Video Depositions: the New Legal Art?

Are video depositions the new legal art? That's the view of Dick Dahl in his article "Video Depositions Offer Advantages at Trial"--

[T]the lawyers who practice this relatively new legal art say there's a lot more to producing an effective video deposition than turning on the camera and microphones. Equipment, camera angles, editing and deposition ground rules all play a key role in making a potentially dull deposition into a compelling piece of testimony.

The article, originally from the St. Louis Daily Record, is republished at Atkinson-Baker's depo.com. Read the full article to learn how to conduct video depositions more creatively--from number of cameras, camera angles, and deposition setting, to editing (ignore the real-time chronology, suggests one lawyer), and more. 

Related post: "Tips for Video Depositions."