Depositions

Depositions get a long, applied chapter that treats the deposition as the most consequential discovery tool in modern practice. It covers deposition advantages and disadvantages, scope, timing, location, recording (transcript, remote video, electronic), preparation, conduct, and the full taxonomy of questioning strategies — how to probe, what to ask, how to react. A long subsequent section addresses representing the deponent: selection, preparation, video and remote prep, raising and reacting to objections, and deponent protection. Concluding the deposition, written-question depositions, and use at trial close the chapter. Particularly suited to a deposition-skills course or the deposition unit of a pretrial litigation seminar with mock depositions as graded performances.