Category: Reflective Practice
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Susannah Sage-Jacobson & Tania Leiman, “Identifying Teaching and Learning Opportunities within Professional Relationships between Clinic Supervisors”
This paper examines the Flinders Legal Advice Clinic through an appreciative inquiry research approach, allowing for reflection on past experiences, insights into positive events, identification of peak performance and the exploration of possibilities for future successful practice. “Appreciative inquiry” is a strengths-based approach that affirms individuals and brings greater focus on positives and strengths to…
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Neil Hamilton, “Mentor/Coach: The Most Effective Curriculum to Foster Each Student’s Professional Development and Formation”
This article sets out principles of effective mentoring/ coaching, a model that includes the functions of both mentor and coach. Although this paper is directed toward mandated mentoring/ coaching of 1L students, there is value in considering these principles in the legal clinic context. Mentors must have proven legal skills and ownership over continuous professional…
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Michael Meltsner, James V Rowan & Daniel J Givelber, “The Bike Tour Leader’s Dilemma: Talking about Supervision”
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in Annotated Bibliography, Assessment, Evaluation, Feedback, Field of Supervision – Legal, Format – Article, Mentorship – Formal, Mentorship – Informal, Mentorship – Versus Supervision, Professional Development, Reflective Practice, Supervision – Empirical Research, Supervision – Quality of Supervision – Good, Supervision – Quality of Supervision -Effective, Supervision – Stages, Supervisor – RolesThis article examines supervision in private firms through a survey of both supervisors and supervisees. In private practice, supervision is defined as: (1) overseeing the production of discrete work products, and (2) the instruction that necessarily accompanies task completion. Effective supervision was defined as good human relations and clear communication. Both formal and informal mentoring…
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Jennifer A Gundlach, “This is a Courtroom, Not a Classroom: So What is the Role of the Clinical Supervisor?”
This article contains helpful advice on supporting clinic law students in courtroom settings. It includes several suggestions for exercises and supervisory discussions with the student to enrich the experience, most of which occur at the post-court appearance stage. The author argues that supervisors should facilitate the development of students’ professional autonomy through theory development, collaborative…
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Derek Milne, Evidence-Based Clinical Supervision: Principles and Practice
This book outlines an evidence-based approach to supervision which finds its theoretical foundations in experiential learning. This model of supervision has been likened to the ‘Best Evidence Medical Practice Education,’ in that both models “… treat professional development in a systematic way, based on the highest quality, most relevant research” (2). While this book focuses…
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Archie Zariski & Irene Styles, Supervising Students in Clinical Legal Education, Handbook with Exercises
This Australian handbook sets out guidelines for the supervisory relationship in clinical legal education. It includes information about effective supervision skills, stages of growth, juggling serving clients and students, dealing with different values and personalities, and managing time and information. It concludes by setting out a series of suggestions and resources. This handbook contains exercises,…