Tag: cultural positions

Ann Juergens, “Practicing What We Teach: The Importance of Emotion and Community Connection in Law Work and Law Teaching”

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Emotions, Field of Supervision – Legal, Format – Article, Pedagogy – Modelling, Trauma

This essay argues that law teachers must both address the emotional facets of lawyers’ work but, also “walk our talk”. In particular, the author suggests that teaching students about the importance of intrinsic goals and a well-balanced life is useless if students cannot see teachers live their lives accordingly. Based on their years of legal…