Lawyers and Clients: Critical Issues in Interviewing and Counseling (Coursebook)

About this book

Lawyers and Clients: Critical Issues in Interviewing and Counseling examines practical and theoretical challenges lawyers face with clients. Each chapter explores a critical issue in interviewing and counseling such as developing connection across difference dealing with atypical clients and using engaged client-centered counseling. Ellmann Dinerstein Gunning Kruse and Shelleck investigate these issues primarily through detailed analysis of lawyer-client conversations which invite the reader to consider and critique the lawyers choices. A key theme is engaged client-centered lawyering which emphasizes the importance of client choice and the impact of lawyers on clients and affirms lawyers ability to achieve wise engagement with clients.