Teaching Structural Competency in Law School: Interdisciplinary Inspiration from Medical Legal Partnerships and Health-Related Disciplines to Meet ABA Standard 303(c)
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Law schools must now teach about bias and racism per ABA Standard 303(c). Medical legal partnership (MLP) clinics use structural competency to address systemic issues, offering a model for this new legal education requirement.
Area Of Science
- Legal Education
- Social Justice Studies
- Public Health Law
Background
- The American Bar Association (ABA) mandates bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism education for law students under Standard 303(c).
- Law clinics, particularly those with a social justice focus, have historically addressed structural causes of oppression.
- Medical legal partnership (MLP) clinics integrate social work and health science principles, including structural competency, into their practice.
Purpose Of The Study
- To examine how Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) clinics and their curricula can fulfill the ABA's new educational requirements.
- To explore the application of structural competency concepts within legal education.
Main Methods
- Analysis of existing Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) clinic models.
- Review of curricula addressing bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism.
- Examination of structural competency frameworks from social work and health sciences.
Main Results
- MLP clinics are well-positioned to meet the ABA mandate due to their focus on systemic issues.
- Structural competency provides a valuable framework for teaching about bias and oppression in legal settings.
- Existing MLP practices offer practical examples for curriculum development.
Conclusions
- Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) clinics can serve as a model for implementing ABA Standard 303(c).
- Integrating structural competency into legal education is crucial for addressing systemic bias and promoting social justice.
- Further development of MLP-related curricula can enhance legal training on critical social issues.
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