The Art of Interviewing 2026

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2026-07-13

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2026-07-13 12:00 PM

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Master the nuanced skills of legal interviewing across client, witness, and mediation contexts

—Rebroadcasts—
On the rebroadcast date, you will have until midnight of that rebroadcast date to access the course. Please note that technical support will be available during regular CLEBC business hours.

Summer Series 2026
Monday, July 13, 2026
Monday, July 20, 2026

(Original course date: March 3, 2026)

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Who should attend: Litigators, mediators, paralegals—all legal professionals who conduct interviews as part of their practice

Learning level: Fundamental/Intermediate

Strong interviewing skills are fundamental to effective legal practice—whether you're preparing a client, gathering facts from a witness, or navigating a sensitive mediation. But interviewing is also an art: it requires not only strategic thinking but emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, and a keen understanding of human behaviour.

This half-day program brings together seasoned professionals from diverse practice areas to explore the subtle and often overlooked dimensions of interviewing in legal work. From trauma-informed client intake to navigating language barriers, to managing reluctant witnesses and conducting unstructured mediation interviews—this course offers tools to help you build trust, uncover key information, and strengthen your practice.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 3 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chair
Gurminder Sandhu, KC — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey

Summer Series 2026	EARLY BIRD Register by June 15/26	Regular Price After June 15/26
Rebroadcast	$249	$289
Rebroadcast Articled Student	$139	$139

Are you a member of the Indigenous legal community (lawyer/Articled Student/legal support staff/paralegal) or a non-lawyer Indigenous community member?
CLEBC is committed to reducing barriers to legal education. We value your contributions and encourage your participation in all of our programs. To increase accessibility, we offer a 50% discount* to all self-identifying Indigenous lawyers/Articled Students/legal support staff/paralegals and a limited number of free online registrations to non-lawyer Indigenous community members. (*discount applies to Regular prices, not Early Bird prices). Please contact Customer Service to find out more.

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Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising

Course Chair
Gurminder Sandhu, KC — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey

About the Course Chair
Since being called to the bar in 2000, Gurminder has focused his practice on trial work in general civil litigation, family law, and insurance matters. He has been counsel on prominent and lengthy trials. Gurminder is widely respected by colleagues and members of the judiciary for his knowledge of the law, his professionalism, and his integrity. In recognition of his experience, in 2021 he was appointed by the Minister of Justice to the BC Federal Judicial Advisory Committee where he served for two years, after serving on the Provincial Judicial Advisory Committee for 10 years.

Gurminder has been a Bencher since 2022. He sits as a motions adjudicator on the Law Society of BC Tribunal.

Gurminder shares his knowledge in ways that help build the profession. He regularly speaks at events. He has contributed to CLEBC and for the LSBC's PLTC curriculum, and he has written policy submissions to government on behalf of the CBA.

Faculty
Douglas T.K. Chiu — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Rory Morgan — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey
Krista L. Simon — Hammerco Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Fiona Wong — WeirFoulds LLP, Toronto

Course Materials Contributor
Karn Gill — Kane Shannon Weiler LLP, Surrey

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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

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