Category: Format – Article
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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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Ann Shalleck, “Clinical Contexts: Theory and Practice in Law and Supervision”
This paper examines the decisions that shape supervision in order to highlight the assumptions embedded in the supervisory dialogue and the vision that emerges from the supervisory process. The supervisory vision is one in which the supervisor constantly identifies the aspects of the law, lawyering, and the legal system that are critical to understanding what…
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Alice Alexander & Jeffrey Smith, “Law Student Supervision – An Organized System”
This article broadly outlines a supervision model for legal employers and law students beyond the legal clinic context. It suggests that an organized system of supervision is essential to the successful employment of law students. It also ensures better work products from students while helping students obtain a significantly improved practical legal education experience. Additionally,…
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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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Liz Omand, “What makes for good supervision and whose responsibility is it anyway?”
Liz Omand suggests that within the counseling and psychotherapy, the supervisory relationship is complicated and may lead to experiences of anxiety, frustration, conflict and misunderstanding while also fostering excitement and satisfaction. Thus, to be a good supervisor, there are several qualities that supervisors must espouse. Supervisors must be prepared to learn by way of elaboration…