Tag: non-directive supervision
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Ross Hyams, “On Teaching Students to ‘Act like a Lawyer’: What Sort of Lawyer?”
This article argues that generations of law students are not prepared for the practice of law. Clinical legal educators seek to teach practical legal skills to students; however, they also have the ability to teach students professionalism and, ultimately, how to be lawyers. This requires teaching students how to act, not just how to think.…
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Leah Wortham, Catherine F Klein & Beryl Blaustone, “Autonomy-Mastery Purpose: Structuring Clinical Courses to Enhance These Critical Educational Goals”
This article examines how clinical law teachers can use intrinsic motivation and theories to improve the quality of law student’s learning. The underlying theory assumes that people interact constantly and dynamically with their surroundings rather than predictably. However, other theories, including the self-determination continuum, as replicated below, provide insight into how a law student might…