Advanced Depositions College

Text Size

Advanced Depositions College 

Not an AAJ Member?

Join today to have access to all of the Legal Education AAJ has to offer!

January 16, 2009 - January 19, 2009
Ritz-Carlton New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

26.1 CLE Credits (including 1 hour of ethics)

Search the AAJ Exchange for materials from this education program »


2009 Agenda

Friday, January 16, 2009

Understanding Bias and Its Role in Discovery and at Trial
Carrie R. Frank, CO & Lance M.Sears, CO

Establishing Standards of Care and Conduct with Defense Witnesses
Paul J. Scoptur, WI & Phillip H. Miller, TN

Workshop:  Discovery Plan and Witness Goals

Demonstration:  Making the Most of E-Discovery
Keith Altman, NY

Deposition Techniques
Paul J. Scoptur, WI & Carl L. Solomon, SC

Workshop on Lay Witnesses:  Exhaustion, Boxing-in, Restating and Summarizing, Nonverbals, Mirroring 

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Depositions of Corporate Representatives: 30(b)(6) deposition
Mark R. Kosieradzki, MN & Carl L. Solomon, SC

“Death Star Depositions”:  The 30(b)(5) Deposition
Mark R. Kosieradzki, MN & Christopher J. O’Brien, NY

Workshop:  Document Discovery/“Death Star” Depositions

Crawling Inside the Skin of Your Deponent
Carl Bettinger, NM

Demonstration:  Dealing with the Evasive Witness
Phillip H. Miller, TN & Paul J. Scoptur, WI 

Workshop:  Establishing Standards of Care and Conduct

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Dealing with the Rambo Litigator (ethics)
Christopher J. O’Brien, NY & Lance M.Sears, CO

Witness Preparation
Charlotte A. Morris, NC

Special Considerations for Deposing Experts
Carrie R. Frank, CO & Carl Bettinger, NM

Workshop:  Deposing Experts

Monday, January 19, 2009

How to Effectively Use Your Depositions in Trial
Phillip H. Miller, TN

Faculty Deposition Demonstrations

So, Now What Do We Do?
All Faculty

CLE Information

26.1* CLE and NCA credits to be applied to your participation in the NCA's Achievement Recognition Program.    

Click here to learn more about AAJ's Achievement Recognition Program (ARP) and Advanced Studies in Trial Advocacy (ASTA), or call 800.622.1791 or 202.965.3500, ext. 8612.

AAJ Education programs are routinely accredited by states requiring continuing legal education. We will assist you in obtaining appropriate credit. Specific CLE questions may be addressed by calling the CLE assistant at 202.944.2877, or 800.622.1791, ext. 8335.

* Number of credits may be greater depending on calculation method used by individual state accreditation agencies. AAJ is a State Bar of California MCLE-approved provider.


The American Association for Justice
777 6th Street, NW, Ste 200 • Washington, DC  20001 • 800.424.2725 or 202.965.3500

© 2010 AAJ