How to Account for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching

Author: Mallika Kaur; Lindsay M. Harris
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035307043

Published In: June 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781035369089

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Subverting the narrative that the legal profession must be austere and controlled, this prescient 'How To' guide addresses the crucial need for holistic, trauma-centred law teaching. It advocates for a healthier, more inclusive profession by identifying strategies to engage, and even encourage, emotions within legal education.

Proponents of trauma-centred pedagogy, co-editors Mallika Kaur and Lindsay M. Harris bring together a diverse set of legal academics from a range of subject areas to examine the need for trauma-centred pedagogy. Diverse subject matter experts, clinical and non-clinical, critically analyse a multitude of educational techniques within the law classroom, including the use of violent imagery, simulation, and the Socratic method. Chapters explore pedagogical methods that consider the emotional responses of the professor and student, advocating for more attentive and sensitive methods of teaching law. Courses which address stereotypically emotive topics such as domestic violence law are considered along with courses usually deemed non-emotional such as civil procedure.

How to Account for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching is a vital reference point for legal educators who aim to create meaningful spaces for engagement within legal training. Ultimately, it proves a thought-provoking read for lawyers and law students, as well as trauma professionals and those working with the legal system.

Introduction, From avoidance to acceptance: Trauma and emotions in law teaching 1

Mallika Kaur and Lindsay M. Harris

From trauma to transformation: Trauma-informed pedagogy in law school 26

Angela P. Harris and Monika Batra Kashyap

Violent images in legal education 43

Amy F. Kimpel

Using simulations to negotiate the impact of trauma and emotions on professional identity development 60

Tianna N. Gibbs

“The winter we danced”: Emotion, embodiment, and Indigenous legal orders in the Canadian constitutional law classroom 74

Gillian Calder

Addressing trauma and emotions in human rights: Reflections from teaching and practice 91

Gabrielle Jackson, Sarah Paoletti, and Margaret L. Satterthwaite