Client Counseling Competition 2009
The Client Counseling Competition focuses on the skills essential to effective client communication. Sponsored by the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association, this competition involves teams of two students each who engage in an initial consultation with a client about whom they have limited information. Judges score each team according to nationally based criteria, assessing students’ knowledge of the law and their ability to ask the right questions and elicit the important information. Winners proceed to competitions at the regional and national level.
Each participant (not each team) must complete the application form.
Deadline for entry is 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15. Application forms ust be placed in the envelope on the door of room 632 or email to lawcomp@bu.edu by 5:00 p.m. sharp.
Professor Bob Burdick will teach a special session on Client Counseling skills on Friday, January 16th at 1:00 p.m. in room 532 .
Directors: Benjamin Price, John Yarwood, and Benjamin Boudreaux
Email: lawcomp@bu.edu