Effective Client Interviewing

Professional Skills

CPD Points 1

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Excellence in client interviewing requires theoretical knowledge as well as experience. This course provides practical tips on building interview skills and avoiding common pitfalls.

The start of virtually every lawyer-client relationship is an initial interview, and mistakes made during that interview can have a lasting impact on the relationship. This course provides a number of guiding principles and practical suggestions that can help lawyers avoid common mistakes during client interviews.

The course examines the different stages of a client interview and discusses the interviewing methods appropriate to each stage to ensure that the lawyer-client relationship starts on the best possible footing.

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Selene Mize

Selene Mize practised law in the United States before taking up a teaching position at the Law Faculty at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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What Lawyers Say

5.0/5

Useful insights, practical tips

It was very useful to read the methodology behind interviewing clients. It will enable me to be more systematic and personable when interviewing clients.
5.0/5

Very informative and useful.

I found this very informative and useful even after 36 years of practice.
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Useful way to update knowledge.

This was a useful way to update my knowledge.