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How to Handle the First Client Meeting (Part of the Breaking Down the Basics Series)
2 Total CLE credits (No Ethics)
Price: $99.00 (provides online access for 3 months after purchase).
Course №:OL 1541
Duration: 2 hours
Original Program Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Learn the tips that they don’t teach in law school!  A sole practitioner who has successfully practiced on both the civil and criminal sides will share his tips:
  • How to interview a client to decide whether it’s a case worth taking;
  • What information to ask for in writing (with some sample “client intake forms” provided for your use!);
  • How to evaluate when to handle a case and when to refer it elsewhere;
  • Interview techniques for the criminal defendant – is your client giving you the real story?
  • The “Engagement Letter” – what should it say?
  • How to “decline” the representation and protect yourself from a future malpractice claim
Recorded during a live webcast in July 2010.

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2 Total CLE credits (No Ethics)

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John Neumann Hickey, Esq., Law Office of John Neumann Hickey, Media

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icon_acrobatNotice about getting CLE credit – changed October 2005  (1 Page, 21 KB)
icon_acrobatFor those on HIGHSPEED CONNECTION, entire book in one file (44 Pages, 3 MB)
noteFor those on OTHER CONNECTIONS, book in separate files—
icon_acrobatFront Matter (155 KB)
icon_acrobatPart One (1 MB)
icon_acrobatPart Two (1 MB)
htmHelp
icon_acrobatMajor Ethics Rules Changes (Rev. August 2009) (ETHICS COURSES ONLY) (2 Pages, 26 KB)


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"Both presenters had important things to say and filled in gaps where the other left off. They complimented each other well in personality and in that one was a more experienced lawyer and the other was more up on the latest technology of searching for information and the types of things clients do (facebook, etc.) that can be self-defeating. I am really glad I picked this seminar and very much enjoyed it. Thank you." (Lancaster, PA)
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