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ERIC Number: EJ1225374
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 26
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0896-5811
EISSN: N/A
Engaging Chambers of Commerce: Connecting Business Law Students with Local Business Professionals
Roessing, Matt; El-Jourbagy, Jehan
Journal of Legal Studies Education, v36 n2 p333-358 Sum 2019
Chambers of Commerce present educational opportunities for businesses as well as forums to discuss and advocate for change in the business environment. Chambers exist on the local, state, national, and international level. This article focuses on business law students working with local city and county-based chambers, with a membership of mostly small businesses. The authors describe their experiences researching, implementing, and assessing a community-based engaged learning project where undergraduate students provided business law training to human resources professionals at chamber-affiliated businesses. Business law professors can use this article as a template for creating their own community engagement projects. Part II of this article introduces the reader to the Chamber of Commerce philosophy, history, and global reach, as well as the role local chambers can serve in providing continuing education to their member businesses. Part III introduces the concept of community-based engaged learning, describes the value that teachers and researchers have found in engaged learning projects, and explains Georgia College's ENGAGE plan, which inspired and supported this particular engaged learning project. Part IV describes how the authors and their students planned and implemented a custom employment law training, including surveying local businesses' legal needs, using classroom content and independent research to develop the presentation, and then executing the presentation before a group of local business leaders. Part V describes how the authors assessed the project's success through survey their instruments and gathered data on the perceived value of the project from both the community and student perspective. Part VI provides ideas on how the project could be improved and expanded and describes the authors conclusions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Georgia
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A