Can group therapy make you a better attorney? A growing number of personal injury lawyers think so. Inspired by celebrity trial lawyer Gerry Spence who advocates psychodrama, which blends theater, group therapy and spiritual exploration, a group gathers for monthly meetings to act out emotional conflicts they confront in the courtroom, such as re-enacting a client's slip and fall. "You have to walk a mile in another person's shoes if you are going to understand their story," says attorney Finlay Boag.
September 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
“You have to walk a mile in another person’s shoes if you are going to understand their story,” said Pleasanton, Calif., attorney Finlay Boag.
To learn about a new client named Leon, the victim of a recent motorcycle wreck, he and J. Jude Basile, both personal injury lawyers, drove all the way out to the stretch of Interstate 80 near Travis Air Force Base where Leon was injured.
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