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57 J. Legal Educ. 530 (2007)
The Role of Comforting Skill and Professional Competence in the Attorney-Client Relationship

handle is hein.journals/jled57 and id is 538 raw text is: The Role of Comforting Skill and Professional Competence in the Attorney-Client Relationship David Dryden Henningsen and loana Cionea The Role of Comforting Skills and Professional Competence in the Attorney-Client Relationship There has been little empirical research examining the attorney-client relationship. Clearly this is due, in part, to the difficulties involved observ- ing and recording interactions between attorneys and clients.' One problem researchers have had in trying to work with attorneys is that the research- ers fail to make their research meaningful for the attorneys, which leaves attorneys without much reason to assist researchers. Research examining interpersonal skills in the attorney-client relationship has great potential for advancing both theoretical and applied lines of research. Not only can researchers examine how the unique context of the attorney-client relation- ship influences communication, but attorneys can gain insights into how their interpersonal skills coincide with their professional expertise in serving their clients. The Importance of Interpersonal Skills in Lawyering Law schools provide little training for prospective attorneys in the interpersonal skills that they may need as lawyers.3 Yet, the ability to communicate effectively with clients may be linked with some attorneys' David Dryden Henningsen an associate professor at Northern Illinois Univeristy. loana Cionea is a doctoral student at Northern Illinois University. Correspondence should be addressed to David Dryden Henningsen at Department of Communication, Northern Illinios University, io Reavis Hall, Dekalb, IL 60II5. E-mail may be sent to David Henningsen at tmodxhs@wpo.cso.niu.edu. 1. Brenda Danet, Kenneth B. Hoffman, and Nicole C. Kermish, Obstacles in the Study of Lawyer-Client Interaction: The Biography of Failure, 14 Law & Soc'y Rev. 905 (1980). 2. Douglas E. Rosenthal, Comment on Obstacles in the Study of Lawyer-Client Interaction: The Biography of Failure, 14 Law & Soc'y Rev. 993 (980). 3. Austin Sarat, Lawyers and Clients: Putting Professional Service on the Agenda of Legal Education, 41 J. Legal Educ. 43 (199). Journal of Legal Education, Volume 57, Number 4 (December 2007)

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