Category: Feedback
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Kenneth R Kreiling, “Clinical Education and Lawyer Competency: The Process of Learning to Learn from Experience Through Properly Structured Clinical Supervision”
This paper argues that clinical education should teach students a method which includes: how to develop theories of problem-solving by utilizing established lawyering theory and experience, how to apply these theories in practice, and how to analyze oneself to improve performance. The paper examines the nuance associated with the aforementioned teaching method, such as awareness…
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Beryl Blaustone, “Teaching Law Students to Self-Critique and to Develop Critical Clinical Self Awareness in Performance”
This article presents a feedback process that will avert relationship damage before the learning process is irremediably disrupted. The feedback model consists of six stages driven by learning theory. Learning theory suggests that the feedback process should be structured as a source of learning, self-generated observations deepen and expand learning, self-assessment thrives in the face…
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Wallace J Mlyniec, “Where to Begin – Training New Teachers in the Art of Clinical Pedagogy”
This article describes the clinical program at the Georgetown Law Centre and sets out a clinical training program for new supervisors. The program and the article suggest six fundamental beliefs, including: Notably, teaching as a clinical teacher or supervisor is exceptionally difficult as it requires an understanding of teaching techniques, students’ prior knowledge, attention to…
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Peter G Glenn, “The Shared Responsibility for Effective Supervisory Relationships in Law Practice”
In this paper, Peter Glenn discusses effective supervisory relationships within the context of legal practice. He uses Attorney Grievance Commission v Kimmel, 955 A 2d 269 (Md 2008) to demonstrate a relationship where incompetence by partners and their associate resulted in an ineffective supervisory relationship that caused a substantial number of instances of malpractice and…
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Nicholas Ladany, Yoko Mori & Kristen E Mehr, “Effective and Ineffective Supervision”
The authors seek to explore effective and ineffective supervision though qualitative and quantitative inquiries across supervision experiences of supervisees. Effective supervisor skills, techniques and behaviours included: encouraging supervisee autonomy including self-directed decision making and performance; a strengthened supervisory relationship by way of supervisor support, acceptance, encouragement, respect, trust, empathy and open-mindedness; open discussion in which…
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Margaret Castles & Carol Boothby, “What Hat Shall I Wear Today? Exploring the Professional and Ethical Implications of Law Clinic Supervision”
This chapter proposes that it is valuable for clinical supervisors to identify and understand their various roles with respect to their associated professional expectations to ensure that they adopt a mindful and balanced approach to supervision. Clinical supervisors hold many roles: legal practice manager, senior lawyer, risk manager, assessor of written work and performance, counsellor,…
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Cynthia Batt & Harriet N Katz, “Confronting Students: Evaluation in the Process of Mentoring Student Professional Development”
This article addresses mentoring the professional development of students in clinical and externship placements. Through a series of survey questions answered by clinic supervisors, supervisors indicated that professional qualities they sought in students included a conscientious approach to work, curiosity and empathy, and appropriate behaviour standards. Supervisors set out a series of challenges they face…