As a paralegal that in the past
read deposition transcripts and then typed up a summary in Word, the annotations and issue codes offered in LawStudio really cuts my review time in half!
Not exact matches
Here, btw, is a roundup of previous Cariou v. Prince posts, including
readings, reviews, and info about the book I made, Canal Zone Richard Prince YES RASTA: Selected Court Documents from Cariou v. Prince, which contains the
transcript from Prince's amazing 7 - hour
deposition in the case: Early days of THE BOOK: the five most ridiculous things about the Richard Prince copyright decision The Richard Prince decision?
In this regard, it is comparable to an attorney being present for a
deposition or court appearance versus
reading the
transcript.
Read chooses one aspect of each case (opening statement, direct examination, cross-examination,
deposition, closing argument and appellate oral argument) and then reviews relevant
transcripts from this «turning point,» analyzing why it was outcome - determinative.
For those first hundred
depositions, I
read my
transcripts carefully, sometimes marking up a copy with suggestions.
When done right, it adds considerably to the authority of
deposition testimony that, when
read out of a
transcript, lacks context that tends to make testimony more persuasive.
For that reason, I mainly envision lawyers using iPads to keep up on their practice areas by
reading blogs and online articles or using it at trial or at a
deposition to cross a witness in lieu of flipping through
deposition transcripts or stacks of papers.