Student Supervision - Clinical

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Session Type: AALS Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Marriott St. Louis Grand

Room: Majestic E

Floor: Second Floor, Conference Plaza

Critical clinical supervision requires faculty to consider student-centered learning and its impact on community partners and clients. Effective supervision from faculty allows students to sharpen their lawyering skills while reflecting on their professional identity, and the role lawyers play in promoting a just society. This session surveys supervision strategies and pedagogical tools according to lawyering style, including litigation, transactional lawyering, movement lawyering, and other approaches to systemic advocacy. The session identifies opportunities within clinic to engage in critical supervision, including docket curation, case selection, and supervisory meetings. It will also examine ways in which seminar can be utilized to bolster supervision approaches and student learning.