Abstract
Research and the production of scholarship is a fundamental part of being a legal academic. Such endeavors identify issues and answer questions that further understanding of the law, the profession, and the justice system itself. Research and scholarship in the legal academy traditionally meant the study of law and legal theory. A growing body of legal academics are focusing research and scholarship on legal education itself, as well as research that measures the impact of legal education on the development of students’ practical and professional skills. The impact of clinical legal education is an important aspect of this scholarship.[1] This article explores how thoughtfully designed research projects can measure the impact of social justice teaching, using examples and experience gleaned from the evaluation and research component of a medical legal partnership[2] and its affiliated law school clinic. The article examines principles of good research design, the art of formulating research questions, and the potential uses for resulting data. It also identifies critical steps and issues to consider when developing a research project.
Highlights
Research and the production of scholarship is a fundamental part of being a legal academic
Wolf is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Reviewed Article: Research and Impact measure the impact of social justice teaching, using examples and experience gleaned from the evaluation and research component of a medical legal partnership[2] and its affiliated law school clinic
Part I explains the reasons that engaging in research is a useful, and increasingly necessary, method of measuring the effectiveness and impact of clinical legal education and social justice teaching, and the ways research informs approaches to teaching and client service
Summary
Research and the production of scholarship is a fundamental part of being a legal academic. Part I explains the reasons that engaging in research is a useful, and increasingly necessary, method of measuring the effectiveness and impact of clinical legal education and social justice teaching, and the ways research informs approaches to teaching and client service. It describes a medical legal partnership (hereinafter “MLP”) known as the Health Law Partnership (hereinafter “the Partnership”),[3] and the Health Law Partnership Legal Services Clinic (hereinafter “the Partnership Clinic”)[4] at the University. Because we draw on these experiences, we provide a brief description of the development of the Partnership project and its research agenda before moving to the broader questions of why and how to measure the impact of education, services, and other activities
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