Heightened concerns about recruitment and retention coupled with the new ABA Standards of Practice and LSC Performance Criteria reinforce the importance of skillful supervision as an essential ingredient of a high-quality, effective legal aid delivery system. Legal aid providers' commitments to building and sustaining increasingly diverse staff create an even greater imperative for ensuring strong supervision with supervisors who are able to work effectively across differences.
Essential Supervision Skills for Equal Justice Providers is an introduction to the organizational systems and skills necessary to oversee and guide the work of equal justice providers. The training includes a mix of presentations and small group discussion as well as opportunities to practice new skills.
In this training you will learn how to:
• Establish and maintain the supervisory relationship
• Provide constructive feedback
• Delegate effectively
• Work with staff to craft professional development plans
• Prepare for and conduct performance reviews
• Build effective work groups and teams
• Create & maintain effective supervision structures