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The Attorney-Client Relationship: Blogs

In Search of Perfect Client Service
The blog, In Search of Perfect Client Service, is authored by Patrick Lamb, a partner with Valorem Law Group, a Chicago litigation firm. This blog offers advice on improving client services.

Legal blogs are a good source of information for developing and nurturing the attorney-client relationship.

Listed below are a few blogs which focus on client services.

Legal Marketing Blog
The Legal Marketing Blog is written by Tom Kane, a former practicing attorney turned legal marketing consultant and author. The blog has discussion on client communications, marketing plans, your marketing team, marketing tip and prospecting for clients.
What About Clients?
This blog discusses the art of making clients safe and happy. Dan Hull, a full-time business lawyer, litigator and lobbyist, puts special emphasis on how corporate law boutiques can court, service and keep Fortune 500 clients.
Leadership for Lawyers
The Leadership for Lawyers blog is authored by Mark Beese, the marketing guy at Holland & Hart, the leading law firm in the Rocky Mountain West. He is interesting in how to help lawyers become leaders. His blog is a source of leadership ideas for lawyers, which includes articles on how to provide outstanding service to clients.
Legal Profession Blog
This blog is edited by three law professors: Alan Childress (Tulane/GW), Mike Frisch (Georgetown), and Jeff Lipshaw (Tulane). The blog covers legal ethics, bar discipline, business practice, client services, the tension between the bar and the academy, ethical theory, and comparative legal professions.

The Attorney-Client Relationship: Resources

Addressing a Client's Litigation Issues: Leading Lawyers on Educating Clients, Managing Expectations, and Developing a Case Strategy (2008)
Call Number: KF311 .A93 2008

Many legal skills that you have developed in U.S. clinics and externships will apply to your work in foreign clinics. In law school library catalogs and in WorldCat, use the subject headings "attorney and client-United States" or "interviewing in law practice-United States" to identify relevant materials.

The Counselor-at-Law: A Collaborative Approach to Client Interviewing and Counseling (2006) by Robert F. Cochran, Jr. et al.
Call Number: KF311. C63 2006
Documenting the Attorney-Client Relationship: Law Firm Policies on Engagement, Termination, and Declination (1999)
Call Number: KF311 .D63 1999