Assignment
3: Overview of Legal Research
It is widely known that
paralegals serve many functions, which include but are not limited to
performing investigation, handling pleadings, and conducting discovery. Imagine
that a senior partner has assigned your supervising attorney to litigate a
personal injury case, and your supervising attorney has asked you to help her
prepare. In preparation for trial, complete the following tasks.
Write a five to six (5-6) page
paper in which you:
1.
Outline a detailed three (3)
step system for interviewing a client. Explain the purpose of each step within
your system.
2.
Draft five (5) questions that,
as a paralegal, you would ask prior to beginning an interview with a client.
Identify the primary purpose of each question.
3.
Develop ten (10)
interrogatories, and describe the primary information that you are attempting
to elicit from the opposing counsel’s client.
4.
Explain the importance of
using interrogatories for a personal injury case. Identify two (2) ways in
which your supervising attorney could use the opposing party’s responses to
further her case. Provide a rationale for your response.
5.
Use at least three (3) quality
references.Note: Wikipedia and other
Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
