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Client with Diminished Capacity

Improving Attorney-Client Communication: ABA Formal Opinion 500

The ABA provides guidance on how to navigate attorney-client communication obstacles, such as language barriers Lawyers unsure about their client’s ability to understand their case or their attorney’s advice should hire a translator to avoid possible communication pitfalls, according to the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) newly issued Formal Opinion 500, Language Access in the Client-Lawyer ...
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