Category: Format – Handbook
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Linden Thomas & Nick Johnson, The Clinical Legal Education Handbook
This handbook is a practical guide for clinicians written by a group of clinicians, clinic professors, and lawyers in the United Kingdom. The handbook consists of seven parts: information regarding legal clinics, regulatory frameworks, assessments, and research on clinical legal education, including the emotional well-beingof clinic members, skill development, and other topics, including supervision. The…
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The Advocates Society, “Guide to Mentoring”
This guide sets out the necessary requirements for growing a relationship. It includes building trust, listening, constructive feedback, measuring success, and overcoming obstacles. Trust requires that the relationship involves a safe and comfortable environment where issues can be shared. Success can be measured in preliminary goals set out by the student. Mentors can provide encouragement…
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Clinical Legal Education Association, “Handbook for New Clinical Teachers”
This handbook was first drafted in 1999 and has been updated many times since. The handbook is aimed at new clinicians in the United States. It contains short explainers of various important topics in clinical legal education, including supervision. The handbook contains useful information for Canadian clinicians, but has a very strong American perspective. The…