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Overview
Knowing how to conduct efficient and effective internal investigations is crucial to protecting your clients or company. Properly conducted, an internal investigation will help to identify risks and remedy potential issues.
Why you should participate
During this entertaining and immersive “serious game” you will plan and conduct an internal investigation as a member of a fictional law firm and present your findings to management.
What You Will Learn
After completing this program, participants will be able to:
- Determine the nature and scope of an investigation
- Examine issues related to document retention and confidentiality
- Craft an appropriate interview question
- Deliver an effective “Upjohn statement”
- Elicit cooperation and gather the most information possible from witnesses
- Confront an uncooperative or untruthful witness
- Deal with risks and ethical dilemmas that arise during an investigation
- Manage stakeholders appropriately, considering their loyalties and relationships
- Interview in-house counsel and other senior members of management
Special features
This program is from PLI's Interactive Learning Center. It offers a high level of participant engagement and requires more program interactions than a traditional program.
Who Should Attend
This experience is intended for inside and outside counsel, compliance officers, and others who conduct internal investigations.
Timed Agenda
1: Meet the General Counsel (10 minutes)
2: Conduct the First Interview (10 minutes)
3: Interview Witnesses (15 minutes)
4: Challenge an Uncooperative Witness (15 minutes)
5: Conduct a Time-Constrained Interview (15 minutes)
6: Submit the Final Report (10 minutes)
Total runtime: 01:25:00
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Please note that the views and opinions expressed in this program represent those of individual speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of PLI.
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