International Conference on the Future of Legal Education

Peggy Maisel

MARGARET (PEGGY) MAISEL is Associate Professor of Law and founding Director of the Clinical Program at Florida International University College of Law, a five year old public law school in Miami. She received a Masters Degree in Clinical Law Teaching from Antioch School of Law in 1978 and has been at the forefront of the development of Clinical Legal Education in the U.S. and internationally. Before coming to FIU, Professor Maisel was Fulbright and then Associate Professor of Law at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa (UND). While at UND, she helped to restructure the Law Clinic to support the changes in South African society and also led the transformation of the first year curriculum from broad survey courses into ones that emphasized human rights issues and legal and problem-solving skills. These course materials were published in two textbooks: Foundations of South African Law Critical Issues for Law Students, Butterworths 2002, and Introduction to Law and Legal Skills, Butterworths 2001. She is a member of the Society of American Law Teachers Board of Governors and has been a member of the International Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Justice Education and other national and international boards.