Clinical Teaching and Supervision Program

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Saturday, April 30

3:00–7:30 pm
Registration

6:30–8:00 pm
Reception Sponsored by the Chicago Law Schools

• University of Chicago Law School
• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
• DePaul University College of Law
• John Marshall Law School
• Loyola University, Chicago School of Law
• Northwestern University School of Law

Sunday, May 1

9:00–9:15 am
Welcome
Joyce Saltalamachia, AALS Deputy Director

Introduction
Aspirations for the Workshop
Stephen Wizner, Yale Law School, Chair, Planning Committee for AALS Workshop on Clinical Legal Education

9:15–10:45 am
Working Group Discussions
Classroom component in clinical legal education – Bring an example of a problem in the classroom.

10:45–11:00 am
Refreshment Break

11:00 am–12:00 pm
Plenary Session
What’s the “Learning” in Service Learning: Teaching Students to Learn from Experience

• Michelle Geller, M.S.W., Social Worker, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Univeristy of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
• Lee S. Shulman, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Palo Alto, California
  Marie Donovan, Associate Professor, School of Education and Associate Chair, Teacher Education, DePaul University School of Education, Chicago, Illinois

Moderator: Stephen Wizner, Yale Law School

How do we insure that students learn from supervised representation of clients? How do we insure that students learn what they need to learn? How do students develop their own professional identity (formation of lawyers)? How do clients receive good representation from supervised students? What can we learn from other disciplines about clinical teaching? What is learning? What is service? How do we do both well?

12:00–1:45 pm
AALS Luncheon

2:00–3:30 pm
Working Group Discussions
Supervision component: How do we insure that the students are learning what they need to learn through supervision – Bring a problem with your supervision.

3:30–3:45 pm
Refreshment Break

3:45–5:15 pm
Plenary Session
A Conversation with Former Students

• Jamie Escuder, Assistant Dupage County Public Defender, Wheaton, Illinois
• Marcus D. Fruchter, Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, Illinois
• Elizabeth S. Hess, Kirkland & Ellis, LPP, Chicago, Illinois
• Jennifer R. Nagda, Law Clerk to Judge James B. Zagel, US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Rockford, ...Illinois
• Tara E. Thompson, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago, Illinois

Moderator: Isabelle R. Gunning, Southwestern University

Often in analysis we only talk about students in the most abstract terms, failing to include the voices of students in our dialogue regarding supervision ignores the most important participants in the conversation. Former clinic students will offer their insights and reflections upon their experience with their supervisors, their cases and their programs.

5:30–7:00 pm
AALS Reception

Monday, May 2

7:00–9:00 am
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committee Meetings

9:00–10:30 am
Working Group Discussions
In addition to regularly scheduled interactions, there are times outside of the classroom, where there are teachable moments. Do you let them pass you by or do you do something with them? Student rushes into your office “I just talked to…” Bring an example of an interaction outside of the classroom.

10:30–10:45 am
Refreshment Break

10:45 am–12:00 pm
Plenary Session
A Conversation with Clients

• Dana Holland, Chicago, Illinois
• Laura Trezek, Orland Park, Illinois
• Andre Williams, Chicago, Illinois

Moderator: Judith Phylis Lipton, Case Western Reserve University

Clients tell clinical teachers about their experience with students. How did the clients perceive their relationship with the student? How did they perceive the relationship between the student and the supervisor. Elicit from clients their perceptions of access to justice, not only in personal context but broader context. Are the clients thinking of the larger systemic problems or are they just thinking about getting their son out of jail? What does the client think is justice? Our abstract notion of justice as compared to the client’s perception of access to justice. What does the client think of obtaining a lawyer? How were they treated by the lawyer? What did they get from the lawyer? What are their expectations?

12:00–1:45 pm
AALS Luncheon

2:00–3:30 pm
Working Group Discussions
The current state of the legal system and its challenges to our clients needs, expectations and goals (technology, media, ADR, problem solving courts). What should we be teaching our students? How should we be teaching it?

3:30–3:45 pm
Refreshment Break

3:45–5:00 pm
Works-in-Progress (Five Concurrent Sessions - Click here for speakers, descriptions and materials)

5:15–7:00 pm
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Town Hall Meeting
Who Are We and Where Are We Going?
A town hall-style meeting with the AALS Clinical Section’s membership to discuss the future direction and initiatives of the Section.

Tuesday, May 3

7:00–9:00 am
AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Committee Meetings

9:00–10:30 am
Working Group Discussions
Planning your Presentation: What has emerged from your conversations in your small group that you would want those attending the conference to consider as they head home?

10:30–10:45 am
Refreshment Break

10:45 am–12:00 pm
Plenary Session
Reports from Working Groups
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12:00–2:00 pm
AALS Luncheon
Section on Clinical Legal Education Margaret C. Shanara Gilbert Award

Working Group Leaders

Jane H. Aiken, Washington University

Alicia Alvarez, DePaul University

Deborah N. Archer, New York Law School

Sameer Ashar, City University of New York

Brenda Bratton Blom, University of Maryland

Susan J. Bryant, City University of New York

Paul Cain, Northern Illinois University

Timothy M. Casey, Case Western Reserve University

Nancy L. Cook, Roger Williams University

John M. Copacino, Georgetown University

Evelyn H. Cruz, Yale Law School

Cynthia Dennis, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Robert D. Dinerstein, American University

Russell Engler, New England School of Law

Craig B. Futterman, The University of Chicago

Victor M. Goode, City University of New York

Steven Joseph Gunn, Washington University

Carrie L. Hempel, University of Southern California

Paul Holland, Seattle University

Robert C. Holmes, Rutgers University, Newark

Danielle R. Jones, Stanford Law School

Peter Joy, Washington University

Ann Juergens, William Mitchell College of Law

Carolyn Kaas, Quinnipiac University

Harriet N. Katz, Rutgers University, Camden

Catherine F. Klein, The Catholic University of America

James M. Klein, University of Toledo

Robert Edward Lancaster, Indiana University, Indianapolis

Donna Hae Kyun Lee, City University of New York

Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, University of New Mexico

Marjorie Anne Mc Diarmid, West Virginia University

Binny Miller, American University

J. Michael Norwood, University of New Mexico

Calvin Pang, University of Hawaii

Jean Koh Peters, Yale Law School

Michael Pinard, University of Maryland

Paul D. Reingold, The University of Michigan

Jenny Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, New York University, New York, New York

Gemma Solimene, Fordham University

Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Yale Law School

Carol M. Suzuki, University of New Mexico -view references- -view report-

Joseph B. Tulman, University of the District of Columbia

Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Rutgers University, Newark

Carwina Weng, Boston College