My students get tired of hearing me saying that lawyering is all about empathy.
(See, at least I understand my students’ feelings!) A lawyer cannot practice effectively without understanding their clients’ situations from their clients’ points of view, recognizing their clients’ emotions to the extent they play a role in their legal decision making, identifying what having a lawyer and utilizing the legal system means to them, and knowing what their clients’ visions of a successful outcome is.
By Ted Fickes You need not have watched the first U.S. presidential debate on October 3rd to know what happened. Mitt Romney won the debate in the eyes of most that watched. He succeeded, in part, by creating a narrative, telling stories, and…
Workshops You got this! Empathy Bootcamp:Deepen your relationships in just three hours. Feel like a better friend, colleague, and neighbor just by being who you are.What You’ll LearnTired of the awkward feeling of not knowing how to support a col…
Is empathy and emotional regulation the answer to bullying?Consider the story of Cinderella. Step into her scuffed shoes as a mistreated and bullied stepdaughter and describe how it might feel to be rejected. Put your foot into the glass slipper and de…
Psychologists now believe fledgling psychopaths can be identified as early as kindergarten. The hope is to teach these children empathy before it’s too late… For the past 10 years, Waschbusch has been studying “callous-unemotional&…
