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E-650 – Client Interviewing & Counseling

2 Credits

Provides training in the techniques of interviewing and counseling clients to identify and solve legal problems. Through a theoretical framework for and experiences with simulated exercises, verbal and non-verbal skills are honed through lecture, demonstrations, discussion, role playing, simulations, practical exercises, and critiques. (Pass/No Credit/Fail) Limited to 16 students.

Summer Sections

  • Section A

    Room - 201

    Schedule - M-F – 9:00am - 3:30pm

    Instructor - Jewel

    Required Materials:

    Cochran, DiPippa, & Peters, The Counselor At-Law: A Collaborative Approach to Client Interviewing and Counseling, (LexisNexis 2nd Ed.), ISBN13: 9780820564739, Price: $48.00

    Recommended Materials:

    First Assignments:

  • Section B

    Room - 201

    Schedule - M-F – 9:00am - 3:30pm

    Instructor - Greer

    Required Materials:

    Cochran, DiPippa, & Peters, The Counselor At-Law: A Collaborative Approach to Client Interviewing and Counseling, (LexisNexis 2nd Ed.), ISBN13: 9780820564739, Price: $48.00

    Recommended Materials:

    First Assignments:

  • Section C

    Room - 204

    Schedule - M-F – 9:00am - 3:30pm

    Instructor - Luna

    Required Materials:

    Binder, Bergman, Price, and Tremblay, Lawyers as Counselors: A Client Centered Approach, (West 3rd Ed.), ISBN13: 9780314194916, Price: $74.00

    Recommended Materials:

    First Assignments:

Fall Sections

Section
Instructor Room Days Times
Rich 302 W 06:15pm - 08:15pm

Required Materials:

Herman, Practical Appr to Client Interviewing Counseling etc, (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) ISBN: 9781422422939

Recommended Materials:

First Assignments:

Read Chapter One and be prepared to discuss questions on Syllabus.

Be prepared to discuss background before law school, current/past employment, and what type of cases you expect to handle after graduation.

 

Discussion topics from reading material:

 

How important are People Skills in client interactions?

Is same course of action appropriate in every case for every client?

What are differences in lawyer centered model and client centered model?

Which is better model?

What is collaborative model?

Is it better?

How important is money is client representation and counseling?

Should you accept client who is not dependable?

How important is a lawyer in the legal system?

Can client represent themselves in most cases?

Discuss roles of Guide, Guardian, and Governor as it relates to attorney role.

How important is it that client understand legal process?

Discuss following attributes of lawyers: caring, patience, empathy.