State of the Nation: 10 Years of Entrepreneurial Law Clinic Supervision in the United Kingdom

In July 2012, I delivered my first conference paper at the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference: ‘Taking care business: a new clinician’s experience supervising and developing commercial case work.’ The audience was sparse. When chair asked for questions, room echoed in silence. A few years later, called ‘danger’ to clinical legal education because students provided free advice entrepreneurs. service criticised as being odds with social justice mission education. remember it lonely time. Only handful UK entrepreneurial law clinics existed, we received little attention research literature. decade on, am still taking Business Commercial Law Clinic Northumbria School. Much has changed. We have seen rapid development commercially focused across UK, diverse range approaches. this article will make major contribution our understanding state nation United Kingdom today. Using elements narrative inquiry autobiographical writing, (a) reflect on journey one clinic supervisors, (b) report increasing number models offering businesses, (c) argue further distinctive flourishing area practice.