Written Materials for Taking and Defending Depositions Video Series

These written materials are intended to supplement the discussion on the Taking and Defending Depositions video vignettes, presented by the Teaching Trial and Appellate Advocacy Committee. The video vignettes addresses the practical challenges faced by both interrogators and defenders. The series includes lifelike deposition excerpts with commentary from participating Fellows, as well as panel discussions on a variety of deposition topics.

The videos are divided into two categories: DEPOSITION DISCUSSION VIDEOS and MOCK DEMONSTRATION VIDEOS. The Discussion Only Videos are best utilized for training young litigators when an experienced litigator guides the discussion on a start-stop playback basis rather than simply playing such videos from start to finish. The Mock Demonstration Videos, when combined with the provided written resource materials, constitute a pre-packaged “plug and play” training tool requiring very little preparation when used by a law firm or law professor to instruct young lawyers/law students in deposition practice.

To a significant extent, the following written materials are excerpted from The Deposition Handbook, 5th Edition, by Dennis R. Suplee, Nicole Reimann and H. Justin Park, ©Wolters Kluwer Law and Business, 2013. The American College of Trial Lawyers thanks Wolters Kluwer for its consent to this use of such materials.

Written Materials for Taking and Defending Depositions