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The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Taking Depositions and Handling Expert Witnesses

  • Semester: Spring 2023
  • Course ID: 296V
  • Credit Hours: 2
  • Unique: 29405

Course Information

  • Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory
  • Experiential Credit: 2 credit hours
  • Short course: Jan 11 - Mar 09, 2023

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
WED 12:00 - 2:00 pm CCJ 3.306
THU 1:15 - 2:05 pm CCJ 3.306

Evaluation Method

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Description

Students will learn how to prepare for, take and defend depositions of lay and expert witnesses. Students will learn how to prepare expert reports, prepare and present expert witnesses in hearings, depositions and trials. This is a skills based course where students will actually take depositions and conduct hearings with their experts. This is a short course and will move quickly and have strict attendance policies. Suggested prerequisites or concurrent: Evidence, Advocacy Survey, ADR courses.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Testimony That Sticks : The Art of Communicating Psychology and Neuropsychology to Juries *
Postal, Karen
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 978-0-19-046739-5
The Deposition Tutorial : Questions, Answers, Tactics, Demonstrations *
Bocchino, Anthony J. and Sonenshein, David A.
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
ISBN: 978-1-60156-791-8

Instructors

Headshot of Santos, Mark A Santos, Mark A
Headshot of Panzer, Jason M Panzer, Jason M
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