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Appendix C. Sample Interview Forms
Interview Checklist
The following checklist covers most of what the lawyer will have to learn from a client in order to develop an
effective defense at all stages of a juvenile delinquency case from first contact through trial. It models a thorough
interviewing process; more than a single interview will ordinarily be needed to gather all of the information it includes.
When the charge is relatively minor, less extensive fact-gathering may be adequate. But counsel will do well to assume
at the outset that all of the subjects flagged by this checklist need to be on the agenda; decisions to curtail coverage
should be made deliberately only after counsel has enough of a sense of the case to be sure that it is safe to omit the
matters listed in any specific area.
(to be completed by attorney following the interview)
Attorney’s file no.:
Delinquency case no.:
Client’s name:
Charges:
Date and hour of interview:
Place of interview:
Name of interviewer:
