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‘A MUTUAL CONFRONTATION OF STRUCTURE AND ACCIDENT’

A FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCHING HOW LAWYER-MENTORS ENGAGE WITH SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING

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Kristoffer GreavesAustralian LawyerPLT Practitioner

PhD Candidate – Deakin UniversitySchool of Education

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Purpose of Legal Profession Acts

Protect Clients

Protect Administration of

Justice

Assure Quality of Legal Services

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• PLT practitioners are lawyers• Lawyers are officers of the court• Paramount duty• Applies to PLT work?• Would SoTL support this work?

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2012

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Guiding Questions for PLT Practitioners

Motivation to engage with SoTL?

Capacity to engage?

Employer symbolic support?

Employer allocation of resources?

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New SoTL Knowledge Enters…?

Practice is

Pedagogy

Pedagogy is

Practice

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Dynamic dialogue with the materials and means of execution

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Data: Texts + People

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Theory Alert!!!

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“I’ve no time for learning theory – give me the elevator pitch”

Anon

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Engaging with SoTL

• Support PLT practitioners• More than one way to engage with SoTL• Bricolage a flexible practice-friendly approach• Prospects for improved satisfaction and

quality

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