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Engaging Your Faculty, Alison F. Lintal, Leah Terranova Jul 2019

Engaging Your Faculty, Alison F. Lintal, Leah Terranova

Alison Lintal

Career services professionals can utilize faculty as an additional resource when working to coach law students and alumni to successful careers. Working across departmental “silos” can help improve student career outcomes and engagement by tapping into additional professional contact networks. Developing relationships with tenure-track, contract and adjunct faculty, inviting them to programming, asking them to participate on committees and keeping faculty apprised of student employment, allow for a holistic and collaborate approach to advising students.


Lawyering Skills And Clinical Cooperation: Teaching Spanish For Lawyers At John Marshall, Kim D. Chanbonpin, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak Dec 2015

Lawyering Skills And Clinical Cooperation: Teaching Spanish For Lawyers At John Marshall, Kim D. Chanbonpin, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak

Kim D. Chanbonpin

No abstract provided.


Lawyering Skills And Clinical Cooperation: Teaching Spanish For Lawyers At John Marshall, Kim D. Chanbonpin, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak Dec 2015

Lawyering Skills And Clinical Cooperation: Teaching Spanish For Lawyers At John Marshall, Kim D. Chanbonpin, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak

Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Effective Lawyer-Client Communication: An International Project Moving From Research To Reform, Clark D. Cunningham Nov 2015

Evaluating Effective Lawyer-Client Communication: An International Project Moving From Research To Reform, Clark D. Cunningham

Clark D. Cunningham

No abstract provided.


Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss Jul 2015

Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss

Andrew P. Morriss

The explosive growth in the number of law school clinics over the last 50 years began with an individual client focus as a core component. This contributed to reducing unmet legal needs in substantive areas such as landlord-tenant, family, consumer and other areas. These service clinics accomplished the dual purpose of training students in the day-to-day challenges of practice while reducing the number of unrepresented poor. In recent years, however, the trend has been to broaden the law school clinical experience beyond individual representation and preparation for law firm practice. So-called “impact” clinics typically address systemic change without significant individual …


Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss Jul 2015

Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss

Andrew P. Morriss

The explosive growth in the number of law school clinics over the last 50 years began with an individual client focus as a core component. This contributed to reducing unmet legal needs in substantive areas such as landlord-tenant, family, consumer and other areas. These service clinics accomplished the dual purpose of training students in the day-to-day challenges of practice while reducing the number of unrepresented poor. In recent years, however, the trend has been to broaden the law school clinical experience beyond individual representation and preparation for law firm practice. So-called “impact” clinics typically address systemic change without significant individual …


Evaluating Effective Lawyer-Client Communication: An International Project Moving From Research To Reform, Clark D. Cunningham Oct 2014

Evaluating Effective Lawyer-Client Communication: An International Project Moving From Research To Reform, Clark D. Cunningham

Clark D. Cunningham

No abstract provided.


In-House Live-Client Clinical Programs: Some Ethical Issues, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

In-House Live-Client Clinical Programs: Some Ethical Issues, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Teaching The Power Of Empathy In Domestic And Transnational Experiential Public Defender Courses, Cary Bricker Dec 2012

Teaching The Power Of Empathy In Domestic And Transnational Experiential Public Defender Courses, Cary Bricker

cary a bricker

Abstract: This article begins with the premise that empathy benefits lawyers, irrespective of age, sex, years of experience or nationality. Building on a body of literature that analyzes why empathic relationships are so integral to client satisfaction, and drawing lessons from medical literature addressing the analogous role of empathy in physician-patient relationships, the article argues that real connection with clients also results in lawyer satisfaction, improving quality of professional life and client representation, reducing burn-out and fostering a personal commitment to advancing social justice. The article also argues that lawyers share a common goal to acquire tools necessary to engage …