Category: Supervision
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YA Vawda, “Learning from experience: the art and science of clinical law”
This article examines the legal clinic system in South Africa. This article sets out a model for clinical supervision which attempts to combine close supervision with a highly interactive and participatory approach. This model requires that students are present at the clinic for an entire day during intake of clients. A typical intake day would…
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Leah Wortham et al, Learning from Practice: A Text for Experiential Legal Education
This book examines learning from lawyering experience, whether that be through externships, clinics, or simulation courses. Chapter 3: Learning from Supervision outlines the framework for an effective supervisory relationship. The effective supervisory relationship is threefold; it involves macro planning/ goal setting, micro-planning/ assignment clarification, and effective feedback. Macro planning requires establishing long-term goals in relation…
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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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Jeff Giddings, Reciprocal Professional Development: Enhancing Law Student Supervision in Practice-based Contexts
This report examines the Effective Law Student Supervision (ELSS) Project which is concerned with issues related to professionalism and legal education with focus on enhancing the experiences of law students and supervisors involved in clinical programs in law schools as well as externship arrangements. Central to the project is effective supervision, focused on achieving articulated…
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Jeff Giddings & Michael McNamara, “Preparing Future Generations of Lawyers for Legal Practice: What’s Supervision Got to Do with It?”
This article considers the important role of supervision in legal practice in Australia and argues for a more structured approach to supervision. This article sets out the historical roots of clinical legal education and examines supervision in the legal context as a means of developing knowledge and abilities. Without adequate training, supervisors are ill-equipped to…
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James H Stark, Jon Bauer & James Papillo, “Directiveness in Clinical Supervision”
This article explores clinician’s attitudes about directiveness and client service and compares the characteristics and beliefs of directive and nondirective supervisors through an analysis of survey responses. Directiveness has three dimensions: decision-making, information-sharing, and task allocation and performance. Directive supervisors were more committed to providing clients with the highest quality of service in a manner…
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Carolyn Grose, “Flies on the Wall or in the Ointment – Some Thoughts on the Role of Clinic Supervisors at Initial Client Interviews”
This article uses the question of whether or not supervisors attend initial client interviews with their students as a lens through which to examine other questions about supervision theory, clinical pedagogy, and professional responsibility. Ultimately, the article concludes that the decision whether to attend client interviews can be one that the supervisor makes on a…
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Brigid Proctor, Group Supervision: A guide to Creative Practice
This book explores group supervision, a method of supervision that enhances supervisee skills including, courage and self-discipline, by way of the supervision alliance model (Inskipp and Proctor, 1995, 2001). Brigid Proctor characterises the supervisor as: “the person responsible for facilitating the counsellor, in role of supervisee, to use supervision well, in the interests of the…
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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…