This annotated bibliography is based on a comprehensive review of sources related to supervision in the legal profession, with a particular focus on clinic law contexts.
Supervision in the legal profession is still under-researched compared to other professions. Where the law-related literature was silent on what we considered an important topic, we referenced supervision literature from other professions (e.g., social work, psychology, nursing, medicine, etc.). It was not possible to comprehensively search all other professions; as such, we selected materials we deemed most relevant for lawyer supervisors.
The reader will note that many of these sources are American and Australian. Research in clinical legal education is more plentiful in these countries. However, there are contextual differences that make jurisdictional comparisons difficult. For example, the reader may note that some articles in the American and Australian contexts refer to “low volume” clinics or recommend practices that are very difficult to enact in high-volume clinics. While lower volume clinics exist in Canada, the high-volume clinic is much more common. There are also references to clinics “choosing” their cases. Again, this does happen in Canada, but it is not the dominant model. There are also few clinic professors in Canada compared to the United States. The reader can fit this literature into their particular context.