Reflecting on the Clinic Midway through the Semester

Here are Doug Cutherbertson and Philip Wells talking about their experiences in Fordham's Criminal Defense Clinic at the midway point of the semester. Their comments capture both the predictable sequence of the casework and the unpredictable, indeed unique qualities of each individual we represent. Philip's comment captures the recurring pattern of predictable legal procedures involving always different people and facts.

That aspect of law practice informs one of my central teaching goals in clinical education. I hope to give my students a firm conceptual grounding in legal problem solving so they can focus less on their lawyering and more on the person in front of them. In my experience, technical expertise in a given area of law can be a scaffold upon which creative lawyering and close attention to the unique individual in front of us can stand. I fear that technical expertise is an end in itself for too many of us, rather than the gateway to careful, individualized professional practices.

-- Ian Weinstein

Fordham, Law School, Clinical Legal Education, Law Clinic, Pro Bono Work, Legal Education, Legal Pedagogy, Teaching Law, Student Lawyers, Law Student

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