D4J Clinic Students meet with advocate Kolë Krasniqi

November 14, 2017, Peja – In his lecture “Advocate – Client Communication”, Advocate Kolë Krasniqi spoke to students of University of Peja Clinic Students. He covered overseeing the interview, establishing healthy communication with the client, necessary skills to effectively collect facts and counselling offered to the client. In illustrating concepts, Krasniqi drew from his local and international experience working as assistant advocate in Western Europe.

He elaborated on the ways to establish trustworthy relations between the client and the advocate, through building trust, understanding their emotional state and reiterating the role of the advocate in professionally defending the client.

The lecture was interactive and students raised many questions during the lecture, ranging from representation tariffs, free legal aid and client confidentiality. Krasniqi left pleased with the interaction and the interest and curiosity shown by students.

The University of Peja Live Criminal Law Clinic is supported by the D4J Program and it offers students of the Faculty of Law the opportunity to assist advocates of the Kosovo Bar Association (KBA) in their pro bono representation of criminal defendants who cannot afford an advocate.

The Clinic serves 14 students, who are provided the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge in practice by working on live legal cases under the mentorship of a KBA advocate during the final year of undergraduate studies or graduate studies in law.