Interviewing and Investigating: Essential Skills for the Paralegal

Based on the premise that skills are to be mastered, not memorized, this comprehensive text teaches through realistic case scenarios, practical exercises, illustrations, and examples. Led by an experienced practitioner and author, readers will make connections between law and fact, engage in critical analysis, and strengthen communication skills essential to interviewing and investigation. This timely and effective set of tools includes: A comprehensive and practical approach that builds a strong foundation for understanding interviewing and investigation, A dynamic pedagogy that uses new and updated illustrations, examples, hypotheticals, and Learn by Doing exercises in every chapter, An emphasis on the civil, criminal, and non-litigation contexts in which interviewing and investigation skills are needed, Four realistic case studies that provide realistic situations and facts for applying legal analysis, New coverage of electronic discovery (e-discovery), including references to changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, effective December 2006, A flexible, modular organization that adapts to a variety of teaching approaches, Ethical issues highlighted in a dedicated chapter focusing on the professional standards expected of a paralegal, Updated and extensive online resources for investigators in the Appendices. Book jacket.