Clinical and Experiential Law Program Directors Workshop Concurrent Session - Live-Client Clinics

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Session Type: Directors Workshop

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: N/A

Room: Imperial A

Floor: Ballroom Level

This concurrent session and discussion group will explore current challenges in the design, staffing, administration, and coordination of live-client clinics.  Specific topics addressed may include how to balance the traditional social justice mission of clinics with the desire to prepare students for the types of jobs and careers that most of them hope to pursue
after graduation; whether and how to use clinics to respond to emergency community needs; the role, if any, that clinics should play in preparing students to pass the bar; how to ensure appropriate coverage of clinic cases/matters when clinical faculty members/supervisors go on leave or depart unexpectedly; how to meet the needs of students who require or seem to require more support than their peers; and other matters important to attendees.