Poster Presentation: Exploring Vicarious Resilience: Applications to Clinical Legal Education

Go Back

Session Type: Poster Presentation

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: N/A

Room: Imperial Ballroom

Floor: Ballroom Level

Studies and articles often focus on the negative mental health consequences of working with trauma victims. But can there be positive effects associated with this type of work? Drawing from studies on vicarious resilience and training materials from the medical and mental health fields, this poster presentation will explore the concept of vicarious resilience as applied to clinical legal work – specifically immigration, human rights, and juvenile justice clinics. We will discuss how conversations about the negative and positive effects of working with trauma survivors can change how our students think about their clients' experiences and how they think about themselves.