LEGL 1342 Interviewing and Investigation

3 Credit Hour(s)

This course exposes students 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:
Upon completion of this course, the student 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; and
demonstrate understanding of the relationship between evidentiary rules and investigation.