Volume 5 Winter 2011 Number 2 - Charleston Law Review

SCHULZE FINAL.doc1/20/2011 6:14PMCHARLESTON LAW REVIEW [Volume 5IV. WHAT ARE SELF-DETERMINATION THEORYAND AUTONOMY SUPPORT? ......................................... 300A. What Is Self-Determination Theory? ........................... 300B. What Is Autonomy Support? ........................................ 303V. ANALYSIS: HOW ACADEMIC SUPPORTHUMANIZES THE LAW SCHOOL, FULFILLS SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY, AND INCREASESAUTONOMY SUPPORT .................................................... 305A. Academic Support’s Role in Humanizingthe Law School ............................................................. 3051. Humanizing Tenet Number One: “Do No Harm” .. 306a. ASP Skills Workshops Helping to“Do No Harm” .................................................... 306b. ASP Career Advice as Helping to“Do No Harm” .................................................... 307c. ASP Community Building as Helping to“Do No Harm” .................................................... 3092. Humanizing Tenet Number Two: “TeachStudents, Not Subjects” .......................................... 310a. Individualized Academic Counseling as “TeachStudents, Not Subjects” .................................... 310b. ASP Collaborative Methods as “TeachingStudents, Not Subjects” ................................... 313c. ASP Focus on Learning Styles Theory as“Teach Students, Not Subjects” ........................ 3153. Humanizing Tenet Number Three: “Peaceand Justice” ............................................................. 317B. Academic Support’s Role in EmpoweringStudent Self-Determination and in IncreasingPerceived Autonomy Support ...................................... 3201. Self-Determination Theory FacetNumber One: Competence ...................................... 3212. Self-Determination Theory FacetNumber Two: Autonomy ......................................... 3233. Self-Determination Theory FacetNumber Three: Relatedness ................................... 327270