Creative Thinking for Lawyers (CTL) (2011), an interactive, skills based Law and Humanities executive training module developed by Miriam Aziz based on her extensive experience of legal practice and academia across Europe and the United States. In a multicultural and multidisciplinary context, it seeks to ‘unlock’ the creativity of lawyers so that they are able to identify and realise their potential to meet the challenges of the global work place. The method includes  formal instruction (lecture; case method analysis of legal texts; drafting and negotiation exercises) and ‘creative’ instruction (simulation; role play; composition exercises; vocal training, postural analysis; presentation skills including use of audio/visual technology). The aim is to develop a core set of transferable skills: (i) problem-solving; (ii) decision-making; (iii) teamwork; (iv) reflection and (v) participation.

CTL was created and developed by Dr Aziz thanks to the support of Cardozo Law School, New York and Université Paris Dauphine (UPD). It also contributed to the Beyond Text in Legal Education project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) based at the School of Law of Edinburgh University and was partly funded by New York University (NYU) Law School and the New York State Council on the Arts. CTL Workshops have been conducted at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)/NYC; the New School for Public Engagement/NYC; Université Paris Dauphine; International University College of Turin; Tübingen University School of Law, Germany (Jessup Moot Court Team / 2015); the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany (Jessup Moot Court Team / 2015).