Reimagining Advocacy - Rhetorical Education in the Legal Clinic (Hardcover)

Domestic violence accounts for approximately one-fifth of all violent crime in the United States and is among the most difficult issues confronting professionals in the legal and criminal justice systems. In this volume, Elizabeth Britt argues that learning embodied advocacy-a practice that results from an expanded understanding of expertise based on lived experience-and adopting it in legal settings can directly and tangibly help victims of abuse. Focusing on clinical legal education at the Domestic Violence Institute at the Northeastern University School of Law, Britt takes a case-study approach to illuminate how challenging the context, aims, and forms of advocacy traditionally embraced in the U.S. legal system produces better support for victims of domestic violence. She analyzes a wide range of materials and practices, including the pedagogy of law school training programs, interviews with advocates, and narratives written by students in the emergency department, and looks closely at the forms of rhetorical education through which students assimilate advocacy practices. By examining how students learn to listen actively to clients and to recognize that clients have the right and ability to make decisions for themselves, Britt shows that rhetorical education can succeed in producing legal professionals with the inclination and capacity to engage others whose values and experiences diverge from their own. By investigating the deep relationship between legal education and rhetorical education, Reimagining Advocacy calls for conversations and action that will improve advocacy for others, especially for victims of domestic violence seeking assistance from legal professionals.

General

Imprint:	Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Elizabeth C. Britt
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-271-08102-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General Books > Law > English law > Private, property, family > Gender law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Family law
LSN:	0-271-08102-3
Barcode:	9780271081021

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