1. Choose one client situation and answer the following questions:
A. Summary of Problems/Concerns and Fact Exploration - Include client's objectives, both legal and non-legal. If client did not expressly mention non-legal concerns, take an educated guess as to the likely non-legal concerns such a person with such a legal problem would have.
B. What Actions and Options were presented to the client? And what, if any, actions or options did the client suggest? Were there actions or options that should have been suggested, but were not? Explain.
And, related to this, what Consequences, both legal and non-legal, which would be connected with the discussed actions and options, were presented to the client? Are there consequences that should have been presented, but were not? Explain.
C. Did you use any active listening techniques? Which ones? Give a specific example.
Did you use any passive listening techniques? Which ones? Give a specific example.
D. What remarks, if any, did you use to close your session with your client? Be specific.
2. Discuss how well you handled interviewing/counseling the live clients you met by answering the following question with specificity. (NOTE: This question is worth the bulk of the points for this graded assignment. Be as self-reflective and detailed as you can be in order to get the most amount of points. Specificity AND explanation of why is key for most points here.)
A. Again, referring back to the Client Interview discussed above, how well do you feel you handled this interview?
Make sure to include mention of at least:
· one (1) specific skill which you felt you employed well and why, and at least
- one (1) specific skill which you felt you failed to employ or to use as well as you would and, again, explain why AND describe specific examples for BOTH skills.
B. What would you do in the future to improve your performance?
4. Other comments about the advocacy session?
(Overall impression of the experience, likes/dislikes, suggestions, etc.)