As a necessary predicate to sound drafting, this seminar trains participants how to judge the utility of available research findings as they reveal the nature and causes of social problems. Seminar on Methodologies for Creating a Learning Process Specially designed for those participants who wish to return to their own countries and teach legislative theory, methodology and drafting technique, this seminar equips them with the appropriate pedagogical tools for that task. In this course of directed reading, the participant individually meets weekly with a professor. The professor supervises the participant s research, suggests readings in comparative law and experience and discusses issues relevant to the participant s bill. In addition to his work in the Third World, Professor Robert Seidman, together with Adjunct Professor Cynthia Barr , also teaches a course at Boston University School of Law on Legislative Drafting.
Students work on projects for legislators, public interest groups and government entities.
In addition, Professors Seidman and Barr teach a Legislative Externship Course at the School of Law. The course aims to place students in the offices in the Massachusetts legislature, where they can observe how the legislature actually works. The Program Co-Directors, Professor Ann and Robert Seidman, work with drafters, ministry officials and legislators in workshops in their own countries. These participants form teams to draft laws designed to solve real social problems and to strengthen the rule of law. But in Sri Lanka the local government doesn't have any resources to fix them.