Deposition Skills

Catalog description

Elective Course Pass/Fail Enrollment Limit: 16 Prerequisite: Evidence Course Requirement: exam Deposition Skills is a one-semester, two-credit, pass/fail course which will provide the students with a general overview of the discovery process, with specific emphasis on depositions. The students will be presented with as few as one and as many as three fact patterns based upon actual cases. The students will be expected to review the fact pattern and determine the identity of individuals to be deposed. The students will then be asked to prepare a deposition outline for each individual to be deposed as well as a summary of documents to be requested and then used at the depositions. The students will then conduct the deposition of the Instructor, who will assume the role of the chosen deponent. The students will then receive critique from the Instructor which they will hopefully utilize in their next deposition exercise. It is anticipated that the students will conduct a minimum of two depositions during the course of the semester. The students will be evaluated based upon their analysis of the fact pattern, preparation of a written deposition outline, their overall quality of questions and demeanor during depositions, and their ability to incorporate the Instructor?s critique into their next deposition exercise. Regular attendance is expected.