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Law Students on Interdisciplinary, Problem‐Solving Teams: An Empirical Evaluation of Educational Outcomes at the University Of Denver's Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families
Author(s) -
Pruett Marsha Kline,
Schepard Andrew,
Cornett Logan,
Gerety Corina,
Kourlis Rebecca Love
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/fcre.12325
Subject(s) - mediation , resource (disambiguation) , center (category theory) , mental health , psychology , medical education , legal service , law , sociology , political science , medicine , computer science , psychotherapist , computer network , chemistry , crystallography
Models of lawyering in separation and divorce disputes are evolving to emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration, problem solving, alternative dispute resolution, and changes in legal education that reflect these changes in practice. At the University of Denver's Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families (Center), supervised law and mental health graduate students worked as a team to provide assessment and service planning, mediation, therapy, and agreement drafting to parents. Evaluation results showed client satisfaction, and that students acquired new knowledge, skills, and values in line with a collaborative, problem‐solving orientation. Strengths and weaknesses of the model are considered.