Classes are held one evening per week in Seattle.

Autumn Course

Private Investigation and the Law

Schedule: Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m., Oct. 13-Dec. 15, 2009; $743; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Michael Schwartz

• Courts and the admissibility of evidence
• The criminal justice system
• Insurance law
• Privacy and state law
• Privacy and federal law
• Legal and ethical issues
• Investigator/attorney relations

Winter Course

Criminal Investigation and Investigative Techniques

Schedule: Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m., Jan. 5-Mar. 9, 2010; $743; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Denise Scaffidi

• Overview of the role of the investigator
• Discovery
• Planning and organizing an investigation
• Interacting with witnesses, civilians, technical, scientific and medical professionals
• Interacting with police and lead detective
• Interviewing, taking notes, taping, writing reports
• Crime scene investigation, forensics, using expert witnesses
• Finding people and records
• Court testimony
• Ethics

Spring Course

Civil Investigation and the Business of Investigation

Schedule: Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m., Mar. 30-June 1, 2010; $708; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Susan Ludwig

• Introduction to civil investigations
• Domestic violence, missing persons, pre-employment, asset searches, process service
• Death investigations
• Insurance investigations
• Police investigations
• Fraud investigations
• Auto accidents
• Product liability, malpractice, dog bites
• Workers compensation and workplace investigations
• Public and private records, computer forensics, forensic accountants
• Surveillance
• Business practices and opportunities