Educator Authenticity in the Clinical Classroom

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Session Type: Concurrent Sessions

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Marriott St. Louis Grand

Room: Pershing

Floor: Ground Floor, Conference Plaza

Looking to create a more cooperative teaching and learning environment that can stand firm in the face of cultural and political unrest? Current frameworks for legal clinical education were once revolutionary, but they may not now engender the ambition necessary to remain relevant in current political environments. In this session we will explore authentic teaching as tools to foster both intellectual humility and increased student engagement. In our conceptualization, authentic teaching and learning spaces allow for the sharing of multiple perspectives and voices as well as shared control over how learning happens. But, what does it mean to be authentic as an educator. We will explore how, when educators honestly and with humility investigate their own authenticity, to foster a dynamic environment. At its heart, the session investigates how (and why) we can let go of preconceived notions about how clinical education *should* be done in an effort to explore how we ourselves show up in the learning spaces.