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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Nadia Maharani, Ali Salmande
With cases of corruption endemic throughout the nation, Indonesians are questioning if justice is being served. Many wonder whether the human resources graduating from law schools actually contribute to the corruption problem, or for the greater good. Hope is not lost, however, as academics and prominent lawyers are now trying to change on how law students are educated.By establishing the Indonesia Jentera School of Law (IJSL), a number of academics and lawyers as founding members have dedicated themselves to educate law students with high integrity and strong morals against bribery. The school’s bachelor of law program is now officially accepting new students from high school, and at the same time offering Munir Said Thalib Scholarships for civil society organizations. Prior to the bachelor of law program, IJSL operated as an institution focusing on various legal trainings, including contract and legal drafting, seminars, and many other workshops.
At the launch of the bachelor of law program, several IJSL’s faculty members attended as speakers and provided insight as to what the school is about. This included former and current Executive Director of the Indonesia Central Law and Policy Study (PSHK), Bivitri Susanti and Eryanto Nugroho.
“Our goals are whatever our graduates choose as their profession, whether it is working at a law firm, an NGO, or a judge, graduates of IJSL must have integrity,” says Mrs. Susanti.
There will be two main approaches to execute the school’s goals. The first is by teaching students to live and breathe the value of not accepting or giving bribes. This value will be emphasized in every subject. Later, IJSL will include specific anticorruption subjects into the curriculum.
Mr. Nugroho, on the other hand, underlined that IJSL will also conduct thorough examinations for lecturer position. He said that individuals that do not have proper integrity will not be accepted as a faculty member.
A number of prominent individuals have already joined IJSL as lecturers. Among of them are former attorney general Marsilam Simanjuntak, as well as former KPK commissioners Chandra Hamzah and Bambang Widjojanto.
Also attending the launching event was Ahmad Fikri Assegaf, Managing Partner of Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (AHP), who is also one of the IJSL founders. Mr. Assegaf elaborated on the importance of educating law students with high integrity for filling positions at law firms. He reminisced on how his fellow students back in college days had proper integrity, but once in the real world they were forced to compromise their ideals and must do just about anything to function in the real world.
“We want to establish law with high integrity that is free of corruption. At IJSL, that is an important agenda. Hopefully, those who graduate from Jentera will be able to absorb values which support this integrity,” said Mr. Assegaf who is also listed as a teacher for IJSL.
IJSL will also use a more critical method of teaching. For instance, IJSL will teach its students to think logically and be able to conduct research. Mrs. Bivitri will steer away from the approach of simply memorizing provisions from laws and regulations.
“What needs to be focused on methods such as this. It requires the ability to think logically in the world of law and business,” Mrs. Bivitri concluded.
(hot/kc)
Nadia Maharani, Ali Salmande
With cases of corruption endemic throughout the nation, Indonesians are questioning if justice is being served. Many wonder whether the human resources graduating from law schools actually contribute to the corruption problem, or for the greater good. Hope is not lost, however, as academics and prominent lawyers are now trying to change on how law students are educated.By establishing the Indonesia Jentera School of Law (IJSL), a number of academics and lawyers as founding members have dedicated themselves to educate law students with high integrity and strong morals against bribery. The school’s bachelor of law program is now officially accepting new students from high school, and at the same time offering Munir Said Thalib Scholarships for civil society organizations. Prior to the bachelor of law program, IJSL operated as an institution focusing on various legal trainings, including contract and legal drafting, seminars, and many other workshops.
At the launch of the bachelor of law program, several IJSL’s faculty members attended as speakers and provided insight as to what the school is about. This included former and current Executive Director of the Indonesia Central Law and Policy Study (PSHK), Bivitri Susanti and Eryanto Nugroho.
“Our goals are whatever our graduates choose as their profession, whether it is working at a law firm, an NGO, or a judge, graduates of IJSL must have integrity,” says Mrs. Susanti.
There will be two main approaches to execute the school’s goals. The first is by teaching students to live and breathe the value of not accepting or giving bribes. This value will be emphasized in every subject. Later, IJSL will include specific anticorruption subjects into the curriculum.
Mr. Nugroho, on the other hand, underlined that IJSL will also conduct thorough examinations for lecturer position. He said that individuals that do not have proper integrity will not be accepted as a faculty member.
A number of prominent individuals have already joined IJSL as lecturers. Among of them are former attorney general Marsilam Simanjuntak, as well as former KPK commissioners Chandra Hamzah and Bambang Widjojanto.
Also attending the launching event was Ahmad Fikri Assegaf, Managing Partner of Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (AHP), who is also one of the IJSL founders. Mr. Assegaf elaborated on the importance of educating law students with high integrity for filling positions at law firms. He reminisced on how his fellow students back in college days had proper integrity, but once in the real world they were forced to compromise their ideals and must do just about anything to function in the real world.
“We want to establish law with high integrity that is free of corruption. At IJSL, that is an important agenda. Hopefully, those who graduate from Jentera will be able to absorb values which support this integrity,” said Mr. Assegaf who is also listed as a teacher for IJSL.
IJSL will also use a more critical method of teaching. For instance, IJSL will teach its students to think logically and be able to conduct research. Mrs. Bivitri will steer away from the approach of simply memorizing provisions from laws and regulations.
“What needs to be focused on methods such as this. It requires the ability to think logically in the world of law and business,” Mrs. Bivitri concluded.
(hot/kc)