S Ronald Ellis, Study of Parkdale (Toronto) Community Legal Services Clinic

This book sets out the particulars of the Parkdale (Toronto) Community Legal Services Clinic. In particular, it examines the supervisory system within the clinic, which included, at that time:

1. The review of each student’s written reports on initial client interviews in due course,
2. A bimonthly working supervision review with each student,
3. Early working supervision review of all trial briefs,
4. Attendance with students on at least two occasions during the term at court hearings to view and afterwards to critique the student’s performance,
5. Access to supervision on an emergency basis,
6. A reasonable level of general daily accessibility,
7. The identification of cases of particular interest to the discussion in academic supervisory sessions with all students,
8. The provision of a minimum amount of access to working supervision at all times while client interviews are in process,
9. The timely identification of cases that it is not appropriate for a student to take,
10. Maintenance with the students of up-to-date precedent and information files,
11. Administration and direction of regular front-line training sessions,
12. Administration and direction of the 2-hour and 3-hour seminars each week,
13. Two meetings or their equivalent per term are held with each student individually by the faculty member director to assess and evaluate the student’s experience and progress.

S Ronald Ellis, Study of Parkdale (Toronto) Community Legal Services Clinic (Toronto: Osgoode Hall, 1979).