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Bill Ong Hing, “Raising Personal Identification Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Physical Disability, and Age in Lawyering Courses”

May 19, 2024

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by

Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Class, Clinical Legal Education – United States, Disability, Ethnicity, Format – Article, Race, Sexual Orientation

This paper describes how personal identification issues are raised in three different lawyering classes, one of which is an immigration clinic, and how issues of identity difference can be raised more effectively. In this immigration clinic course, students meet weekly in a group and with supervising attorneys to discuss their work. The group meeting consists…