Reimagining Advocacy

Reimagining Advocacy: Rhetorical Education in the Legal Clinic, Volume 1, examines the intersection of legal education and social advocacy. Elizabeth C Britt focuses on the Domestic Violence Institute at the Northeastern University School of Law to analyze how clinical legal education can better support victims of abuse. This work of law study and teaching explores embodied advocacy, a practice rooted in lived experience and active listening.

By utilizing a case-study approach, the text investigates the pedagogy of law school training and the counseling of abused women. Britt analyzes how rhetorical education enables legal professionals to respect client autonomy and navigate diverse value systems. This volume on patient advocacy and law provides a critical framework for improving the way legal professionals engage with victims of domestic violence within the United States legal system.