The Sixths Group Has Started The Program
On January 12-14, 2018, the sixths group (G6) of the “Tomorrow’s Lawyer” Program passed the first module devoted to building effective communication with the client.
The module’s opening was attended by Program Manager Andriy Vyshnevskiy and Denys Bugay, the ex-President of the Ukrainian Bar Association. The module was also attended by the Chair of the Board of the Bar Association of Legal Aid Providers Victoriya Mitko.
During the first module, the participants elaborated such important topics for building attorney-client relations as establishing two-way communication, interviewing and counseling the client, case planning and building strategy in courts with the aim of providing quality legal assistance, the ethics of communication with the client and the duties of the lawyer before the client. Participants also explored the role of lawyer in promoting equal access to justice and learning to manage emotions and stress.
During the module with the participants worked coach Iryna Gluschenkova. The experts of the Program were accompanied by Andriy Kostin and Julia Lisova.
The participants shared their impressions on the results of the first module:
“The theme of the first module is devoted to working with the client. Unfortunately, I did not pay enough attention to this topic before the program, since I believed that the lawyer was the only carrier of “laws and codes”. If every lawyer was able to acquire the knowledge and skills that we received within three days and use them — this would definitely lead to a new level of legal culture in Ukraine. After all, this level is dependent on us, lawyers,” – noted the participant of the sixth group.
One of the themes of the module was work with professional burnout — “During the module, I realized that I have been in a state of professional exhaustion for the last few years. And this greatly damaged my practice, and most importantly my work with clients. Now I realized that I can fight this, and the methods of struggle are not so complicated,” — said the lawyer participating in the Program.
The photo-report is available by the link.
The “Tomorrow’s Lawyer” Program was developed during 2016-2017 with the support of The Quality and Accessible Legal Aid Project with an expert contribution from the Canadian Bar Association. In 2018, the “Tomorrow’s Lawyer” Program is being implemented by the Ukrainian Bar Association and the Bar Association of Legal Aid Providers, with the support of the United States Embassy and The Quality and Accessible Legal Aid in Ukraine Project funded by the Government of Canada and implemented by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE).
