Training and Other Consulting Services for Barristers and Solicitors
Enhance your ability to take a reliable and thorough deposition.
Investigative Interview training for legal professionals has been developed for anyone who is in the pursuit of the most reliable and accurate information from their clients and potential witnesses involved in a case. Deficiencies in information gathering and credibility assessment will surely create obstacles for a successful resolution. Your case will be built on the information you are able to obtain during your depositions. The quantity and quality of this information relies on your ability to be an effective interviewer. This workshop will include didactic instruction and practical components to ensure capacity building of investigative interviewing skills.
Consulting Activities:
Dr. Sarah MacDonald is qualified to provide testimony in court as an Expert Witness on the following topics:
Investigative Interview training for legal professionals has been developed for anyone who is in the pursuit of the most reliable and accurate information from their clients and potential witnesses involved in a case. Deficiencies in information gathering and credibility assessment will surely create obstacles for a successful resolution. Your case will be built on the information you are able to obtain during your depositions. The quantity and quality of this information relies on your ability to be an effective interviewer. This workshop will include didactic instruction and practical components to ensure capacity building of investigative interviewing skills.
Consulting Activities:
Dr. Sarah MacDonald is qualified to provide testimony in court as an Expert Witness on the following topics:
- Memory
- False Memories
- Voluntariness and Admissibility of Confessions
- Suspects' comprehension of legal rights (i.e., right to silence and legal counsel)
- The impact of turncoat warnings on witness/victim accounts, such as the "KGB" Warning
- Comprehension of youth cautions
- Suggestibility, and the use of intimidating and coercive tactics
- Police Interrogation Practices