Tag: client-focused practice

Adrian Evans et al, Australian Clinical Legal Education

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Best Practices, Clinical Legal Education – Australia, Collaboration, Ethics, Feedback, Format – Book Chapter, Mentorship, Supervision – Quality of Supervision -Effective

Of particular interest in this book is the chapter “The Importance of Effective Supervision”. This chapter considers the changing dynamics of supervision in law firms and the key supervision issues facing clinical programs. It focuses on important supervision dimensions, which include: enhancing quality, accuracy, and timeliness of tasks; mentoring junior staff; fostering awareness of ethical…
Jeff Giddings, “The Assumption of Responsibility: Supervision Practices in Experiential Legal Education”

May 18, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Collaboration, Ethics, Format – Article, Mentorship

Effective supervision requires responsiveness to students involved, what they have already learned, and what they are affected to learn within their clinical experiences. This paper argues that without an effective supervisor to support and appropriately challenge students, some learning opportunities within the legal workplace will be lost. In the legal context, “supervision can involve a…