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A Client's Cultural Background Makes a Difference

How a client's cultural background can change the way you approach a case.

26 minute read January 31, 2013 at 09:20 AM
By
Karen Meislik And Mathias Hagovsky
A Client's Cultural Background Makes a Difference

Typically, each family law attorney's client base is dominated by individuals of a small number of cultural backgrounds. One consequence of having a relatively homogeneous client base is that the attorney, without even giving thought to this, approaches all clients as if they were from those same cultures.

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