CLIENT COUNSELLING COMPETITION – SAMPLE
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**Characters**
- Associate 1 (You) – Lead counsellor
- Associate 2 (Your partner) – Co-counsellor
- Client – The person seeking legal help
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**Step 1: Introduction & Making Client Comfortable**
Associate 1: Good morning! I’m [Your Name], a legal associate at XYZ Law Firm, and this is my
colleague [Partner’s Name]. Thank you for coming in today.
Associate 2: Would you like some water or coffee before we begin?
Client: No, thank you.
Associate 1: Alright. Before we start, may I ask how you’d prefer us to address you — by your first
name or Mr./Ms.?
Client: You can call me [Name].
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**Step 2: Introduction About the Firm**
Associate 2: Just to give a brief idea — we’re a firm that handles both civil and criminal matters. Our
goal today is to understand your problem thoroughly and guide you towards the best possible
solution.
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**Step 3: Why Two Associates**
Associate 1: You might be wondering why there are two of us — this helps ensure that if one of us
isn’t available later, the other is equally aware of your case and can continue seamlessly.
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**Step 4: Referring to Notes**
Associate 2: We received a short note from our research team with some background information,
so we’ve done a bit of preliminary reading. We’ll use that just to understand your issue better.
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**Step 5: Explaining the Session**
Associate 1: Is this your first time visiting a law firm? If it’s okay, I’ll quickly explain how this session
will go. We’ll first listen to your issue in detail, then ask some clarifying questions, and finally
discuss what legal options you might have.
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**Step 6: Confidentiality & NDA**
Associate 2: Everything you say here will remain strictly confidential. We maintain written notes, but
they’re stored securely and never shared without your permission.
Associate 1: Also, we already have a Non-Disclosure Agreement signed on our end — it ensures
your information stays private unless you allow us to share it.
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**Step 7: Beginning the Discussion**
Associate 1: So, would you like to tell us what brought you here today?
Client: [Explains the issue.]
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**Step 8: Listening and Clarifying**
Associate 2: I see. Could you please clarify when exactly this incident took place?
Associate 1: Thank you for sharing that. You’ve explained the situation very clearly.
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**Step 9: Summarizing**
Associate 1: Just to confirm that we’ve understood correctly — you’re saying that [briefly restate the
facts]. Is that correct?
Client: Yes, that’s right.
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**Step 10: Legal Rights & Options**
Associate 2: Based on what you’ve told us, you have certain rights under [relevant area — e.g.,
contract law, property law, family law]. We can explore both short-term remedies (like immediate
relief) and long-term remedies (like filing a main suit or settlement).
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**Step 11: Strengths and Weaknesses**
Associate 1: At first glance, your case has strong points like [mention key facts]. However, there
may be challenges such as [mention possible weakness]. We’ll look deeper into these in our next
session.
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**Step 12: About the Fees / Pro Bono / Conflict Check**
Associate 2: Just to inform you, this first session is completely free as per our policy. If you wish to
continue after this, we can discuss the retainer agreement in the next meeting. Also, we’ll quickly
check for any conflict of interest before proceeding further.
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**Step 13: Conclusion and Next Steps**
Associate 1: For the next session, we’ll need a few documents from you — [mention relevant
documents like ID proof, agreement copy, notice, etc.].
Associate 2: We’ll share our business cards and contact information. You can reach out anytime if
you have doubts before our next meeting.
Associate 1: In our next session, we’ll go through your documents in detail and discuss the possible
course of action.
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**Step 14: Closing**
Associate 2: Thank you for being so open and cooperative. We appreciate your time today.
Associate 1: We look forward to meeting you again and helping you resolve this matter effectively.
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**Session Structure Reminder**
1st Session: Introduction & Understanding the Problem
2nd Session: Review of Documents & Legal Analysis
3rd Session: Finalizing Strategy / Course of Action
