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Clinical Associate Professor Carrie Hagan of the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and Dr. Stephanie Boys, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Adjunct Professor at the law school received a Curriculum Enhancement Grant from IUPUI’s Center for Teaching and Learning. The grant will help the schools of law and social work enhance the joint JD/MSW program which already exits, as well as the experiences of students in both programs. The project will develop a social work practicum course option to be offered at the law school through the Civil Practice Clinic, open to both social work and law students. The course would serve as a practicum setting for MSW students, and serve as an interdisciplinary clinical course offering for law students. Professor Hagan says, “This course will allow for effectiveness through adapting pedagogies of engagement, most notably through problem-based and peer-led interdisciplinary team learning.” Online components will be developed, as will materials that provide experiential learning for both sets of students. Investigators will use survey assessment tools to gauge the students’ learning throughout each semester. Professor Hagan says, “Currently there is a great movement for interdisciplinary partnerships between schools of law and social work, and for IUPUI to implement one would allow for the development of a national reputation in this area, as well as the ability to apply for further funding to grow and enhance each program.”