Interviewing and investigating
Subtitle: essential skills for the legal professional
By: Stephen P. Parsons, J.D.
Edition: Fifth Edition.
Series: Aspen college series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 583
ISBN-13: 9781454818137
Subjects: Legal assistants; Interviewing in law practice; Investigations; Evidence (Law); Attorney and client; Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to interviewing and investigating; title: Ethical and professional responsibilities for legal professionals engaged in interviewing and investigating; title: The adversarial system, ADR, and pre-filing investigation; title: Formal discovery in civil litigation; title: Formal discovery in criminal litigation; title: Rules of evidence for the investigator, part 1; title: Rules of evidence for the investigator, part 2; title: Communication skills for the investigator; title: Formulating and executing a plan of investigation; title: Formulating a plan of investigation; title: Preparing for a client interview; title: Conducting a client interview; title: Preparing for a witness interview; title: Conducting a witness interview; title: Identifying and locating fact witnesses; title: Working with expert witnesses; title: Public sources of information, federal; title: Public sources of information, state and local; title: Private sources of information.