Category: Values
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Janet Weinstein et al, “Teaching Teamwork to Law Students”
This article sets out the rationale for teaching teamwork. The authors analyzed survey results they collected from their interdisciplinary classes (law and another discipline) that required teamwork in medicine and social work. This paper is helpful for clinicians in inter- or multi-disiplinary settings. It includes suggestions for how to improve teamwork, some teamwork theory, and…
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Barry Cooke & James Taylor, “Developing Personal Awareness and Examining Values: Inter-Connected Dimensions of Supervision in Clinical Legal Education”
This article examines instructional methodologies in clinical legal education and supervision through two central aims – developing personal awareness and examining values. Supervisors should focus on developing personal awareness, which increases awareness of the subtle but often powerful aspects of attitude, intention, motive, or discomfort with others. Failing to focus on personal awareness may make…