Materials from Clinical Conference sessions will be available here before and after the meeting. If you are interested in materials for specific sessions, check back regularly.
Speakers
Clinical Conference Materials
AALS Directors – Reflecting on Recent Expansions and Experimentations in Experiential Learning
Donna Lee, City University of New York School of Law
Presentation: Experiential Learning Slides (1 slide per page)
Presentation: Experiential Learning Slides (2 slides per page)
America Polarized: What Drives Us Apart? What Brings Us Together
Daniel Yudkin, Yale University
Presentation: AALS Presentation
Anti-Bias Teaching and Supervision
Susan Brooks, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Article: Rebellious Reflection: Supporting Community Lawyering Practice
Handout: Demarris R. Evans Biography
Breaking the Hierarchy
Inga Laurent, Gonzaga University School of Law
Article: Autonomy Support in the Classroom: A Review from Self-Determination Theory
Can State Bar Associations Overcome Polarization in the Academy and Improve Legal Education by Reforming Admissions Standards? Lessons from California
Charles Weisselberg, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Handout: Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform: Phase I Final Report
Handout: Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform: Phase II Final Report
Handout: Implementing Recommendations for a Competency Training Requirement
Handout: TFARR Competency Training Requirement
Death of a Clinic
Suzan Pritchett, Drake University Law School
Handout: ABA Formal Op. 96-399
Handout: ABA Informal Op. 1208
Handout: ABA Informal Op. 1428
Handout: North Carolina Ethics Opinion – Charlotte Law School
Competence Challenges vs. Conference Challenges: Exploring Tools for Combatting Imposter Syndrome
Kristen Hulse, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Handout:
Resources for Combatting Imposter Syndrome
Fostering Initiative: A Scientific Look at Why Some Students Lack Initiative and How to Help Them Develop this Skill
Nira Geevargis, University of San Francisco School of Law
Handout: Mid-Term Self-Assessment
Handout: Mid-Term Supervisor/Extern Meeting
Handout: Professional Development Plan
Handout: Self-Assessment Accessibility
I Just Met You, And This is Crazy, But Here’s My Number, So Call Me Maybe: Developing Student Attorney-Client Relationships and Communication from Afar
Anne Schaufele, American University Washington College of Law
Handout: Interviewing Exercise
Handout: Teaching Notes for Evidence Exercise
Presentation: Developing Student Attorney-Client Relationships PowerPoint
Implementation Negotiation: A Transactional Skill that Builds on and Transforms Classic Negotiation Theory
Tina Stark, Emory University School of Law (retired)
Presentation: Implementation Negotiation
Lawyering with Technology: Skills and Habits of Mind for Teaching How to Lawyer Effectively for Change
Ann Juergens, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Presentation: Juergens et al Slides
Learning in Baby Jail: Lessons from Law Student Engagement in Immigration Detention Centers
Erica Schommer, St. Mary’s University School of Law
Article: Family Detention Centers
Handout: Teaching Tools
Handout: Self-Care Assessment
Handout: Overview of Asylum Process
Media Advocacy in Clinical Teaching: Reclaiming Client Narratives in a Time of Polarization
Anna Kirsch, Golden Gate University School of Law
Article: Narrating Justice, Client-Centered Media Advocacy
Handout: Teaching Media Materials
Handout: Media Advocacy in Clinical Teaching Resource List
Handout: Opportunity Agenda Toolkit
Meeting at the Intersection of Scholarship and Clinical Practice
Margaret Johnson, University of Baltimore School of Law
Handout:
Ethics of Using Client Stories in Legal Scholarship
Handout:
Ethics of Using Student Stories in Legal Scholarship
Presentation:
Decision Making Spectrum
Melting Polar Icebergs: Teaching Law Students to Access Empathy
Katie Meyer, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Presentation: Intro to ACES Science and Resiliency
Presentation: Empathy: The Challenge Working with Children and Families
Presentation: Teaching Empathy and Self-Care as Core Skills in Asylum Advocacy
Presentation: Speaking Truth to Power
Polarization in the Legal Academy: A Conversation on Looking Inward to Break New Ground
D’lorah Hughes, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Presentation: Concurrent Polarization in the Legal Academy
Poster Session Innovation and Tradition – A Survey of IP and Technology Legal Clinics
Vicki Phillips, American University, Washington College of Law
Article: Innovation and Tradition (Dahl and Phillips)
Handout: Innovation and Tradition Visuals
Red-Bottom Shoe Activism: Privilege, Power, and Pedagogy
Karla McKanders, Vanderbilt University Law School
Handout: Explanation of the Johari Window
Article: How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Plain Jacket Became a Controversy
Article: “Now, I’m free to do whatever”: Michelle Obama Explains her $3,900 Balenciaga Boots
Stimulating Simulations: Framing and Debriefing Provocative In-Class Roleplays
Lydia Nussbaum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Article: Death of the Role-Play
Stories for the Non-Believer: Credibility, Psychology, and Persuasion
Estelle Mckee, Cornell Law School
Handout: Stories Handout
The New Clinicians’ Tool Kit
Shanta Trivedi, University of Baltimore School of Law
Handout: Tool Kit
Teaching About Racial and Economic Justice in the Age of Trump
Ragini Shah, Suffolk University Law School
Handout: Resources for Addressing Privilege, Bias and Microaggressions in the Clinical Seminar and Evaluation of Student Engagement with these materials
Handout: Teaching Racial and Economic Justice in the Age of Trump – May 5, 2019
Handout: Resources that came up during and after session
Tools for Addressing Implicit Bias with the Next Generation
Susanna Greenberg, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Presentation: Diversity and Inclusion PowerPoint
Handout: ABA Diversity and Inclusion 360 Commission Toolkit
Handout: Notes from the Session
Untangling Fear in Lawyering
Heidi Brown, Brooklyn Law School
Handout: A Four-Step Journey Toward Powerful Advocacy
Handout: Book Excerpt
Presentation: PowerPoint Slides
What’s Economic Inequality Got to Do with It? Everything! Strategies for Teaching Economic Inequality in Clinics
Gowri Krishna, New York Law School
Handout:
Description for Inequality Session
What We Talk About When We Talk About Empathy
Lynn Lu, City University of New York School of Law
Presentation:
The Power and Limitations of Empathy in the Battle for Justice
Will Bar Admission Standards Promote Adequate Legal Education in Practice Skills, Professionalism and Values for Tomorrow’s Lawyers? Lessons from New York
Vanessa Merton, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Handout: New York State Bar Admission Skills and Values Competency Requirement
Handout: Clinical Legal Education Association Comment on NY Bar Admission
Handout: Overview of NYCBE’s Testing Task Force Study
Handout: Request for Information about Your Law School’s Engagement with the NY Bar Admission Requirement