Blog 13: Third Interview Preparation

How does an attorney present the best case?




For this interview, you will prepare 10 open-ended questions that focus on your newly approved EQ (in fact, your first question can be your EQ).  Remember, all interviews must be done in person unless they are specifically approved by your house teacher.  Additionally, one person may be interviewed a maximum of two times.

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
Thomas Higgins from Pomona Courthouse.
2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?
Have not done that yet.
3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
Any examples of really good cases?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).
What can I do to get a more first-hand experience?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

What is the most important factor for a good case, in your opinion?
Why is the factor chosen the most important?

Blog 12 - Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

Find a new mentor.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
 
How hard it is to find one since the workload of a lawyer is very heavy.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

My new mentor because of how much experience she has.