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Family Matters
Marjorie Corman Aaron
Family Matters is a complex family business dispute. It is designed to challenge an interviewer seeking to learn chronology, financial dealings, and values, and reflects extremely complex client goals and interests in the context of family relationships. The client’s insistence that he cares only about recouping money may be distasteful to some lawyers, and the client’s statement of his interests may be short-sighted (or not). The exercise reflects many (certainly not all) of the difficulties inherent in family disputes, and raises questions as to a lawyer’s right, tendency, or ability to analyze and judge his client’s values, preferences, and awareness of self or others.
Family Matters Interview: Teaching Note (PDF)
Family Matters Lawyer-Client Interview: Instructions for the Attorney (PDF)