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Lawyers As Counselors A Client-Centered Approach

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ISBN-10: 0314238166

ISBN-13: 9780314238160

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: David A. Binder, Paul Bergman, Susan C. Price, Paul R. Tremblay

List price: $74.00
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Part One examines problems clients usually bring and covers the necessity of a clientcentered approach. Part Two presents the questioning and listening skills that attorneys need to gather information while encouraging active client participation. Part Three explains how to develop a story from the client's perspective, then to probe it for evidence in light of individual factual propositions; it also focuses on transactional matters, identifying the type of data lawyers need to elicit in almost all business dealings. Part Four examines the counseling process and how to help clients make decisions, which reflect their legal objectives and values.
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Book details

List price: $74.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: West Academic
Publication date: 2/18/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 427
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Paul Bergman is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law and a recipient of a University Distinguished Teaching Award. His recent books include Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (Andrews & McMeel); Trial Advocacy: Inferences, Arguments, Techniques (with Moore and Binder, West Publishing Co.); and Represent Yourself In Court and The Criminal Law Handbook (both with Berman-Barrett, Nolo). He has also published numerous articles in law journals, and regularly gives presentations on how law and lawyers are portrayed in film.