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Externships without Borders What Topics & Materials Can be Useful to Students & Teachers Across National Lines?. Catherine Campbell, Australian National University, Australia Jeff Giddings, Griffith University, Australia Nancy Maurer, Albany Law School, USA - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Externships without Borders
What Topics & Materials Can be Useful to Students &
Teachers Across National Lines?
Catherine Campbell, Australian National University, AustraliaJeff Giddings, Griffith University, Australia
Nancy Maurer, Albany Law School, USAAlex Scherr, University of Georgia, USA
Leah Wortham, The Catholic University of America, USA
International Journal of Clinical Legal Education ConferencePalacký University, Olomouc
July 15-17, 2014
Learning From Practice:A Professional Development Guide for Legal Externs
First edition 1998 West Publishing (including Teacher’s Manual)—launched with first U.S. externship conference at The Catholic University of America
Second edition 2007 West (with Teacher’s Manual)
Editors: J.P. (Sandy) Ogilvy, Leah Wortham, Lisa Lerman
A little more history
1st edition grew from Catholic University Becoming a Lawyer course◦Authors people teaching in CUA
program along with Liz Ryan Cole, Vermont Law School
◦15 chapters
2nd edition added 8 new authors from other U.S. law schools◦20 chapters
And this summer3rd edition underway with West
Publishing
New editorial team: Leah Wortham, Susan Brooks, Nancy Maurer, Alex Scherr
29 chapters & 35 authors including a person specific to multimedia resources
Timeline2nd drafts underway but still
much a work in progress with room for revision
Will be print book & teacher’s manual out by spring 2015 but also
Electronic version & option to buy chapter bundles
International use?Electronic version might
facilitate
Possibility of national supplements?
More Americans in international placements
Table of Contents Sections
1: General Externship Issues
II: Professionalism & Ethics
III: Lawyering & Skill Development
IV: Practice Contexts
V: Additional Dimensions of Learning from Practice
Intent for teachersOption as “course book” for the seminar
“Menu” of chapters to choose those that match course objectives
TM examples of chapters for different types of courses
TM with answers & discussion points for all problems, ideas for class activities & assignments, now URLs for multi-media resources (with electronic format for update after publication)
Forms & syllabi on LEXTERN
Intent for studentsEncourage path of autonomy & self-
direction: actors not acted upon
What’s useful in externship & future career likely not learned elsewhere in law school, e.g., bridge from 1st year writing course
Internalize habits for learning from practice, not just practicing
Fill-in of knowledge re legal prof & work settings many students don’t have
Next edition ideas
E-book option as well as hard copy
Better option to purchase by chapters
Incorporate a web resource for students & teachers with links to resources
Next edition ideas
Text speak directly TO students--not about them
Write TM simultaneously and ask “is this for students or for teachers?”
Practical use of learning theory in book, background in TM
Next edition ideas
Use real world illustrations that make points vivid
Balance coverage of basics with some “dive” into topics/problems requiring complex analysis
You have
2nd edition Table of Contents
3rd edition Table of Contents
Additional audiences?
Value to in-house clinicians?
Experiential components of doctrinal courses?
Pro bono programs?
Externship programs outside the US?
Ideas from international colleaguesCatherine Campbell
Jeff Giddings
Questions?Any questions about the existing
book?
Questions about plans for new edition?
Small groups discuss . . . Do you teach a seminar in your externship course?
If not, how could LFP inspire you to teach one? How could you use LFP without a class?
What seem to you the most important topics for the book to cover for the course and the country where you teach?
How have you used LFP in the past and what did you find useful? What changes would you suggest?
What suggestions do you have for making the book, TM, and web resource on multimedia accessible and useful internationally?
Feedback and suggestionsThe editors welcome your ideas
and suggestions after the presentation
Contact information:◦Susan Brooks:
[email protected]◦Nancy Maurer:
[email protected]◦Alex Scherr: [email protected]◦Leah Wortham: