Tag: teaching judges about clinical legal education

Margaret Moore Jackson & Daniel M Schaffzin, “Preaching to the Trier: Why Judicial Understanding of Law School Clinics is Essential to Continued Progress in Legal Education”

May 19, 2024

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Meris Bray

in Annotated Bibliography, Clinical Legal Education – United States, Format – Article, Pedagogy

This article examines the judicial misconceptions held with respect to student legal clinics and student attorneys. It explores how clinicians should inform judicial decision-makers about clinical legal education methods and objectives. Law clinics should be proactive in educating the judiciary about the historical evolution, goals, and distinctive attributes of clinical pedagogy. A failure to do…