Category: Challenges in Supervision
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Lack of supervisor training
“How did I learn? I mean when I came to the clinic, there was no training for that, but I think what I brought with me was my history of being a lawyer for 16 years before that, saw me involved in always being a mentor to students… I had that just natural ability that…
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Lack of supervisor training
“Interviewer (I): How did you learn about being a supervisor in a clinic? Clinic Supervisor (CS): By doing it. Both: [Laughs]. CS: Yeah, there was no training. I was just a lawyer… Is there training for supervisors? I’ve never even heard of that.” (1)
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Barry Cooke & James Taylor, “Developing Personal Awareness and Examining Values: Inter-Connected Dimensions of Supervision in Clinical Legal Education”
This article examines instructional methodologies in clinical legal education and supervision through two central aims – developing personal awareness and examining values. Supervisors should focus on developing personal awareness, which increases awareness of the subtle but often powerful aspects of attitude, intention, motive, or discomfort with others. Failing to focus on personal awareness may make…