>El desaf\u00edo en esta materia es despolitizar los derechos humanos; no existe un asunto de izquierda-derecha. Ellos tienen que ver con un debido proceso, acceso a la justicia y no discriminaci\u00f3n. En otras palabras, los derechos humanos constituyen solamente otra forma de denominaci\u00f3n para el r\u00e9gimen de derecho.<!--:--><!--:en--><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nClaudio Grossman, a Chilean lawyer, has lived in the United States for the past 23 years and, since 1995, has been Dean of the Washington College of Law, the law faculty of the American University in Washington, DC. However, he maintains close links with Chile and, during a recent visit to Santiago, moderated an AmCham seminar on criminal justice reform, and talked to bUSiness CHILE about the importance of building strong bridges between universities and business and, indeed, civil society as a whole. <\/p>\n<p><B>Why do you attach such importance to engagement with the community?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>Today, it\u2019s not only universities that act as depositaries of knowledge and provide training. A whole range of other institutions &#8211; companies, NGOs, think tanks &#8211; also fulfill those functions. Look at the seminar that AmCham has just held on Chile\u2019s reform of criminal justice. That\u2019s an example of a non-university institution providing an important training service.<\/p>\n<p>In that context, universities need to create links with these other institutions. It\u2019s the only way to achieve the proper use of resources and to ensure that we focus on the right issues.<\/p>\n<p><B>How do you go about this at the American University?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>Well, in U.S. universities, that\u2019s one of the functions of the board or the trustees, who help to establish priorities and, in the Washington College of Law (WCL), we have a Dean\u2019s Advisory Council which provides practising attorneys\u2019 views on developments at the law school, the strengths and weaknesses of our programs, and gives us guidance in these areas. <\/p>\n<p><B>And how is this reflected in the learning experience of students?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>What we call experiential learning is a very important part of our courses, and it\u2019s available to our students through a program of clinics as well as through supervised externships in law firms. At present, we operate nine clinics in areas that range from domestic violence and human rights to taxation and community economic development. Within those areas, we choose specific cases mainly on the basis of their educational potential and, in practice, this generally means that we provide support to people or communities without the resources to pay for legal advice, although that\u2019s not the primary objective. During their three years at WCL, students may work in a clinic full time for six months or part time during a whole year, but that varies because they have a lot of options available. <\/p>\n<p><B>How do you view the state of engagement in Chilean universities?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>I think there\u2019s been an important change and that awareness of the need for engagement is growing. And, for example, in March, WCL is going to launch a program here with the University of Chile\u2019s Law School that will offer a masters degree in business law. That means that some 40 WCL graduates will be giving classes here in Santiago, and they\u2019re not only academics; many of them are practising attorneys who work in U.S. companies. <\/p>\n<p>International links are extremely important and, at WCL, we have double-degree programs with Spain, France and Canada, which means that students study for two years in Washington and two years in the other country. Today, lawyers have to be able to operate in different jurisdictions, not just one country. <\/p>\n<p><B>Chile is reforming its system of criminal justice; what other challenges do you see in the legal field?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>The next step is to look at civil justice and, particularly, at alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as arbitration, which avoid the need for litigation. And I\u2019d say there\u2019s also a need for judges to specialize so that they\u2019re better equipped to deal with the increasingly sophisticated problems that are put before them.  <\/p>\n<p><B>You\u2019re perhaps best known in Chile in connection with human rights\u2026<\/B><\/p>\n<p>The challenge there is to depoliticize human rights; they\u2019re not a right-left issue. They have to do with due process, access to justice, and non-discrimination. In fact, human rights is really just another name for the rule of law.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es-->Claudio Grossman, abogado chileno, ha vivido en Estados Unidos durante los \u00faltimos 23 a\u00f1os y, desde 1995, ha sido Decano de la Escuela de Derecho de Washington, la facultad de leyes de la American University. en Washington DC. 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