Focusing the deposition; using your goals to guide your deposition techniques
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Most depositions are unfocused, and attorneys can remedy this by preparing and planning effectively. Preparation should include learning about the facts of a case, studying all documents available and learning as much as possible about the witness to be deposed. Planning means knowing the purpose of your deposition. Depositions can be used to prove facts at the time of trial, and evidence depositions will do this best if they are short and easily understandable. Depositions can also be used to encourage settlement, to test the attorney's theory of a case, or to elicit additional information.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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The trial of Henry Sweet; Clarence Darrow confronts the issues of the day
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Clarence Darrow qualifies as a hero for lawyers. The cases he tried covered the spectrum of civil rights, discrimination due to race and in education, freedom of speech, criminal justice and opposition to capital punishment. He defended Henry Sweet in 1925 and 1926, shortly before his retirement. This was the retrial for Sweet, a black man charged with murder for shooting into a threatening crowd outside his house shortly after he moved into an all-white neighborhood. Darrow made an eloquent closing argument and his client was acquitted.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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Gizmos in the courtroom; don't use technology at trial just because you can
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Disadvantages of technology include its high cost and a tendency not to simplify complicated issues for the jury, and trial lawyers should avoid using it just because it is there. High technology can lure lawyers into devising exhibits that try to do too much. Some lawyers use the computer just during opening and closing statements, and some shy away from technology not just because of the cost but because they think part of their job is to ensure that everything works.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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