Lawyering Beyond Without Leaving Individual Clients Behind

Authors

April Land, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2011

Abstract

As clinical teachers answer the exciting call to move beyond the traditional model of individual client representation, we should not leave behind the vital lessons that law students learn from individual clients. Individual representation is ideal for teaching law students lawyering skills and values in a human context. Representing individual clients gives students the opportunity to experience full ownership over representation, to experience the role of the attorney, and to feel the profound weight of professional responsibility. Representationof individual clients also grounds the social justice objectives that clinical programs seek to achieve. As clinical programs and other areas of law school curricula move forward by providing more opportunities for experiential learning, we should not leave behind our individual clients' voices and concerns.

Publication Title

Clinical Law Review

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

47

Last Page

76

Recommended Citation

April Land, Lawyering Beyond Without Leaving Individual Clients Behind, 18 Clinical Law Review 47 (2011).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/444