A persistent challenge of effective client communication is differentiating between legal compliance and sound strategy.
The American Bar Association’s Model Rule of Professional Conduct 2.1 states that "in rendering advice, a lawyer may refer not only to law but to other considerations such as moral, economic, social and political factors that may be relevant to the client’s situation." This role as a holistic counselor, however, does not obviate the need to reasonably articulate where the law ends and policy begins.
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