Core Competencies in Legal

Counseling

The Lawyer As Counselor

PSYCHOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
OF DISPOSITIONS, NEEDS AND
DEMANDS
Essential Qualification of the Legal Counselor:

Self- knowledge and knowledge of others

Concern for other human beings

Inquisitive capacity
EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK OF
IMPRESSIONS, EVENTS AND
URGENCIES
Essential Qualification of the Legal Counselor:

Reasonably knowledgeable of the economic,

social, ethical, psychological and other
frameworks in which client operate

Ethical sensitivity and moral disposition

Modest temperament devoid of exceptional
needs and thrusts
 LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF
RATIONALITY, ORDER, AND
COMPULSION
Essential Qualification of the Legal Counselor:

Know how to construe, combine and integrate his

knowledge into the configuration of other
frameworks of experience, economic,
psychological that characterize the client’s
situation

Analyzing and synthesizing intellectual capabilities

 LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF
RATIONALITY, ORDER, AND
COMPULSION

Intuitive disposition
Capacity for projection and developing
perspective and ability to translate and
articulate
Perceptions and insights