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Short essay: how to conduct an interview with your witnesses
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R: Short essay: how to conduct an interview with your witnesses
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Suppose you are a lawyer and a friend of Lindsey. You want to help her find out the truth, and plan to meet some witnesses. Here are some tips for your interview.
Read and listen to the tips and answer the following questions.
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1. Short essay:
how to conduct an interview with your witnesses
1. When dealing with a witness, what can a lawyer not do?
2. What should a lawyer try to get from the witness?
When dealing with a witness, a lawyer cannot state or imply that he is disinterested.
The lawyer should try to get a copy of the witness’s recorded or sworn statement, if there are any.
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how to conduct an interview with your witnesses
3. Why should a lawyer put the witness at ease?
4. For what purpose should a lawyer ask open-ended questions?
5. What can a lawyer do to make sure he understands the witness’s words properly?
Being interviewed by a lawyer can be fairly stressful. If the witness isn’t nervous, he’ll be more expressive and reveal more information.
The lawyer can repeat back to the witness any significant statement the witness makes.
In order to keep the discussion going, to gather as much information as possible, and to learn everything the witn