LAW 9203 - Client Interviewing and Counseling

Fulfills the skills requirement.
This course will focus on developing in students an understanding of interviewing and counseling as lawyer functions and of the skills and problems associated with these functions. In particular, concern would be with (a) interpersonal and psychological aspects and problems in interviewing and counseling processes, (b) interviewing as a fact-gathering tool, (c) counseling and the lawyer’s role in the decision making process and as advisor, and (d) ethical problems raised in the interviewing and counseling settings. Credit(s): 2