The New Normal
involves a move away from traditional legal practice and a new appreciation for
the necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration to leverage scarce resources,
improve the delivery of legal services, and better prepare law students for a
changing job market. This session will
explore how an interdisciplinary clinical education works, why it is so effective,
and what skills and competencies are necessary for successful interprofessional
practice.
Participants will
learn about the challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration and then explore
its many advantages from the perspectives of clinicians working across a range
of interprofessional practice, including medical-legal partnerships, clinics
integrating law students with learners of other disciplines, and projects
focused on policy change, coalition-building, and joint scholarship. Specifically, participants will discover the
pedagogical benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration as well as its
advantages in the provision of legal services to children and older adults.
In addition,
participants will engage in a lively interactive exercise to help them consider
best practices for interdisciplinary clinical education and how
interprofessional skills and corresponding competencies can be effectively
measured. Participants will also be
encouraged to explore how they can effectively integrate an interprofessional
focus and/or interprofessional partnerships into their current clinical
practice.
Slides
Clinics Description
Edgar Practice Case with changes
Interprofessional Collaboration Competencies