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Here are three very insightful comments from Jeff Margolies, Katie Nielson and Ajay Chheda, who speak about the challenges and rewards of being required to work in teams in their clinics. I am struck by how each of them recognizes and values both the challenges and rewards of teamwork. All too often we only talk about the rewards - how our teammates and partners offered new ideas, fresh insights and brought new skills to the table. All that is usually true and important to recognize.
Less often, I think, do we recognize the challenges and frustrations that can come from teamwork. When I work with other people I must consider other viewpoints, accommodate other working styles and reconsider my positions. I see these things happening to my students all the time and as I recognize the discomfort I can experience, I am better able to empathize with their difficulties.
I also know, however, that conflict and discomfort are always opportunities for growth. Don't get me wrong, I don't seek discomfort for myself or my students in pursuit of growth, but I try to accept and recognize the opportunities in the difficult situations I encounter. My teaching challenge is to guide my students through these experiences in ways that help them remain open and continue learning - and given what good learners my students are, it is not that hard to do.
I like these three comments because they are concrete reminders of the value of mixing diverse perspectives. It has become so easy to find others who are just like us in whatever dimensions we choose and for each of us to remain cocooned among people who do not challenge us. I know that my students represent a very narrow slice of America in many dimensions, even as they are quite diverse for an American law school. But, I also know that teaming them and helping them be self-conscious and reflective about how difference works in teams helps them to swim a little upstream against the current tide that is pushing all of us into smaller and smaller communities of like minded people. Call me old school, but I still think I can learn from people with whom I don't agree and I even think I can come to like people who I may find challenging at first.
--Ian Weinstein
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