Biography

Name : Michele Leering

Professional Title : Executive Director/Lawyer

Affiliation : Community Advocacy & Legal Centre

Country : Canada

Title of Presentation : Developing a Disciplined Approach to Reflection: Encouraging Reflective Practice, Integrated Learning, and Sharing Promising Practices;  Reflective Learning for Reflective Practice: An Integrated Approach

Short Bio : Lawyer and Executive Director with a not-for-profit community legal clinic in Canada. 2009 Community Leadership in Justice Fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School. Candidate for a M.Ad.Ed. – research topic is Encouraging Reflective Practice in a Professional School: Developing a Conceptual Model and Sharing Promising Practices. Other recent action research projects include increasing access to justice for rural, remote and linguistic communities and encouraging knowledge management in legal clinics.