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What about supervision?

For live client work particularly, supervision is probably the critical component. Key issues for live client clinics are: skills and training: good clinical supervision requires both relevant practitioner experience and an understanding of experiential learning and its fac…

S, not E: the methodology and results of S mode learning

the S mode methodology is the concept of supervision. The paper explored the rationale for placing this at the core of the programme, how it varies from classroom or traditional academic distance learning supervision, and the practicalities of implementing within an organisation…

Are work placements different?

coordinated (prior and continuing) training and supervision between the law school and the specific service provider. where the student’s performance is not evaluated by the field supervisor, or the only assessment is self assessment by the student, or the placement is n…

In-house vs externship programmes?

adequate indemnity cover. Control and Supervision Externship programmes tend to be more complex to manage. They require a good level of collaboration between the law school and the placement, to ensure that an adequate quality of work experience, learning and field s…

Sentencing options in the magistrates court

community order is made, there must be a supervision order to oversee any of the other orders. Community orders include: community rehabilitation – defendant must report to and cooperate with a probation officer for fixed period (between six months and three years) an…

Clinical legal education and extracurricular law clinic

advice agencies, thus raising problems of supervision and monitoring, and potential conflicts between the student’s educational and the agency’s service needs. There are two main reasons for opting for simulations and placements over live client in-house clinics. T…

Setting up a live client clinic: a checklist

student-directed clinical activities for supervision by clinical teaching staff for dedicated support staff How much dedicated teaching space (if any) does the clinic require (seats/hours/weeks): for face-to-face teaching for student group work What ot…

Designing and delivering clinical legal education

different? Aren’t clinics too expensive? What about supervision? How should clinical work be assessed? Is it all worth the effort? Appendices Setting up a live client clinic: a design checklist Weblinks, references and further reading Acknowledgement…

Should I choose live client work or simulation?

requires sensitivity to the differing levels of supervision and control different students will need in order to maintain their casework at an acceptable standard. Obviously, this kind of control is less of an imperative with simulation. Simulation is thus a safer space in which…

What forms can clinic take?

a key determinant will be the breadth of supervision and other resources that you have available. But it is not just a pragmatic decision. Consider carefully what your values and objectives are in setting up a clinic, then decide which model best serves those objectives (see spe…

Clinicalising the classroom: getting value for money

professional-to-be can rehearse, perform under the supervision of a coach, and then reflect on the experience and its lasting value. For legal education, Professor Schön would no doubt suggest that the ‘studio’ of learning should include the places where lawye…

Multicultural clinical experience

British Sign Language interpretation. Supervision and training practices have also changed as the Centre’s practice of legal services has evolved. Among the tools of teaching and learning are ethics workshops, where students have the opportunity to learn tactics and stra…

Challenging Ginsburg: the clicks and mortar route to education

to service their own subjects, under the supervision of course directors for each of the courses. There is an online prospectus for each course, and the courses pulls in a very high quality student profile, consisting of highly motivated people who want to acquire an English …

Pro bono and clinic in law schools- what are we up to and where are we going?

legal practice where students, under the supervision of professionally qualified staff, conducted real casework as part of their studies. Richard was seconded to work with the University of the South Pacific in 1995 and there established the Institute of Justice and Applied Lega…

The costs of legal education

supported by changes in forms of administration, supervision, assessment and reflectivity among students through the use of virtual learning environments and personal development planning. A variety of forms of self and auto-assessment promote changes away from traditional exami…

From traditional lecture to block teaching in EU law: the student and lecturer experience

(2007 Bournemouth University) and Research Supervision (2008 Bournemouth University). From traditional lectures to block teaching in EU law: the student and lecturer experienceView more presentations from UK Centre for Legal Education. …

References and further reading

(pp173-205) Alexandria VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Bourner J, Hughes M & Bourner T (2001) ‘First year undergraduate experiences of group project work’ Assessment & Evaluation in HE 26(1):19-39 Cartney P & Rouse A (2006) ‘The e…

Increasing potential for success in legal practice -some empirically derived insights from new lawyers

between autonomy and close mentoring and supervision, and in particular having exposure to ‘dramatic learning events’ Recognising that legal practice is not just a rational and rule-based activity, but one that involves persistent uncertainty about their role as lawye…

Perspectives on professional formation: apprenticeship, pupillage and the assessed year in employment

working in a professional setting under supervision. Bar graduates undertake a period of pupillage in the Bar Library while newly qualified solicitors complete their apprenticeships. Turning to social work education, an assessed year in employment (AYE) was introduced as part …

In the looking glass: reflection on past experience as a key to the future

environment dealing with real clients under supervision, giving them a taster of the sometimes Alice in Wonderland world of lawyering. Their pre-existing views on an ordered world of evidence and courtrooms can be thrown into disarray by the experience of dealing with individual…

Moving on: new initiatives, new resources

exposed, under professionally appropriate supervision, to the client and the legal and practical considerations implicit in their case, and where there is a requirement to evaluate or reflect on the experience undergone. The four models described were: in-house, real-…

Look it up before you leap: guiding students across the academic-vocational legal resources divide

opinion writing as well as dissertation supervision. Marcus also trains police, private clients and experts in witness familiarisation and contributes to the Solicitors’ Higher Rights of Audience programme. In 2006 Marcus was awarded the City University Teaching Fellows…

Supporting postgraduates who teach: learning from our experience

whilst others are involved in one-to-one supervision. These differences can only be appreciated at the departmental level. Lastly, but by no means least, our participants commented on the status they are afforded. Postgraduates are employed to teach on certain aspects of a progr…

Reflecting on blogs in assessment

stage, removing the need for one to one supervision in the setting up of a blog. Nonetheless, I offered a workshop to talk students through setting a blog up. The session was not well attended and did not reflect the number of students who ultimately took up the option of sett…

Reassessing band funding for law: a discussion paper

peers. It is a process that requires basic supervision and guidance from experienced librarians, tutors or postgraduates. At present the process is taught at differing levels of intensity. It is widely reported by employers, teachers on vocational programmes and others (includin…

Law schools and pro bono work: the public service and educational potential

organisation, which normally provides the necessary supervision and co-ordination. The benefits to the organisation where the student works, to the student him or herself and to members of the public served by the organisation may be considerable. An opportunity however may have…

References

Council) Kibble N (1998) ‘Reflection and supervision in clinical legal education: do placements have a role in undergraduate legal education?’ International Journal of the Legal Profession 5(1) 83-116 Kolb D (1984) Experiential learning: experience as the source …

Developing reflective practice in legal education