LEGL 1342 - Interviewing and Investigation

Credit hours: 3

Course Description:
This course provides practical exposure to the skills needed to gather information through interviews with clients, witnesses, and other persons. Students study how to take statements, search documents, and preserve facts and evidence gathered for trial.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of resources for investigation.
Demonstrate understanding of interview techniques.
Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between the facts of a particular legal dispute and the appropriate interviewing techniques to be used.
Demonstrate understanding of the use of formal discovery in investigation.
Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between evidentiary rules and investigation