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Letter From Leadership: Breaking Boundaries Between Attorneys and Clients

Letter From Leadership: Breaking Boundaries Between Attorneys and Clients

posted on September 6th, 2017   |   Category: Letters From Leadership   |   No Comments

Today, as an attorney working on behalf of low-income clients facing housing instability, there is something sanitized about my profession and my persona.  When I meet with clients, I presume that I can access all kinds of personal information about them – but that they will not learn anything about me.  I am neutral, unmarked, The Professional – not a human being with personality quirks, and certainly not a human being with a first-hand experience of poverty. Perhaps attorneys have more in common with our clients than we are used to looking for.  And perhaps sharing those stories, forging those connections, is worth the risk of letting our professional masks drop.

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