Skill: Prepare for a deposition

Go to the chat and enter a description of the deposition, interview, investigative meetings, or written forms. CoCounsel will take a moment to review your request and then provide a confirmation.
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For example:
Please help me prepare for a deposition. I represent the defendant in a criminal case in a hearing on a motion to suppress a statement to police. My client was in the hospital and on morphine for pain when the police questioned him. I am trying to suppress the statement on the grounds that my client could not have understood the Miranda waiver while in the hospital on morphine. I am questioning the officer who took the statement to elicit information useful in a motion to suppress.
Review CoCounsel's response:
In the upper right corner of CoCounsel's response, the
Prepare for a Deposition
skill is confirmed.
Under
Request
, the description of the requested deposition is confirmed.
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.
When you are ready to proceed, select
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. CoCounsel will begin its work and show its progress.
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.
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.
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. The results window will appear.
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At the top, CoCounsel restates the request.
To navigate suggested topics and questions, collapse and expand each topic to review its questions.
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, and then
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Tips

Specify the type of deposition (e.g., expert, fact witness, Rule 30(b)(6) representative, or Person Most Knowledgeable)
Provide and explain legal source material (e.g., Rule 30(b)(6) representatives must testify about information known or reasonably available to the organization)
Briefly describe the type of case and claims at issue (example: “This is an antitrust case involving price-fixing claims in the market for legal research software”).
Note whether the witness is adverse or any other relationship to the witness (e.g., “This is the lead witness for the opposing party,” or “This is a third-party witness”).
Note anything else you would like CoCounsel to consider when generating deposition questions (e.g., “This witness is known to be untruthful,” or “This witness may have spoliated evidence”).

Use narrow, specific questions. It's better to ask multiple, narrow questions rather than a single, broad question.
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Too broad:
What was the Planned Parenthood case about?
Better:
What were the elements of the court’s reasoning in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)?
Be precise and concise
Avoid using vague or ambiguous language, like passive voice.
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Passive voice:
Where the defense was sided with by the court.
Active voice:
Where the court sided with the defense.
Spell out legal terms a law student might not know.
Grammatical and spelling errors in a question can be misinterpreted.
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Wordy:
Cases where there was a minor who was the plaintiff, and who was also under the age of 14 at the time of the alleged events that the court was considering.
Better:
Cases with a minor plaintiff under the age of 14.