Winning at Deposition featuring Shane Read Out of Stock
$275.00
$275.00
$275.00
Product Details
THIS ONDEMAND PROGRAM IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ACCREDITATION OUTSIDE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
About the
Seminar
This course is
based on Shane Read’s textbook, Winning at Deposition, which won the
Association of Continuing Legal Education’s highest award for professional
excellence. This energetic, captivating, and interactive program will give you
the strategies and skills to immediately elevate your deposition skills. The
program is divided into six presentations that are approximately one hour in
length. Each lecture has interactive exercises, analysis of video clips that support
the teaching points, and engaging visual aids that are memorable.
Program
Highlights: (1) Develop a Winning Case Strategy, (2) The Keys to Taking a
Successful Deposition, (3) How to Defeat Lying Witnesses and Combative Lawyers,
(4) Beat an Expert Witness Every Time, (5) The Ethics of Witness Preparation
and Defending the Deposition, and (6) How to Use Depositions Successfully at
Trial.
These
interactive lectures demonstrate why the conventional wisdom is often wrong and
reveals the latest deposition techniques in order to succeed. For example,
attorneys will learn how to create a Deposition Guide for any deposition that
will ensure that they take a focused deposition that makes a real difference in
the outcome of the case. Attorneys will also learn how to phrase a question so
that even the most difficult witness cannot avoid answering it. After taking
this course, attorneys will no longer be afraid to take an expert witnesses’
deposition but instead, they will have the confidence and tools to defeat any
expert.
Skill Level of
Participants: This course will benefit new and experienced attorneys alike.
Seminar
Agenda
Welcome
& Announcements
Develop a
Winning Case Strategy
Most lawyers litigate a case without ever taking the time to realize what is most important about a case to determine its outcome. Learn how to spot the key issues in your case and develop a winning strategy.
The Keys to
Taking a Successful Deposition
Discover new
techniques to get the answers you need from an adverse witness every time.
How to
Defeat Lying Witnesses and Combative Lawyers
Learn three new
techniques to win against a witness who dodges questions at a deposition. The
other main problem lawyers face at depositions is argumentative counsel. Learn
six steps to take that will guarantee success every time.
Beat an
Expert Witness Every Time
Taking an expert’s deposition can be one of the most intimidating tasks any lawyer faces. Learn what questions to ask, what order to ask them in, and how to pin down the expert so there is no escape.
The Ethics
of Witness Preparation and Defending the Deposition
This is one of the most neglected but important tasks. Discover why the conventional wisdom regarding witness preparation is flat out wrong. Learn new strategies to prepare even the most hardheaded witness for deposition. Also, learn the secret to defending a deposition.
Use
Depositions Successfully at Trial
Most lawyers take a deposition without any thought of its implications for trial success. In fact, a good deposition is the most important weapon a lawyer has to ensure victory at trial. Learn how to approach a deposition with the correct strategy to succeed. Also, learn the most effective and powerful way to use a deposition at trial.
Adjourn
Mandatory MCLE
Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 5.75 MCLE credit hours, including up to 0.75 LEPR credit hour.
This seminar is an Basic to Intermediate level program.
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