Tag: self-directed learning

Ross Hyams, “On Teaching Students to ‘Act like a Lawyer’: What Sort of Lawyer?”

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Emotions, Format – Article, Problem Solving, Professional Development, Well-being

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.…
Gemma Smyth & Marion Overholt, “Framing Supervisory Relationships in Clinical Law: the Role of Critical Pedagogy “

May 18, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Assessment, Format – Article, Pedagogy – Critical, Professional Identity

This paper focuses on the student-lawyer supervisory relationship in Canadian clinical legal clinics. The authors argue that students rely on their clinic supervisor’s approach to practice as a valid (and often primary construction) of the meaning of legal practice. These relationships can play a crucial role in the formation of students’ professional identity. Clinic supervisors…