Deposition Skills: Online

NITA’s tried and true learning-by-doing method plus live feedback from our expert faculty all from the comfort of your office (or even home).  For the first time available to the public, NITA is offering a deposition skills program ONLINE.  No need to take time off from work and incur the expensive travel costs associated with it.  This program uses the same materials, teaches the same skills and follows the same method as our in-person deposition skills programs.

First you’ll familiarize yourself with the case file then watch 3.3 hours of on-demand lectures and demonstrations featuring NITA faculty members such as Terre Rushton, John Baker and Hon. Christina Habas (among others).  Next is 9 total hours of performance time in the online class room.  For 3 hours a day over 3 consecutive days you, along with only 3 other participants, a witness and a faculty member will meet in an ooVoo** video performance room and go through the learning-by-doing workshops NITA is famous for.

Throughout the program you will practice, perform and perfect your style and skills in the areas of:

• Information gathering
• Theory testing
• Using exhibits, conversations and meetings
• Gaining admissions
• Ethically preparing a witness

Program runs 10am - 1pm MT

• LoriLynne Lawson
  
  Witness
  Denver, CO

• Bradley Johnson
  Lay Witnesses - MEN
  Witness
  Lafayette, CO

• Mark Caldwell
  NITA
  Faculty
  Boulder, CO

  
  Caldwell, Mark S.
  
  Mark S. Caldwell is NITA's Director for Specialty Programs. In this role Mr. Caldwell designs, administers and serves as an instructor for programs in bankruptcy litigation, child advocacy, and tax litigation. Other programs included under the Specialty Programs banner include NITA's work with other organizations for co-sponsored programs and many of NITA's pro bono courses. His role in NITA's pro bono efforts includes serving as Program Director for many of NITA's courses for lawyers and advocates who represent under-served communities, including Native American lay advocates, legal services lawyers, lawyers and advocates who represent those living with disabilities and the elderly, lawyers and advocates who appear in cases involving children, and lawyers who work in public service positions. In addition to his involvement in these courses, Mr. Caldwell also serves as NITA's Program Director for the Basic Trial Skills and Deposition Programs in Colorado. He is also an instructor at many of NITA's Teacher Training Programs. Mr. Caldwell received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Denver. At the College of Law he served as an editor of the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy. After graduation from law school, Mr. Caldwell began his career at the University of Denver College of Law where he eventually was appointed Assistant Dean. Mr. Caldwell also spent seven years as the Executive Director of Continuing Legal Education in Colorado. Over the years Mr. Caldwell has taught international business transactions, legal research, and advocacy skills to law students, legal assistants, and practitioners. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Legal Center Serving Persons with Disabilities in Colorado, the Shawnee, Colorado Water Board, and as a member of the State of Colorado Department of Education's Advisory Committee for Gifted and Talented Education. Mark Caldwell has been published on a wide variety of topics, including international business, transnational litigation, and adult education. His work in the continuing education world has focused on bringing adult educational theory to continuing legal education. He has also written case files for NITA and contributed to other NITA works, including NITA’s Teacher Training Manual.

  Contact Information:
  mcaldwell@nita.org

• Effective Deposition, Rev 3rd Ed
• BMI v. Minicom, 9th Ed, Plaintiff
• BMI v. Minicom, 9th Ed, Defendant
• BMI v. Minicom, 9th Ed, Faculty

Materials are included in the price of tuition.