INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 'ACCELARATION OF ACADEMIC TRANSFORMATION ASIA-EUROPE OF LAW FACULTY'
Prof. dr. Antoine (Ton) Hol: Law Graduates Must Master Legal Practice, Public Policy and Entrepreneurship
Dean of the Faculty of Law (FH) Universitas Prima Indonesia (UNPRI) Dr Tommy Leonard SH MKn together with the Muhammad Roman SH Team, Dr Mirza Nasution SH MH attended the International Conference in Lombok
The International Conference which raised the theme 'Acceleration of Academic Transformation Asia-Europe of Law Faculty', was also attended by the Chairperson of the Indonesian Dean Cooperation Agency Prof Dr Runtung Sitepu SH MHum who is also the Chancellor of the University of North Sumatra (USU), together with Prof Dr Budiman Ginting SH MHum (USU)
The conference presented three speakers, namely, Prof dr Antoine (Ton) Hol who is the Head of School (Dean) of the Faculty of Law, Utrecht University and the Chairperson of the Association of Deans throughout Europe. Then, Prof Ida Madieha Azmi PhD (International Islamic University, Malaysia) and the third speaker Hayyanul Haq SH LLM PhD (Faculty of Law, University of Mataram).
On that occasion, Prof. Dr. Antoine (Ton) Hol said that Law Graduates must master Legal Practice, Public Policy and Entrepreneurship. "The Faculty of Law must create Law Graduates who understand the development of law, economics, politics and entrepreneurship. In achieving this, the Law Faculty Curriculum must focus on legal knowledge, writing skills and negotiation skills," said Prof. Dr. Antoine (Ton) Hol in front of the International Conference participants, Monday (22/2) in Lombok.
In between his presentation, Prof. Dr. Antoine (Ton) Hol reiterated that students must master legal practice, public policy and entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, for Human Resources (HR), he said, it needs to be directed towards research (legal research). Then, the second speaker Prof. Ida Madieha Azmi PhD (International Islamic University, Malaysia) emphasized the strengthening of academic cooperation in the Faculty of Law in Asia.
Meanwhile, the third speaker, Hayyanul Haq SH LLM PhD (Faculty of Law, University of Mataram) emphasized the importance of the method and theory of coherence which means to measure a truth, through research or research by publishing journals to the public, to achieve a Faculty of Law that is oriented towards research.
So, said Hayyanul Haq, the Faculty of Law in Indonesia can compete internationally. Meanwhile, the Head of the Cooperation Agency for Deans of Law Faculties of State Universities (PTN) throughout Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Runtung Sitepu SH MHum when contacted by reporters via telephone said that the material discussed at this meeting concerned cooperation between the Faculty of Law in Indonesia and in Europe. This meeting, said Prof. Runtung, was held in the framework of the annual meeting of the Cooperation Agency for Deans of Law Faculties of State Universities throughout Indonesia. On that occasion, said Prof. Runtung, the Faculty of Law in Europe was also introduced in order to cooperate with State Universities (PTN) and Private Universities (PTS) in Indonesia.
In this case, Prof. Runtung encouraged FH UNPRI to be more proactive in cooperating with Leading Universities both in Indonesia and in Europe. "We hope that the results of this Conference can be followed up by UNPRI, in order to bind cooperation with the Faculty of Law in Asia-Europe," said the newly inaugurated USU Chancellor convincingly.
The same thing was also conveyed by the Dean of FH UNPRI Dr. Tommy Leonard SH MKn, his party will follow up on the results of the meeting with a number of leading universities in Asia-Europe. According to this young Doctor, there needs to be a change in curriculum and curriculum development at the Faculty of Law in Indonesia, namely case-oriented learning (legal practice), by providing students with broad knowledge, both from law, economics, politics and entrepreneurship to produce adaptive law graduates.
Tommy also said that it is necessary to design a Faculty of Law that is oriented towards research from various fields of science, not only law but also economics, politics, health and government.
Prof. dr. Antoine (Ton) Hol, who is the Head of School (Dean) of the Faculty of Law, Utrecht University and the chairman of the Association of Deans throughout Europe, took a photo together with the Chairman of the Indonesian Faculty of Law Dean Cooperation Agency, Prof. Dr. Runtung Sitepu SH MHum, together with Prof. Dr. Budiman Ginting SH MHum (USU) at the International Conference in Lombok, Monday (22/2)