Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9750
Title: Do attorneys really listen?
Authors: Reiter, Elisa
Pollack, Daniel
0000-0001-7323-6928
Keywords: How to Know a Person
David Brooks
Illuminators
Diminishers
Listening skills
communication
active listening
attorneys
book review
Issue Date: 19-Jan-2024
Publisher: ALM
Citation: Reiter, E., & Pollack, D. (2024, January 19). Do attorneys really listen? The Recorder. https://www.law.com/therecorder/2024/01/19/do-attorneys-really-listen .
Series/Report no.: The Recorder;January 19, 2024
Abstract: David Brooks’ 2023 book, “How to Know a Person,” provides not only an interesting read, but insight as to how many of us—attorneys included—fail to listen to our clients, to other professionals, and to others. Technology has arguably impacted our social skills, further undermined by what could have been years of isolation occasioned by COVID. How can we improve our listening skills? As attorney Bill Underwood of Dallas succinctly says: “Talk less. Listen more.” Learn to pause. For loquacious lawyers jaded by years of practice, particularly those who have had the discipline to specialize, how can we revamp, refocus and learn to listen more? (from Introduction)
Description: Commentary
URI: https://www.law.com/therecorder/2024/01/19/do-attorneys-really-listen
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9750
ISBN: ISBN: 15397505
Appears in Collections:Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Faculty publications

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