The Art of Interviewing 2026


Course Date: March 3, 2026

Full Course Materials
Total: 3h 7min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Agenda ▼
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
 
Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Gurminder Sandhu, KC — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey
 
The Client Interview (9:05 – 9:50)
  • acknowledging trauma's impact on memory and disclosure 
  • building trust and psychological safety in client interviews
  • trauma-informed questioning strategies
Krista L. Simon — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (9:50 – 9:55)
 
The Witness Interview (9:55 – 10:40)
  • working with the hesitant or uncooperative witness 
  • when the witness does not have a vested interest
  • techniques to facilitate information gathering
Fiona Wong — WeirFoulds LLP, Toronto
 
BREAK (10:40 – 10:45)
 
The Multi-Lingual Interview (10:45 – 11:30)
  • cross-cultural communications 
  • working with English as Second Language clientele in our judicial system
  • issues and caveats when working with interpreters and translators
Douglas T.K. Chiu — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (11:30 – 11:35)
 
The Unstructured Approach of the "Mediation Interview" (11:35 – 12:15)
  • going beyond the traditional interview
  • levelling the "information playing field"
  • the interview as the route to resolution 
Rory Morgan — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey 
 
Closing Remarks (12:15 – 12:20)
 
Gurminder Sandhu, KC — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey