Resources

Rules (2022)

Assessment Criteria (2021)

What skills do I need?

Training Day roles: Anderson, Bucket, Caldwell, Dent

Videos and articles

Oxford Brookes team at 2010 International Client Consultation Competition: Part 1, 2, 3 and 4.

See materials at International Client Consultation Competition website.

Graham Robson: How Client Interviewing Skills Can Raise the Stakes LSG 2015

Clark Cunningham: The Client's Perspective on the Initial Interview (2001)

Law Society: Client Information Requirements (2019) (account required)

Books

Bastress, R and Harbaugh, J Interviewing, Counselling and Negotiation (Little Brown, 1990)

Binder, D and Price, S Legal Interviewing and Counseling (West Publishing, 1977)

Binder D, Bergman P & Price S Lawyers as Counsellors: A Client-Centered Approach (West Publishing, 1991)

Chapman, J Interviewing and Counselling (Cavendish, 1993)

Clawar, S You and your clients: a guide to client management skills for a more successful practice (ABA, 1996)

Lauchland, K and Le Brun, M Legal Interviewing: Theory, Tactics and Techniques (Australia: Butterworths, 1996)

Millar, R et al Professional Interviewing (Routledge, 1992)

Sherr, A. Client Care for Lawyers (Sweet & Maxwell, 1999)

Twist, H. Effective Interviewing (Blackstone Press, 1992)

Articles

Brown, L M The trouble of law school education: a consultation in a microcosm 18 Creighton Law Review 1343 (Winter 1985)

Clay, T and Rairdon, S How to conduct a meeting with a prospective client 65 Michigan Bar Journal 850 (June 1986)

Costanzo, M What seems to be the trouble? 64 Law Institute Journal 696 (August 1990)

Earl, A Conducting the initial interview: rules and red flags 29 Trial 58(5) (April 1993)

Furey, N Legal Interviewing and counselling bibliography 18 Creighton Law Review 1503 (Winter 1985)

Granat, J How to talk to clients 11 Legal Economics 74 (Sept-Oct 1985)

Ghanciock, W Tips on interviewing 5 Corporate Counsel's Quarterly 78 (January 1989)

Morgan, T Thinking about lawyers as counsellors 42 Florida Law Review 439 (July 1990)

Mosten, F Introduction 18 Creighton Law Review 1329 (Winter 1985)

Sherr, A Lawyers and Clients: The First Meeting (1986) MLR 323

Tamsitt, G Teaching Interviewing and Negotiation: the impossible dream? 1 Journal of Professional Legal Education 59 (July 1983)

Tamsitt, G Interviewing and negotiation revisited 5 Journal of Professional Legal Education 177 (December 1987)

Weyrauch, W Foreword Florida Law Review 429 (July 1990)

Zorn, D Some suggestions for successful interviewing in the ABA Client Counselling Competition 18 Creighton Law Review 1443 (Winter 1985)