Segment C
 Volume 1, Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

 

The Transferable Skills of Litigation


 
 
 
 

Introduction
We now come back to Volume 1 to further develop skills primarily used in litigation, but transferable to almost any area of law. Skills such as interviewing, law office-based investigation, citation form, and conceptualizing various forms of evidence such as direct, circumstantial, and hearsay evidence. And much more.

You were introduced to the law in the previous Segment. Those were forms of law. That Segment included finding the law (research), using the law (writing), and applying the law (analysis).

In Segment C, we will discuss, not just the law, but also facts. Finding facts (investigation and interviewing). Using facts (evidence and procedure). Skills relevant to litigation.

When a matter goes to court, the law must be applied to the facts. Therefore, the better command one side has of the facts, the more likely that side is to succeed at trial. This is where the two start coming together.

 

Assignments for Segment C

As you progress through this Segment, you will have one written assignment that must be completed before continuing on to the next Segment:

Interview Questions (Volume I, Chapter 9.3a)
Students must prepare a set of interview questions, including Pre-Event, Event, and Post Event questions. The interview may be of your client, or you may fabricate a witness to be interviewed.

What You Will Learn in Segment C. . .

The objectives for Segment C are as follows:

• To learn how to conduct an interview of a client or witness

• To have a fundamental understanding of law office investigation

• Understand evidence, including the difference between direct and circumstantial evidence

• Gain the ability to use procedural rules, such as the hearsay rule, to determine admissibility

• The foundations of citation form

 

Chapters Covered in Segment C . . .

VOLUME 1

Chapter 7. Foundations of Evidence & Procedure

Chapter 8. Law Office Investigation

Chapter 9. Conducting Interviews

Chapter 10. Introduction to Citation Form

Chapter 11. Trial Preparation

Chapter 12. The Digital Court

    

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