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Interviewing And Counseling Clients In A Legal Setting, Mark K. Schoenfield, Barbara Pearlman Schoenfield Aug 2015

Interviewing And Counseling Clients In A Legal Setting, Mark K. Schoenfield, Barbara Pearlman Schoenfield

Akron Law Review

The purpose of this article is to point out some of the factors that, in the experience of the authors, contribute to the success, or lack of success, of an interview and to help the attorney discover the source of any difficulties which s/he may have so that the impact of factors leading to unsatisfactory encounters with clients may be reduced or eliminated.


Legal Interviewing And Counseling In A Nutshell, Thomas Shaffer, James Elkins Jun 2015

Legal Interviewing And Counseling In A Nutshell, Thomas Shaffer, James Elkins

Thomas L. Shaffer

In today's world, lawyers tend to become identified more with law and less with people, the public interest, social welfare and the common good. However, many lawyers are sensitive, people-oriented professionals who relate to their clients as persons and not as problems. The authors argue that counseling is the heart and soul of lawyering, and that it is an integral part of the legal education.


Mindfulness: Foundational Training For Dispute Resolution, Leonard Riskin May 2015

Mindfulness: Foundational Training For Dispute Resolution, Leonard Riskin

Leonard L Riskin

This Article addresses the problem of mindlessness in counseling, negotiating, and mediating, and offers potential solutions and recommendations for developing foundational capacities through training in mindfulness meditation.


Efficient Collaboration: How To Build Pathways Between Silos, Model Behavior Ideal For Professional Identity Formation, And Create Complex Experiential Modules All While Having Fun, Christine Cerniglia Brown Apr 2015

Efficient Collaboration: How To Build Pathways Between Silos, Model Behavior Ideal For Professional Identity Formation, And Create Complex Experiential Modules All While Having Fun, Christine Cerniglia Brown

Journal of Experiential Learning

No abstract provided.