For dinner on our fourth night, we joined\u00a0lawyers from the region around the Sea of Galilee\u00a0for a meal and mingling.\u00a0 Much thanks for the yummy food and company to\u00a0the\u00a0partnership between this region in\u00a0Israel and Milwaukee that sets this up every year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many students built professional relationships during this meal, gleaned advice from practitioners and professors, and engaged in meaningful dialogue.<\/p>\n
Student Lucas Bennewitz had a particularly thoughtful discussion:<\/p>\n
\u00a0During our trip, we had dinner at a kibbutz in Tiberius with different Israeli attorneys practicing in different areas. \u00a0Both our stomach and our brains were stuffed to the brim that evening with both excellent food and lively discussions about Israeli law and politics.\u00a0\u00a0While enjoying more\u00a0hummus and rice than we could handle, we gained valuable insight on the nature of the Israeli legal system, heard some criticism from the Israeli lawyers about their current system, and compared the Israeli and the American legal systems. \u00a0We also discussed the role that legal internships play in the Israeli law school experience.\u00a0 During the last year of law school, law students in Israel have to do practical work before being licensed. \u00a0I found this comparison striking, for I know many Marquette students participate in internships before graduating, but they are not required. \u00a0However, I think it would be a hard sell to American law students to extend their law school education from three years to four solely\u00a0on the basis of getting\u00a0hands-on experience outside the classroom.<\/p>\n
I also\u00a0had an interesting exchange with one particular lawyer\u2013who was now a law professor\u2013about the American trial-by-jury system. \u00a0He stated that the American\u00a0jury system is too\u00a0complicated and\u00a0cumbersome, saying that it creates more problems than it\u00a0solves. \u00a0I questioned him on this, and he stated that judges are in better positions\u00a0to solve disputes and that most countries do not have the jury trial system for a reason. \u00a0Although I agreed with him in a certain respect (after all,\u00a0the jury can certainly be rife with errors in many circumstances), it was still\u00a0striking that a lawyer from a country so centered on community and the shared bond of faith between its people would\u00a0disregard the idea of being judged by your fellow\u00a0citizens. \u00a0I think this spoke to the nature of the conflict right now in Israel, in that the idea of being judged by a fellow citizen who might be biased based on their religious sect is worrisome to many. \u00a0Nonetheless, it was great to get a different perspective\u2013the outsider looking in\u2013on American politics and law in order to help me understand how others view our legal system and see it in a different light.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For dinner on our fourth night, we joined\u00a0lawyers from the region around the Sea of Galilee\u00a0for a meal and mingling.\u00a0 Much thanks for the yummy food and company to\u00a0the\u00a0partnership between this region in\u00a0Israel and Milwaukee that sets this up every year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many students built professional relationships during this meal, gleaned advice from practitioners and professors, and 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