Why are Indonesian Law School No Good

• Author: Pranoto Iskandar
• Position: The Institute for Migrant Rights
• Pages: 605-607

e Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law

ISSN: 2338-7602; E-ISSN: 2338-770X

http://www.ijil.org

© 2019 e Institute for Migrant Rights Press

WHy arE indonEsian laW (sCHools)

no good?

Pranoto Iskandar

e Institute for Migrant Rights

pranotoi@imr.or.id

For starters, it is worth noting that this question can be applied across

the board and can applied generally to other university concentrations

as well. However, in order to be manageable, this paper focuses only on

law schools which, in my mind at least, I have more intimate knowl-

edge. Again, in spite of that caution, I encourage your mind to wander

around to apply the presented argument to other schools. More impor-

tantly, my main goal is to come up with a broad yet doable proposal

that will resume in the now losing direction political reform.

Before we go down this particular rabbit hole, one question is

worth raising: why should we care about law school in the rst place?

e rst and foremost reason is that law school is the ultimate bastion

of all kinds of socio-political discourse, along with cultural confusion

facing us currently.

As a “school,” law school plays a unique role in inuencing the

direction of any given society in which it operates. One reason for this

is that law schools produces a host of ready-made professionals, who

eventually go on to change the societal fabric in their preferred image.

Let us consider, for instance, the camaraderie among law students

that develops during their law school years. Once they are out on the

prowl, this “once-impeccable” bond readily translates into an endless

web among producers (politicians), consumers (lawyers), and of