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Monash University Faculty of Law and the International Journal of Clinical Education invite you to our Conference
Adding Value
How Clinics Contribute to Communities, Students and the Legal Profession
28-30 November 2018
Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Australia
Optional Preliminary Workshop: Reflective Practice and Assessment in Clinical Legal Education
Tuesday 27 November, Monash University Clayton Campus 10 am - 3 pm
Limited places will be available for this workshop
Clinical Legal Education is distinctive in combining student learning, the pursuit of social justice and community service. Clinics can be an important bridge between the law school and the multiple parties interested in legal education and the legal profession. We look forward to exploring the ways in which these various groups can add value to our common endeavours.
Welcome
"Monash Faculty of Law is proud to host the 2018 International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference. We see the conference as a great opportunity to support our clinical program, share insights and develop links with Australian and international clinical colleagues. The conference will provide a springboard to explore and develop our practices in key areas such as student supervision, assessment and the development of professional identity in various clinical contexts. We will also focus on the future of clinical legal education, exploring new clinics and the potential of new technologies.
Monash Law has announced its ‘Clinical Guarantee’ whereby every enrolling student from 2018 is guaranteed a clinical experience if they wish to participate. This is an Australian first and includes the current development of a new clinic site in the Melbourne CBD. The new CBD clinic site is a key part of creating new experiential learning opportunities for Monash law students." - Professor Jeff Giddings, Associate Dean (Experiential Education), Monash Faculty of Law
"The International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference is delighted that we are able to return to Australia in partnership again with Monash University. This conference promises to be one of our best yet. We retain our collegial approach to sharing the best of our teaching, practice and research alongside an increased focus this year on hands on sessions that enable us all to develop approaches that we can put into practice on our return home. I’m particularly grateful to Professor Jeff Giddings and his colleagues for their work in organising this year’s conference. Jeff is kindly putting in a second stint after hosting our highly successful 2013 conference in Brisbane. Our host organisers are one of the two most important factors in the success of the conference. The other is of course the quality of the work presented and the open approach of our global community of clinical delegates to both the formal elements and the not so formal – the conversations that take place over coffee and lunch and often long into the night. To those who are new to the conference, welcome we look forward to your contribution; to those who are returning, we very much look forward to seeing you again. " - Jonny Hall, Head of Strategic Projects, Northumbria University
For more information contact the Conference Convenor, Professor Jeff Giddings, Monash Faculty of Law, jeff.giddings@monash.edu
The Conference Program
IJCLE 2018 – Program as at 27/11/18
Pre-conference Workshop - Tuesday November 27 – Monash University Clayton Campus
8:30 | Bus departs Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne for Clayton Campus | |
9:30 – 10:15 | Tour of Monash Law Clinics – Clayton & Monash Law Moot Court | |
10:15 – 11:15 | Reflective Practices in Clinical Legal Education | Rachel Spencer & Susan Brooks |
11:15 – 11:30 | Morning tea | |
11:30 – 13:00 | Reflection, Emotion & Student Wellbeing | Kate Seear, Catherine Klein & Paula Galowitz |
13:00 – 13:45 | Lunch | |
13:45 – 14:30 | The Domains of Reflection in Law | Michele Leering |
14:30 – 15:15 | Assessment of Student Reflections | Ross Hyams |
15:15 | Bus departs for Monash University Law Chambers |
Day 1 - Wednesday November 28 – Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
13:00-16:00 | Festschrift for Adrian Evans | Organiser - Kate Seear |
From 16:00 | Registration & tour of Monash Law Clinics - Melbourne | |
17:30 or 17:00? | Conference Welcome - including Acknowledgement of Country | Jeff Giddings, Jonny Hall & Indigenous Elder |
Conference Opening | Monash Law Dean, Professor Bryan Horrigan | |
18:00 | Panel - What's the secret spice in Clinical Legal Education | |
18:45 - 20:00 | Opening Reception
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Day 2 - Thursday, November 29 – Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
From 8:00 | Editorial Breakfast Café | Elaine Hall |
From 8:30 | Registration | |
8:45 | Plenary – Overview of the Day | |
9:00 | Parallel sessions - 3 presentations x 5 panels
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Parallel Sessions - #1
Victoria Roper Interdisciplinary clinics Katia Ferrar, Matthew Atkinson, Betty Kontoleon & Anja Kantic Interdisciplinary clinics Robin Palmer From Law Clinic to Legislation | Susan Brooks & Neil Gold Fostering wholehearted lawyers
| Rachel Dunn How influential are Supervisors? Richard Owen, Elisabeth Griffiths & Elaine Hall ‘talk rules’ in clinical teaching Elaine Campbell Autoethnographic exploration of law clinic supervisory practice
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| Julienne Jen & Eric T. M. Cheung Clinic at the University of Hong Kong Alan East Advocacy in clinical legal education: presenting cases in tribunals Nicholas Bleckinsop Poverty Law Clinic as Locus for “Reconciliation”
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10:30 – 11:00
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11:00 – 12:30 | Parallel Sessions #2 |
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Ufuk Aydin Online externship opportunities Karen Powell and Nancy Neslund Client-Centered Lawyering in an Online Context Matthew Atkinson & Margaret Castles Exploring student attitudes to online reflective learning
| (TBC) Sampson Erugo Ethics and values as the core of clinic Caroline Strevens ‘Proud to be part of clinic’: An exploration of teaching in clinic and its link to the well-being of law teachers
| Douglas Ferguson Supervision in the Clinic Setting Sue Schechter Supervision: Field Supervisor as Teacher Diane Anagnos “What I wish I knew”: what should solicitors know before deciding to go clinical?
| Nigel Duncan Researching students’ emotional responses to challenging encounters in a live clinic setting Kate Seear Do law clinics need trigger warnings? Anna Copeland & Mary Anne Kenny Teaching clinic within a practice of injustice
| Anna Howard, Bronwyn Naylor & Kat Ogilvy Multidisciplinary prison clinic Elida Nogoibaeva & Kanykei Kasybekova Introducing a human rights focus to a required clinic course Cate Sumner & Nani Zulminarni University and Paralegal clinics in Indonesia
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12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
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13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Sessions #3 |
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Kieran Durcan Law clinics coming of age Mandy Shircore & Michael Murray Developing the Lawyer of the Future: The vital role for clinical legal education Claire Carroll and Brad Jessup Australian Clinical Legal Education: Third Wave | Nicholas Bleckinsop Clinic Lawyer as Experiential Educator Sue Schechter Supporting our Students to do Social Justice in Times of Struggle (TBC) Maryam Idris Abdulkadir Role of Law Clinics in Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees Camps in Nigeria | Tribe Mkwebu Strategies for law clinic students Brea Lowenberger Teaching and Assessing Reflective Practice: What are we assessing and giving feedback on? Michele Leering Vital, Viable, and Visible Reflective Practice | Neil Gold & Jonny Hall Preparation for clinic, profession & life Linda Smith Student presentation of self | Daniel Ghezelbash & Rebekah Stevens Macquarie University Social Justice Clinic: A New Cost-Effective Model for Clinical Legal Education? Catherine Campbell The Cherbourg-QUT Project: A model for Legal Clinics to engage with Aboriginal Communities Stephan van der Merwe Intentional about impact: Changing lives and laws through the work of University Law Clinics |
15:00 – 15:30 | Afternoon Tea | |||
15:30 – 17:00 | Parallel Sessions #4 | |||
Andy Unger Students – listen up! Clinic makes you smarter Jocelyn Milne & Tania Leiman Introducing a 3rd space approach | Deepa Mattoo & Amanda Dale Feminist Advocacy: Clinical Legal Education Ethics and Feminist Legal Theory Reconciled Claire Carroll and Genevieve Bolton Clinical Legal Education: Through the Looking Glass | Peter Joy Client Confidentiality and the Digital Realm Linda Smith The Drive to Advise Jill Alexander & Elisabeth Griffiths Fairness Project | Jeff Giddings & Melissa Fletcher Cultivating a Field of Dreams on Shifting Sands: Implementing a Clinical Guarantee Ross Hyams How do Work Integrated Learning ‘projects’ connect with clinical legal education? | Riette Du Plessis 45 years of CLE in South Africa Lynette Osiemo 50 years of legal education in Kenya Ben Walsh Young Workers Centre and Direct Action |
| 17:30 | Buses depart for Melbourne Zoo | |||
| 18:00 - 22:00 | Conference Dinner - Melbourne Zoo |
Day 3 - Friday, November 30 – Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
From 8:00
| Editorial Breakfast Café
| Elaine Hall |
From 8:30 | Registration | |
9:00
| Plenary – Supporting students to act consistently with their values - Lisa Bliss, Paula Galowitz, Catherine Klein, Pamela Taylor-Barnett, Veronika Tomosková & Leah Wortham |
10:30 – 11:00
| Morning Tea | |||
11:00 – 12:30 |
Parallel Sessions #5 | |||
Richard Owen The Sustainability Agenda and the Challenge to Law School Clinics Adrian Evans Greenprint for a climate defence clinic
| Kate Fischer-Doherty, Su Robertson, Lisa Bliss Defining and Balancing Stakeholder Expectations to Achieve Excellence in External Clinical Legal Education Opportunities Jacquie Svenson et al Reflections on reciprocity in international clinical externships in law Susan Jones & Janet Jackson Law & Entrepreneurship in Global Clinical Education
| Jocelyn Milne & Tania Leiman Creating a chatbot in a clinic setting Neil Graffin, Francine Ryan and Hugh McFaul Collaborative learning in online clinical legal education Lourens Grove & Dennis Kriel The Law Clinic Game | Elaine Hall Adding Value? Values as demonstrated in the ‘curriculum as experienced’ Nancy Maurer & Steve Falati Taking Assessment Out of the Classroom: Assessing the Skills and Values We Really Care About Catherine Campbell & Sue Schechter Practical Frameworks for Teaching and Assessing Student Reflections | Michelle Christopher (via Zoom) Can Law Schools Teach Empathy? Anthony Hopkins Compassion in Clinical Legal Education: recognising clinics as a site for realising compassion Rachel Spencer & Jackie Weinberg Student well-being in clinical programs |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |||
13:30 – 14:30 | Parallel Sessions #6 | |||
Jackie Weinberg Innovation & Opportunity in Technology & the Law- The Virtual Clinic Judy Harrison & Sarouche Razi Kimberley rising: radical remoteness and radical clinical pedagogy
| Adiva Sifris & Sylvia Maramis The Trials and Tribulations of Practising Family Law in a Clinical Environment
| Steve Levett It may be legal but is it law? Liz Curran Learning from Empirical Research on Effective Legal Practice | Tracye Edwards & Reena Parambath Center stage: Focusing the Spotlight on Students Leading “Professional Meetings” Anna Cody Confidence, competence and purpose | David McQuoid-Mason Developing Standards for Street Law Programmes Freda Grealy Effective lawyering skills and the impact of Street law experiences on tomorrow’s solicitors in Ireland. |
14:30 – 15:00 | Afternoon Tea | |||
15:00 – 16:30 | Plenary session Student perspectives Themes from the parallel sessions Building on IJCLE 2018 | |||
16:30 | Conference close |
Plenary Presenters
Supporting students to act consistently with their values
Conference materials
Plenary session material:
- Values Template
- Chapters with Core Concepts
- Presentation Scenarios and Guidelines for Peer Coaching
- Key Self Assessment Questions
- Bibliography
- Ways teachers are using GVV
- Palacky University law school GVV exercise
Confirmed Speakers and Topics
Jill Alexander and Elisabeth Griffiths, Fairness Project
Dianne Agnanos, "What I wish I knew": What should solicitors know before deciding to go clinical?
Matthew Atkinson and Margaret Castles, Exploring student attitudes to on-line reflective learning
Ufuk Aydin, On-line externship opportunities
Susan Brooks and Neil Gold, Fostering wholehearted lawyers
Susan Brooks, Michaela Keet and Brea Lowenberger, Teaching and assessing reflective practice: What are we assessing and giving feedback on?
Catherine Campbell, The Cherbourg-QUT Project: A model for legal clinics to engage with aboriginal communities
Catherine Campbell and Sue Schechter, Practical frameworks for teaching and assessing student reflections
Elaine Campbell, Making the case for auto ethnographic exploration of law clinic supervisory practice
Claire Carroll and Genevieve Bolton, Clinical legal education: Through the looking glass
Claire Carroll and Brad Jessup, Australian clinical legal education: Third wave
Anna Cody, Confidence, competence and purpose: How a short clinical experience makes a difference in a law student’s mental health and sense of purpose
Anna Copeland and Mary Anne Kenny, Teaching clinic within a practice of injustice: Clinical legal education with asylum seekers in Australia
Michelle Christopher, Presentation slides
Liz Curran, Learning from empirical research on effective legal practice
Nigel Duncan, Researching students' emotional responses to challenging encounters in a live clinic
Rachel Dunn, How influential are supervisors in law clinics?
Riette Du Plessis, 45 years of clinical legal education in South Africa: Transforming the curriculum
Kieran Durcan, Law clinics coming of age in UK clinical legal education
Alan East, Advocacy in clinical legal education: presenting real life cases in real life tribunals
Tracye Edwards and Reeva Parambath, Centre stage: Focusing the spotlight on students leading "professional meetings" as a tool for professional development
Adrian Evans, Greenprint for a climate defence clinic
Katia Ferrar, Mathew Atkinson, Betty Kontoleon, Anja Katic, Presentation slides
Kate Fischer-Doherty, Su Robertson and Lisa Bliss, Defining and balancing stakeholder expectations to achieve excellence in external clinical legal education opportunities
Jeff Giddings and Melissa Fletcher, Cultivating a field of dreams on shifting sands: Implementing a Clinical Guarantee
Neill Graffin, Francine Ryan and Hugh McFaul, Collaborative learning in on-line clinical legal education
Doug Ferguson, Supervision in the clinic setting
Daniel Ghezelbash and Rebekah Stevens, Macquarie University Social Justice Clinic: A new cost effective model for clinical legal education
Neil Gold and Jonny Hall, Preparation for clinic, profession and life
Frieda Grealy, Effective lawyering skills and the impact of street law experience on tomorrow's solicitors in Ireland
Elaine Hall, Adding value? Values as demonstrated in the 'curriculum as experienced'
Anthony Hopkins, Compassion in clinical legal education: Recognising clinics as a site for realising compassion
Ross Hyams, How do integrated learning 'projects' connect with clinical legal education?
Julienne Jen and Eric T M Chueng, UHK clinic
Susan Jones, Law and entrepreneurship in global legal education
Peter Joy, Client confidentiality and the digital realm paper proposal
Michele Leering, Vital, viable and visible reflective practice
Nancy Maurer and Seve Falati, Taking assessment out of the classroom: Assessing the skills and values we really care about
David McQuoid-Mason, Developing standards for street law programmes
Jocelyn Milne and Tania Leiman, Introducing a 3rd space approach
Jocelyn Milne and Tania Leiman, Creating a 'chatbot' in a clinic setting
Tribe Mkwebu, Strategies for law clinic students
Bronwyn Naylor, Anna Howard & Katherine Ogilvie, Multidisciplinary prison clinic
Elida Nogobaeva and Kanyeki Kasybeko, Introducing a human rights focus to a required clinical course
Lynette Osiemo, Presentation slides
Olusegun Osinibi, Intersections between Yoruba cultural values and clinical legal education in Nigeria
Richard Owen, The sustainability agenda and the challenge to law school clinics
Richard Owen, Elisabeth Griffiths and Elaine Hall, Investigating the explicit and implicit "talk rules" in clinical teaching
Robin Palmer, From law clinic to legislation: Using law reform and legislative drafting clinics in LLB course options in university law schools
Karen Powell, and Nancy Neslund, Presentations slides
Sarouche Razi and Judy Harrison, Kimberley rising: radical remoteness and radical clinical pedagogy
Victoria Roper, Interdisciplinary clinics - The next step in the evolution of clinical education?
Sue Schechter, Supervision: Field supervisor as teacher
Sue Schechter, Supporting our students to do social justice in times of struggle
Kate Seear, Do law clinics need trigger warnings?
Mandy Shircore and Michael Murray, Developing the lawyer of the future: The vital role for clinical legal education
Adiva Sifris and Sylvia Maramis, The trials and tribulations of practising law in a clinical environment
Linda Smith, The drive to advise
Linda Smith, Student presentation of self
Rachel Spencer and Jackie Weinberg, Student well-being in clinical programs
Caroline Strevens, Proud to be part of a clinic: An exploration of teaching in clinic and its links to the well-being of law teachers
Cate Sumner, University and paralegal clinics in Indonesia
Jacquie Svenson, Reflections on reciprocity in international clinical externships in law
Stephan van der Merwe, Intentional about impact: Changing lives and laws through the work of University Law Clinics
Ben Walsh, Young Workers Centre direct action
Jackie Weinberg, Innovation and opportunity in technology and the law: The virtual clinic!
CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS NOW CLOSED
Please contact Jeff Giddings (jeff.giddings@monash.edu) for any enquiries
Related Events
Tuesday November 27
Preliminary Workshop: Reflective Practice and Assessment in Clinical Legal Education
Limited to 50 registrants
Wednesday November 28 1pm - 4pm
Festschrift for Professor Adrian Evans
Places limited. Register now
Thursday November 29 and Friday November 30
Editorial Breakfast Cafés
Limited to 30 participants.
To join the Editorial Breakfast Cafés, please contact Toni Waser (toni.waser@monash.edu) and indicate your intention to attend.
December 6-8
International Legal Ethics Conference (Melbourne Law School, )
December 12-15
The Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference (Wollongong Law School)
Optional Social Activities
Saturday December 1
Day trip to the Dandenong Ranges, east of Melbourne: A bird watching tour of Sherbrooke Forest will be followed by lunch and an afternoon stroll before returning to Melbourne.
Limited places available. To register your interest in this trip please email Professor Jeff Giddings on: jeff.giddings@monash.edu
Accommodation and Travel
The conference venue is the Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, in the heart of the CBD. The venue is well-situated for hotels, restaurants and public transport options.
Delegates are responsible for organising their own accommodation. A selection of accommodation suggestions in the vicinity of the Law Chambers is available here.
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (MEL) is the main international and domestic airport serving the city. It is located approximately 23 kilometres from the city centre. There is a frequent shuttle service (‘SkyBus’) from the airport to Southern Cross coach and railway station on the western edge of the CBD. The bus departs from outside Terminals 1, 3 and 4. An adult one-way ticket on Skybus currently costs AU$19 (return $36, as at December 2017). SkyBus also provides a free hotel shuttle to its passengers from Southern Cross station to most of the major city hotels. Licensed taxis and Uber rides are also available at Tullamarine airport. A one-way licensed taxi to the city should cost approximately AU$55-$65.
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