Depositions College: Sharpening Your Skills
Trial Advocacy College
Thursday, September 04, 2025
2:00 – 5:10 P.M.
Session 1
Developing a Discovery Plan
- Who, What, When, Where, and Why to Depose
- The Written Plan
- Understanding the Legal Framework
Techniques of Exhaustion/Boxing-In, and Restating
- Making the Witness Tell You Everything He or She Knows
- Summarizing Techniques to Keep the Witness from Changing Their Testimony
Faculty Q&A
Workshop: Exhaustion, Boxing-In, and Restating
Thursday, September 11, 2025
2:00 – 5:10 P.M.
Session 2
Welcome Announcements and Introductions
Identifying the Rules and Standards
Structuring the Miller Mousetrap
Question & Answer Session
Workshop: Rules and The Miller Mousetrap
Thursday, September 18, 2025
2:00 – 5:10 P.M.
Session 3
Live Session
Deposing The 30(b)(6)
How to Use Exhibits to Enhance Your Deposition Skills and Prepare for Trial
- Document Combining
- Marking Up Exhibits
- Sharing Exhibits
Question & Answer Session
Workshop: 30(b)(6) and Using Exhibits
Thursday, September 25, 2025
2:00 – 5:10 P.M.
Session 4
Techniques for Dealing with Difficult Witnesses and Evasive Witnesses
- How to identify and control the difficult witness
- The One Fact, One Question Approach
- How to Deal with Nonresponsive Answers
Ethical Considerations for Dealing with Deposition Obstruction
- Proper and Improper Objections: Legal and Ethical Considerations
- How to Effectively Handle Obstructive Tactics
- Sanctions and Other Creative Tactics to Deter Obstructive Behavior
Faculty Q&A
Workshop: Dealing with Difficult Witnesses, Evasive Witnesses, and Objections
