Track 3: Plugged In or Tuned Out? Teaching a New Generation of Tech-Savvy Clinical Students

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Texting with clients?  Facebook posts about
clinic?  Poor email etiquette? This session tackles the challenges and
opportunities presented by a wide variety of technological innovations and
“disruptions” in the way we teach substantive law and skills, the way we
supervise in the clinical setting, and the way we teach and model professional
identity.   This session aims to be concrete, and focused, so that
participants emerge with tangible take-aways (in the form of policies and
rubrics) and fuel for further discussions.  The three topics addressed in
this session will be: 1) teaching confidentiality in the age of Facebook and
Instagram; 2) attorney-client, and supervisor-student, communication in an age
of increased texting and instant-messaging and (among some students) decreasing
reliance on email; and 3) teaching professionalism in an age of laptops,
iPhones and tablets.  Through a series of demonstrations and interactive
role plays, we will engage in a discussion not only about “best practices”
around technology, but, even more importantly, how to engage with students to
use emerging technology as a vehicle for exploring professional identity.