Other Than That, How was the Play, Mrs. Lincoln?: Reimagining What’s Possible Across Practice Areas Post-Pandemic

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Session Type: Concurrent Sessions

Session Capacity: N/A

Hotel: N/A

Room: Yosemite A

Floor: Ballroom Level

Our goal for this session is to make lemonade out of lemons -- to identify positive changes that have emerged in various areas of the law as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will share our experiences and engage other clinicians in a lively discussion about what changes we liked and how to build on those changes. We will also take time to discuss how to accept, and maybe even embrace, change. (If this sounds too optimistic, don’t worry – we will also almost certainly make time to kvetch about change in general, and the changes the pandemic brought about that we hated.)
During our session we will explore:
• How the COVID-19 pandemic affected various areas of the law (including housing law, environmental/natural resources law, and prisoners’ rights) in unexpected but positive ways.
• How the COVID-19 pandemic changed court practice and ways to keep the positive changes.
• Challenges that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how clinicians rose to tackle these challenges.
• How we can use what we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to continue to build on positive change and tackle newly emerging challenges.
• Ways to teach students to use what may present as hurdles as opportunities for change