Track 1: Competencies and Rubrics, What are they Good For?! Law, Social Work and Psychology Standards in an Interdisciplinary Context

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The revised ABA accreditation standards now require law schools to publish and measure competence over a range of learning outcomes.  Legal education can learn lessons from other professional educators about the power and pitfalls of measurement tools like rubrics.  At the Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services, we have adapted a set of interprofessional competencies from the health professions and have begun assessing student and supervisor performance.  Our social work and psychology colleagues already have been required by accrediting bodies to
measure competencies for some time now and will share the joys and pains of using rubrics.  In addition, we will
introduce other tools used by the health professions in the clinical context, including review of videotaped simulations, objective structured clinical examination, knowledge tests, multi-source assessment by team members, and

Interprofessional Collaboration Competencies
UST Legal Clinic Interprof Competencies Rubric 2015
UST Law Learning Outcomes
Competencies & Rubrics AALS 2015 Final Web Version