Clinic-Library Collaborations to Increase Adoption of Instructional and Law Practice Technologies in Clinics

Many law librarians have studied instructional design and teaching techniques in library school, taught hands-on experiential research courses using various technology tools, or taken online courses as part of a graduate school curriculum. This makes them uniquely equipped to aid clinicians with adopting instructional and law practice technologies to better achieve learning outcomes or impart skills in new ways. This session will present two examples of how law librarians at two different law schools are helping clinicians at their schools incorporate technology into their teaching. At CUNY School of Law, an embedded law librarian works with the Dean of Clinical Programs to identify and assist in the introduction of law practice technologies and digital assessment tools to aid in the evaluation of student work in simulations and live client interactions. At Suffolk University Law School, working with a law librarian, two clinicians incorporated technologies into their teaching pedagogy and supervision plans.
Attendees will learn about the planning and execution of these collaborations and the successes and struggles the collaborators experienced along the way. This session builds upon a panel presentation held at the 2015 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education. 

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