Individuals with high level of emotional intelligence possess higher abilities to understand their own emotions and other people's emotions, as well as to manage the emotional sphere, which leads to greater adaptability and effectiveness in communication. Emotional intelligence for a lawyer is the means that allows to establish contact with the client, make a considered decision, adequately perceive own emotional state. After all, lawyer's client is usually in an unusual situation for him; mostly a conflict one, which is a factor of his emotionality, aggression, feeling of hopelessness, anger, and irritability..
The client does not always understand what he or she needs, so the developed emotional intelligence allows the lawyer to establish interaction with his client and develop the right strategy taking into account the client's needs and being based on the provisions of the law.
Legal clinic, being an innovative form of legal education aimed at developing the practical skills of future lawyers, performs both educational and social functions. Performing these functions, the legal clinic promotes the development of emotional intelligence, which allows students to better understand their emotions and control them, as well as adequately perceive the client's psychological state, choosing appropriate behavior tactics and professional ethics – understanding the importance of the rule of law, the priority of human rights, the priority of human rights, understanding the role of a lawyer in the community and the importance of pro bono activities.
Prof.Lakshman Madurasinghe
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