The Cultural Event 2024 was again held by The International Program for Undergraduate Study Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia. This activity, which involved foreign lecturers and students, was carried out for 2 days and one night, which coincided with Friday and Saturday, March 22-23 2024, located at Sambi Resort and in Pentingsari, Cangkringan village. This 2024 Culture Event, which coincides with the month of Ramadan, carries the theme “Ngabuburit with IP FH: Understanding Islam During Ramadan and its Influence in Yogyakarta’s Cultural Heritage”. Apart from being an activity to increase familiarity between foreign lecturers, foreign students and teaching staff at the Faculty of Law, this activity is expected to provide useful insights related to Islam, especially in its influence on cultural heritage in Yogyakarta.

 

The Cultural Event 2024 was welcomed by the Dean of the Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H., M.Hum, and continued with the presentation of material and breaking the fast together. The first presentation of material as an introduction to Islamic culture during the month of Ramadan was by the Head of Undergraduate Program in Law, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, SH, MH, LLM, PhD., with the theme “Introducing Yogyakarta’s Culture”, and the next material was “Understanding Ramadan and Islam in Indonesia” by Ahmad Sadzali, Lc., M.H. Apart from presenting the material, other activities carried out were craft making classes using Janur, breaking fast together, training in traditional Gamelan music and traditional Javanese dance, as well as playing games and also BBQ together after congregational tarawih prayers. Foreign students who took part in this activity were Meeran Hamid from Pakistan, Balogun Faidat Temitope from Nigeria, Abi Abdullah from Bangladesh, Firdoos Khan from Pakistan, and Nurakhmet Khairul from Kazakhstan. There are also 3 foreign lecturers at the Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia, including Christopher M Cason, JD., LL.M. from the USA, Ahmad Saad Ahmad Al Dafrawi, Ph.D., MD., B.Sc. from Iraq, and Frances Duffy, LL.M., Grad Dip Ed, BA., CEL from Australia.

The Undergraduate Study Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) received a visit from the Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS) regarding internationalization governance on Friday (1/3) in the Erasmus Room, 3rd Floor, UII Faculty of Law Building. The group was received directly by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H., M.Hum., who responded positively to this visit. “You have to be unique if UMS friends want to develop an international program, and what you also need to prepare is studying the forms related to international accreditation. “By studying the form, we know what is needed to meet these standards,” he said. “Learning by doing, we are all at Faculty of Law UII have the principle of doing it first, if you don’t do it later, you’re just imagining things. “So, we urge you to immediately execute him after returning from here,” he said.

Present from the Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta included, Andria Luhur Prakoso, S.H., M.Kn. as Head of the Legal Science Study Program, Faculty of Law UMS Undergraduate Program, Fahmi Fairuzzaman, S.H., M.H., L.L.M. Secretary of the Legal Science Study Program, Faculty of Law UMS Undergraduate Program, who is also an alumnus of the UII Faculty of Law, Syaifuddin Zuhdi, S.HI., M.HI. Faculty of Law Quality Assurance Group and UMS Faculty of Law lecturer, Marisa Kurnianingsih, S.H., M.H., M.Kn. as Head of the UMS Legal Science Study Program Lab, and Falah Al Ghozali, S.H., L.LM. lecturer at Faculty of Law UMS. Then from Faculty of Law UII Dr. Aroma Elmina Martha, S.H., M.H. as Secretary of the International Undergraduate Study Program in Law.

This benchmarking visit was not without reason, the leaders of the UII Faculty of Law and the UMS Faculty of Law tried to review various aspects, one of which was the key to success in efforts to obtain international accreditation. Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D. as Head of Study Program in Law Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia, gave a presentation regarding the international management of the program at Faculty of Law UII. “Our basic capital is international accreditation, the first from Germany and the second from ASEAN. The existence of this accreditation then makes it easier for us to target foreign universities, whether they are Twinning Programs or Double Degree Programs. In the International Program, we require all learning to be in English, there are foreign students, our practicum courses are consistently in English, our RPS are written in English, the availability of foreign lecturers and facilities such as space for the International Court of Justice.”

The Head of the Undergraduate Study Program in Law UMS, Andria, then closed the visit by expressing his thanks to the Faculty of Law UII who had received him well. “With the Dean’s permission, we can collaborate and offer to realize the MBKM program and collaborate in the International Students Colloquium (ISC). “We will consider following up according to the university’s direction in order to open up opportunities for international development. We need partners for networking so that our students have experience abroad, one of our efforts is with the visiting agenda to Faculty of Law UII.” Obviously closing the conversation. The event then continued with a group photo session and the handover of visiting souvenir plaques.

The existence of the Independent Campus Learning Program (MBKM) also provides an opportunity for UMS to collaborate and establish cooperation with UII so that the benchmarking visit ends with planning for the implementation of activities rather than collaboration between Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia and. Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta to carry out Student Exchange Curriculum and MBKM Workshop.

The Undergraduate Study Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia held a Workshop entitled “Strengthening Academic Supervisor Lecturers (DPA) and DPA Assistants (PDPA) for Undergraduate Study Program in Law and Lecture Preparation for the Even Semester Academic Year 2023/2024” under the theme “Forms of Academic Assistance to Student Victims of Online Loans” in the Auditorium Room on the 4th Floor of the Faculty of Law Building, , Universitas Islam Indonesia on Friday (23/2). This workshop was attended by more than 50 participants including the leaders of Faculty of Law, all DPA and PDPA lecturers.

This event is in collaboration with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY). The speakers at the workshop included: Rosikho Arliyani (Analyst for Deputy Director of PUJK Supervision, Consumer Protection Education and Strategic Management Services for KOJK DIY); RR. Indah Ria Sulistya Rini, S.Psi., MA., Psychologist (Lecturer at UII Psychology Study Program); Dr. Sri Hastuti Puspitasari, S.H., M.H. (Deputy Dean for Resources, Faculty of Law UII); and Bagya Agung Prabowo, S.H., M.H., Ph.D. (Secretary of the Undergraduate Study Program in Law UII. This event was moderated directly by Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D. (Head of Undergraduate Study In Law, Faculty of Law UII).

“This activity is a very good thing to carry out to mark the beginning of the lectures which we will start on Monday, because problems related to student affairs have increased since the existence of online loans, such as the number of students who are trapped in loans. The development of social media accelerates these various problems to become more complicated and interrelated and makes the lecturer’s task increasingly difficult. “I hope that the Student Assistant Lecturers will work together to avoid things that are currently rampant, including moral as well as economic problems,” said Drs. Agus Triyanta, M.A., M.H., Ph.D. as Deputy Dean for Religious Affairs, Student Affairs and Alumni, Faculty of Law UII in his speech.

On his occasion, Bagya Agung Prabowo, S.H., M.H., Ph.D. explains the preparations for the 2023/2024 Even lectures. According to him, lecturers need to pay attention to dates and deadlines in academic activity plans and fulfill their teaching duties more fully. “I hope this semester will be better than last semester.” he said.

In another session, Dr. Sri Hastuti Puspitasari, S.H., M.H. delivered material entitled UII Policy for Students Who Have Problems with Study Fees. He explained what the components of study costs at UII are, one of which is the amount of the Catur Dharma fee that must be paid by students according to UII Chancellor’s Regulation No. 35 of 2022. According to the Deputy Dean of Resources, Faculty of Law UII, the financial problems experienced by students vary, from parents’ businesses not running smoothly, parents passing away so there is no one to pay for college, and not enough financial support from single parents. parents. “Ethical violations were found, such as inflating requests for money from parents, not paying tuition fees, and even making online loans,” he added. Apart from dispensation, other solutions include providing scholarships for high achievers, raising donations and cash waqf programs. he said.

Rosikho Arliyani as Analyst, Deputy Director of PUJK Supervision, Consumer Protection Education and Strategic Management Services at KOJK DIY in his presentation explained the OJK’s position in responding to online loans. He mentioned the classification of legal loans and illegal loans and procedures for identifying their legality through the OJK call center, how to recognize the characteristics of online loans, and steps if caught in an illegal loan,

Then, the last speaker was RR. Indah Ria Sulistya Rini, S.Psi., MA., Psychologist conveyed the preventive and curative efforts that lecturers can provide to their students in psychological treatment, the roles that can be carried out by supervisors and counselors, and the duties of supervisors so that they can embrace and provide a sense of security to the students under their guidance. “The students we greet by saying hello and asking how they are are already feeling the outpouring of attention from us.” she said.

The Head of Undergraduate Study Program in Law then delivered conclusions and a short message to all Student Supervising Lecturers so that they could maximize guidance to students by utilizing Google Classroom media or WhatsApp groups with the hope of reducing academic problems faced by students in order to support the accuracy of students’ study periods. “Hopefully the even semester lectures for the 2023/2024 academic year can run smoothly,” he said while closing the workshop.

On Wednesday, February 21 2024, a collaboration was held between the Law Study Program of the UII Faculty of Law Undergraduate Program and the University of North Sumatra Undergraduate Law Study Program. “We are very grateful to the Dean of the Faculty of Law and the delegation who attended and visited the Faculty of Law, University of North Sumatra. We see that the collaboration built between the two Law Faculties is very well established even without a written collaboration document. There are actually many things that are already underway, such as assistance for international accreditation, and benchmarking for curriculum review purposes, especially in USU’s Law Masters and FH Doctoral Programs. Currently, there are also MBKM Student Exchange students. “We hope that this collaboration can give rise to many other activities such as Collaborative Research, Publications and Community Service.” That was the welcoming speech from the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of North Sumatra, Dr. Mahmud Siregar, SH, MHum.

“We are very grateful for the extraordinary welcome from the Faculty of Law, University of North Sumatra. At the same time, we also wish a Happy Birthday to the Faculty of Law, University of North Sumatra, hopefully it will continue to develop and be given success in educating the nation’s children. We also at the UII Faculty of Law are encouraging and developing internationalization programs. The four study programs have received FIBAA international accreditation. And currently we also have a very significant number of foreign lecturers and foreign students to support the internationalization program. “Our international partnerships are also very good and strategic and perhaps in the future they can be developed and collaborated.” said the Dean of the UII Faculty of Law, Prof. Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, SH, Mhum. during the opening speech.

Currently, in connection with the Independent Campus Program, the MBKM Student Exchange Program has been implemented in which two students from the Law Study Program, Undergraduate Program at the Faculty of Law, UII, namely Mutiara Sabila Hamdani (with student number 22410670) and Rizkha Aura Eka Sari (with student number 22410635). “Our two students from the Undergraduate Law Study Program succeeded in qualifying to take part in the MBKM Student Exchange Program from the Ministry of Education and Culture. And currently the two students will study for approximately one semester in the Undergraduate Law Study Program with the USU Faculty of Law. “And one of the prerequisites for implementing this program is the existence of partnership cooperation for the implementation of Student Exchange MBKM. It is hoped that this collaboration will later become a legal umbrella for implementing independent campuses not only today but also in the future.” Explained the Head of the Law Study Program, Faculty of Law UII , Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, SH, MH, LLM, PhD.

The event was held for approximately 3 hours with discussion time provided to explore many additional collaborations that could be collaborated between the two Faculties. For example, discussions regarding plans to jointly organize the International Student Colloquium at UII and joint publications.

Very proud! Nailah, a student in the third semester of the Undergraduate Study Program in Law, Faculty of Law UII, has successfully passed to take part in the Student Exchange under the scheme of MBKM Program at the Bachelor of Law Study Program, Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University. Nailah will study for 1 semester and after that will convert the courses she took in Makassar to the Undergraduate Study Program in Law.

Nailah’s journey began because of advice from her cousin who was a participant in the Student Exchange batch 2 (PMM 2) at the University of Papua. Nailah was very interested in this program because she thought about when else she would be able to explore the vast land of Indonesia and get to know the cultural diversity that existed in the place where she would study for one semester. Apart from that, he wants to have friends from all over the archipelago who of course have different characteristics. When she received news that PMM batch 3 would open, Nailah immediately looked for information through her cousin and the UII website. He researched and read carefully what he could find from the UII website regarding the program

However, it is a shame that PMM information is still very minimal on the UII website.S he only received information such as the recommendation to meet the DPA and Head of the Study Program first to discuss the program before registering. Never giving up, Nailah remained enthusiastic and started looking for information through her social media. Long story short, PMM 3 registration opened, that’s where Nailah started to get busy going back and forth to campus to take care of the necessary documents. At that time, preparations were very tight considering that Nailah was going back to Riau to welcome Eid with her beloved family.

After much thought, Nailah decided to choose Hasanuddin University as her first choice and thank God she passed. After that, he started to contact Mrs. Ayunita Nur Rohanawati, S.H., M.H. as DPA and facing back to the Head of the UII Undergraduate Legal Study Program, namely Mr. Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D. what courses can be taken at UNHAS later and contact Mr Muhammad Arief Sateio Kinady, A.Md. who is the Head of the Academic Administration Division. It was at this stage that Nailah began to feel doubtful about whether she should continue with this program or not, this was caused by her confusion because she felt that the campus also did not understand this program. However, with the remaining enthusiasm he decided to continue until the end. He believes there will be something beautiful with all his hard work so far. It turned out to be true, he felt many benefits from the program.

While at UNHAS, Nailah experienced a very new environment. The learning system at UNHAS is very different from UII, where UNHAS uses a team teaching system for all its courses. At UNHAS, Nailah took 6 courses, namely Administrative Court Procedural Law, Constitutional Court Procedural Law, Civil Procedural Law and Civil Justice Practice, Supervision Law, Law and Human Rights and Agrarian Law with a total of 21 credits including the Nusantara Module which is a Compulsory Subject of this program.

While undergoing this program, it is the memories spent with friends that really leave a lasting impression on my heart. Where we meet new people who of course have their own characteristics and characteristics in a short time. Memories of the excitement and tiredness of walking home from college to save costs and going for walks around Makassar City together. PMM teaches us to become more tolerant humans in various things, indirectly also teaches us what it means to be grateful for the scenario that God has set for our lives. After this program is finished, which is around December, Nailah will be even more daring to try things that will definitely have a positive impact on her life

She thanks to Mrs. Ayu and Mr. Kinady who were willing to answer various questions regarding the conversion system. As well as thanks to Mr Dodik who has been very supportive in various matters regarding Nailah’s participation in this program.