Westbrook addresses law students
Attorney Clint Westbrook spoke to law students during WMU-Cooley Law School’s Oct. 9 discussion on effective advocacy, moderated by Aaron Swayne of the Mock Trial Club.
Westbrook encouraged students to think about their clients' needs in addition to the possible legal remedies for clients. He encouraged students to give him legal avenues to assist client situations using an example of a business partner threatening to expose a client over personal issues. After students presented various approaches, he asked what the client's needs and purposes were in the situation. He explained that using traditional legal methods could expose the personal issues and would not be in the client's best interest.
He said that checking in with clients from time to time throughout the process is a good idea. Clients who sue business partners, which seems to the attorney to be an adversarial action, may not view their relationship as adversarial, and they may want to continue the business relationship at the end of the legal matter.
Westbrook, currently serving as chief of staff for the faith-based nonprofit organization Colossian Forum, was previously an associate attorney at Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP. He runs a boutique law firm specializing in small-business disputes, business consulting, and estate planning.
Podcast addresses how the COVID-19 pandemic is transforming courts
Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Michigan Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack and ABA President Patricia Lee Refo joined Legal Services Corporation (LSC) President Ron Flagg on “Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, focusing on how the COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the courts and the practice of law.
Many innovations are being used, including remote hearings, virtual mediation and arbitration and virtual jury trials. Panelists discuss the many challenges COVID-19 poses to the justice system and to low-income Americans, particularly in the area of housing. But they also note that many of the changes to how courts and attorneys operate may be lasting ones with positive implications for access to justice.
Talk Justice episodes are available at www.lsc.gov/media-center/talk-justice-LSC-podcast and on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple and other popular podcast platforms.
The podcast is sponsored by LSC’s Leaders Council.
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