Nolo's Deposition Handbook: The Essential Guide for Anyone Facing or Conducting a Deposition

Take the fear and mystery out of your deposition

Nolo’s Deposition Handbook is a must-read for anyone taking, defending, or facing a deposition. You’ll find all the information and instructions you need, whether or not a lawyer is representing you.

Packed with concrete suggestions and examples, this book explains how to arrange a convenient date, prepare for the deposition, and respond to questions with confidence. Best of all, you’ll learn the three “golden rules” for answering questions, and the trick questions lawyers often use to influence testimony.

Written in plain English, Nolo’s Deposition Handbook is an excellent resource for:

• eyewitnesses
• expert witnesses
• parties to a lawsuit
• people who represent themselves in court
• lawyers, law students, and legal assistants, and
• anyone participating in a deposition conducted online.

The 9th edition is updated to include information on electronic discovery and the latest statutes, court cases, and federal rules, and provides information on how to set up and conduct a deposition remotely, using a computer.

Paul Bergman is a professor of law at the UCLA School of Law and a recipient of two University Distinguished Teaching Awards. His books include Nolo’s Deposition Handbook (with Moore, Nolo); Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (Andrews & McMeel); Trial Advocacy: Inferences, Arguments, Techniques (with Moore and Binder, West Publishing Co.); Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell (West Publishing Co.); Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case (with Berman, Nolo); Depositions in a Nutshell (with Moore, Binder, and Light, West Publishing); Lawyers as Counselors: A Client-Centered Approach (with Binder, Tremblay, and Weinstein, West Publishing); and Cracking the Case Method (Vandeplas Publishing). He has also published numerous articles in law journals.

Jason Light is a lecturer in law at the UCLA School of Law, where he teaches courses on legal research, deposition skills, and litigation.

David Babbe (retired) taught a variety of litigation-focused courses as a lecturer in law at the UCLA School of Law. Bergman, Light, and Babbe are also coauthors of Depositions in a Nutshell (West Academic Publishing).