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33 Legal Educ. Rev. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/legedr33 and id is 1 raw text is: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CLASSROOM IN LAW AND SOCIAL WORK: CAN IT BE DONE? JEMMA VENABLES* AND TAMARA WALSH+ I INTRODUCTION The practice of law frequently overlaps with the practice of social work. Law 'cuts across' all areas of social work practice, 1 and for lawyers who work with vulnerable and disadvantaged clients, social work is a necessary part of their legal practice.2 Indeed, some have argued that 'the practice of law is, or ought to be, social work'.3 Despite the fact that each discipline has much to offer the other, the study of social work and law remain separate. The literature describes a handful of teaching and learning experiments where academics have attempted to teach students in an interdisciplinary manner. 4 The designers of such programs have identified myriad barriers to their success. They describe interpersonal barriers associated with professional stereotypes, a lack of understanding about the roles of Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Queensland. Professor, School of Law, The University of Queensland. Andrea Saltzman, David M Furman and Kathleen Ohman, Law in Social Work Practice (Cengage, 3 ed, 2015) xi. See also Phillip Swain, 'Why Social Work and Law?' in Simon Rice, Andrew Day and Linda Briskman (eds), Social Work in the Shadow of the Law (Federation Press, 5th ed, 2018) 2, 5; Phillip Swain 'Reflections on Teaching Law in Social Work - If Only It Were That Simple' (1999) 2(2) Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education 124. 2 See, eg, Spencer Zifcak, 'Towards a Reconciliation of Legal and Social Work Practice' in Simon Rice, Andrew Day and Linda Briskman (eds), Social Work in the Shadow of the Law (Federation Press, 2018) 9; Mary Anne Kenny and Lucy Fiske 'Marriage of Convenience or a Match Made in Heaven: Lawyers and Social Workers Working with Asylum Seekers' (2004) 10(1) Australian Journal ofHuman Rights 137; Heather B Craige and William G Saur 'The Contribution of Social Workers to Legal Services Programs' (1981) 14(13) Clearinghouse Review 1267. 3 Jane Aiken and Stephen Wizner, 'Law as Social Work' (2003) 11 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 63, 64. See also Ross Hyams, Grace Brown and Richard Foster, 'The Benefits of Multidisciplinary Learning in Clinical Practice for Law, Finance and Social Work Students: An Australian Experience' (2013) 33(2) Journal of Teaching in Social Work 159, 167, 169. 4 See, eg, Ross Hyams et al (n 3); Jose B. Ashford and Husain Lateef, 'Serving Miller Youth: An Interprofessional Initiative for Educating Law and Social Work Students' (2019) Journal of Social Work Education 1-7; Mary Ann Forgey and Lisa Colarossi, 'Interdisciplinary Social Work and Law: A Model Domestic Violence Curriculum' (2003) 39(3) Journal ofSocial Work Education 459.

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