What is Financial Advocacy and How is it Useful: Added Value to Your Clients

In this course, Laura Mann explains the benefits of financial advocacy in the legal practice.  From credit ratings to closing credit cards, Ms. Mann illustrates how to advise your individual clients in financial matters and why this is so crucial to maintaining a successful law practice. She will then review the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and how to protect your clients from fraudulent behavior.  She will conclude by reviewing the ethical considerations of which you need to be aware when advising a client using the ABA Model Rules.

Learning Objectives:    

I.    Understand How to Advise Your Clients on Financial Matters

II.   Help Clients Improve their Credit Score

III.  Grasp FDCPA  Regulations for Debt Collection

IV.  Understand Ethical Considerations of Advising Your Client