The CLE Train Keeps Rolling in Vietnam
All Aboard: Train Stopping in Hanoi and Vinh
On the 12th and 13th December 2009, BABSEA in association with the Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi, successfully conducted a Supervisors of In-House Clinic Training Workshop for the newly opened VNU Legal Aid Clinic. The VNU workshop was attended by over 30 participants; among them a team of enthusiastic lawyers who are eager to help the CLE program by supervising and assessing the CLE law students, as well as dedicated law professors and CLE trainers from the Vietnam National University (Hanoi), the Institute for Policy and Law Development (PLD), Vietnam Trade Union and Hanoi Law University.
After a busy 2 day stop in Hanoi, the CLE train steamed ahead again, both literally and figuratively with BABSEA and it’s in-country partner, PLD getting on a night train and traveling to Vinh, Vietnam. While there they conducted another workshop at Vinh University, for 3 days, from the 15th Dec to 17th Dec 2009. This workshop provided participants with information and understanding about the common issues of establishing, managing and maintaining a CLE program at their universities. The Vinh workshop attracted more than 30 attendees from all over Vietnam including students and professors from Vinh University, VNU Hanoi, Hanoi Law University, VNU Ho Chi Minh City and Hue University.
BABSEA hopes that with our continued help and support, universities throughout Vietnam can have a chance to develop their own CLE programs, create new connections with other universities in Vietnam and throughout the world, and strengthen and grow CLE programs through shared experiences.
BABSEA would like to thank all the universities and organizations involved in these workshops, including PLD, VNU (Hanoi)/LERES Center and Vinh University, for all their hard work in making the workshops such a success. We look forward to our continued working partnership with them to strengthen CLE programs throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world.
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Throughout the workshop, the attendees were provided with knowledge of how to develop and successfully carry out an In-House Legal Clinic consultation teachings to students, as well as learning how to resolve common supervising issues. 
This workshop provided law students new to the CLE program with the relevant legal knowledge and skills of working in a CLE program including vital information about working in an In-House legal clinic and providing community teachings in marginalized communities. As well, the workshop provided the law students a unique and incredible opportunity to be able to understand real issues related to their legal professions as well as developing practical legal skills utilizing ethical standards. 