Interviewing and Advocacy

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Exemplify the fundamental skills of client interviewing within the context of legal practice;
2. Strategise and conduct oral interviews in the manner of legal practitioners interviewing clients or other parties to legal action;
3. Discriminate between the types of oral argument and questioning most suitable when conducting the different stages of presenting cases in court (opening and closing cases, examination in chief, re-examination and cross examinations);
4. Construct and present persuasive oral legal argument to influence relevant professional and non-professional audiences;
5. Role-play common legal advocacy tasks in the manner of a legal practitioner appearing before a court or tribunal situation; and
6. Advocate with responsibility and accountability, verbally and in writing for a hypothetical client or cause towards resolution of the problem.