LAW - 650 Lawyers and Clients: Interviewing and Counseling

(2-3 hrs.)

Explores the lawyer-client relationship in the context of the essential lawyering skills of interviewing and counseling. Focuses on the theories underlying these skills and the application of theory in performing various lawyer and client roles in simulated exercises. Also examines the connection between clients and the “case” that lawyers present on their behalf and the allocation of power between lawyers and clients. Bennett, B. Miller, Dinerstein Spring