You can’t win a trial at deposition but you certainly can lose one. NITA’s Deposition Skills program puts you in a realistic deposition setting and provides you the opportunity to discover the questioning style that best fits your personality and skills. Using NITA’s unique "funnel technique" you will practice and perfect the skills of:
Eliciting exhaustive, expansive answers
Theory testing during depositions
Identifying other potential sources of information
Closing off avenues of escape
Successfully dealing with obstreperous counsel
Knowing when, and how, to object when defending a deposition.
Learning the other side’s case.
*Qualifies as one credit toward the NITA Advocate Designation.
Hear more details about the program from one of its directors, Professor Mike Dale:
Information pending.
Michael Flynn
Nova Southeastern Schl of Law
Program Director
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Flynn, Michael F.
Mr. Flynn directs the following programs: Child Advocacy; Deposition Skills: Florida
Michael Flynn is a professor of law at the Nova Southeastern University Law School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Professor Flynn hails from the State of Washington, where he received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, and his law degree, cum laude.
Contact Information:
flynnm@nsu.law.nova.edu
Michael Dale
Nova Southeastern University
Program Director
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dale, Michael J.
Mr. Dale directs the following program: Deposition Skills: Florida
Michael J. Dale has been a member of the faculty at the Nova Southeastern University Law Center since 1985, teaching courses in family law, juvenile law and in the family and juvenile clinic. He also teaches litigation courses including civil procedure, conflicts of laws, intensive trial advocacy, judicial administration and international litigation. Before joining the Nova faculty Dale spent time in private law practice in Phoenix and was Executive Director of the Youth Law Center in San Francisco after serving as Attorney in Charge of the Special Litigation Unit of the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society of the City of New York. He has been a practicing lawyer specializing in civil rights litigation for 30 years. He is admitted to practice in the states of Arizona, Florida, New Mexico and New York as well as the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal appellate and district courts.
Professor Dale teaches in National Institute For Trial Advocacy Programs concerning children including trainings held in Denver, in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania, in New York at Hofstra University and in Houston at the University of Houston. For the past 12 years he has been program director for the National Institute For Trial Advocacy Florida Deposition program. He has been a consultant to a number of federal and state agencies on civil rights issues and to law firms on litigation issues.
He is the author of over seventy articles focusing primarily on juvenile and children’s law topics. Professor Dale is also the author of the two volume text, Representing the Child Client, published by Matthew Bender Co. He speaks regularly to professional groups on children’s law and litigation topics.
Contact Information:
dalem@nsu.law.nova.edu
Deposition Skills: Florida
* All states have different MCLE requirements. Please visit your state website, listed below, for additional state specific requirements such as applications, fees, and forms. CLE fees are not included in your tuition. If you do not attend the entire program, you may find your state will not give you any credit for only partial attendance.
| State | Total Credits | Ethics Credits | Status | Website |
| Alabama | Not Applied | www.alabar.org/cle/ | ||
| Alaska | Not Applied | www.alaskabar.org | ||
| Arizona | Not Applied | www.myazbar.org/CLE/ | ||
| Arkansas | Not Applied | courts.state.ar.us/courts/c... | ||
| California | Not Applied | www.calbar.ca.gov | ||
| Colorado | Not Applied | www.coloradosupremecourt.co... | ||
| Delaware | Not Applied | courts.delaware.gov/cle/ | ||
| Florida | Not Applied | www.floridabar.org/tfb/flab... | ||
| Georgia | Not Applied | www.gabar.org/membership/cl... | ||
| Idaho | Not Applied | www2.state.id.us/isb/mcle/m... | ||
| Illinois | Not Applied | www.mcleboard.org | ||
| Indiana | Not Applied | www.in.gov/judiciary/cle/ | ||
| Iowa | Not Applied | www.iacourtcommissions.org | ||
| Kansas | Not Applied | www.kscle.org/ | ||
| Kentucky | Not Applied | www.kybar.org | ||
| Louisiana | Not Applied | www.lascmcle.org/ | ||
| Maine | Not Applied | www.mebaroverseers.org/MCLE... | ||
| Minnesota | Not Applied | www.mbcle.state.mn.us/mbcle... | ||
| Mississippi | Not Applied | www.msbar.org/ | ||
| Missouri | Not Applied | newsite.mobar.org/ | ||
| Montana | Not Applied | www.montanabar.org/ | ||
| Nevada | Not Applied | www.nvbar.org/cle/livecle.htm | ||
| New Hampshire | Not Applied | www.nhmcle.org/ProviderArea... | ||
| New Jersey | Not Applied | www.njcourts.com/cle | ||
| New Mexico | Not Applied | www.nmmcle.org/ | ||
| New York | Not Applied | www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/... | ||
| North Carolina | Not Applied | www.nccle.org/ | ||
| North Dakota | Not Applied | www.sband.org/CLE.asp | ||
| Ohio | Not Applied | www.ohiobar.org | ||
| Oklahoma | Not Applied | www.okbar.org/members/mcle/... | ||
| Oregon | Not Applied | www.osbar.org/mcle/mcle.html | ||
| Pennsylvania | Not Applied | /www.asapnexus.org/ | ||
| Rhode Island | Not Applied | /riap.courts.ri.gov/riap/sp... | ||
| South Carolina | Not Applied | www.commcle.org/ | ||
| Tennessee | Not Applied | www.cletn.com/Courses.aspx | ||
| Texas | Not Applied | /www.texasbar.com/AM/custom... | ||
| Utah | Not Applied | www.utahbar.org/cle/ | ||
| Vermont | Not Applied | www.vtbar.org/ | ||
| Virginia | Not Applied | www.vsb.org/mcle/ | ||
| Washington | Not Applied | /mcle.mywsba.org/Sponsor/lo... | ||
| West Virginia | Not Applied | www.wvbar.org/barinfo/cle/c... | ||
| Wisconsin | Not Applied | www.wicourts.gov/services/a... | ||
| Wyoming | Not Applied | www.wyomingbar.org/cle/spon... |
You may check-in for the program from 11:30am to 1:00pm on Thursday, October, 17. The program will start promptly at 1:00pm on that date and will conclude Saturday, October, 19 at 5:00pm. The program will be held at the following location.
Nova Southeastern University Law Center
Shepard Broad Law Center
3305 College Ave
Ft Lauderdale-Davie, FL 33314
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Participants are responsible for making their own hotel arrangements. Please contact the hotels directly for reservations and additional information.
Sheraton Suites Plantation
311 N University Drive
Plantation, Florida 33324
954.424.3300
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Negotiated Room Rate: Single/ Double TBD. Please mention that you are part of the “NITA Florida Program” when making the reservation.
Reservation Cut-off date: TBD. After this date rooms and rate are on a space-available basis.
Additional Information: Participants may make their own reservations by calling 954.424.3300 or by calling Ana Maria Serrano at the Sheraton Suites at 954.452.3203.
There will be no shuttle or transportation service from the airport or the Sheraton Suites to the Shepard Broad Law Center. The cost for the 15-minute taxi ride from the Fort Lauderdale Airport to the Shepard Broad Law Center is approximately $20.00 (excluding tip). The cost for the 10-minute taxi ride from the Sheraton Suites to the Shepard Broad Law Center is approximately $10.00 (excluding tip).
Free parking is available at both the Sheraton Suites and Shepard Broad Law Center for participants. Parking at the law school will be in the Overflow Parking area next to the law school or in the public parking garage. NITA will mail you a map and parking decal, which will permit you to park in this area.
Pre-program preparation requires that you become familiar with the FACTS associated with the case file and/or problems. In order to get the maximum benefit from the program, it is imperative that you prepare as much as possible in advance as time for preparation during the program is extremely limited. Please refer to the program schedule for assignment details to prepare for your performances in each workshop.
Program materials will be shipped approximately four weeks prior to program's start date from our fulfillment company LexisNexis. The materials packaging will be from LexisNexis not NITA so please watch out for this shipment. If you have any questions about your shipment please call LexisNexis at 1.800.833.9844.
If you sign up 2 weeks prior to the course you will receive the case files by e-mail you will also receive the numbered problems in the syllabus by email.
Lunch will be served to participants on the second and third days of the program. Participants are on their own for other meals. We can suggest area restaurants if you need assistance. The Sheraton Suites does have quite a good restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and has room service available.
Attendees are encouraged to wear "courtroom attire" during the program. Not only might a lawyer's appearance have an effect on the trier of fact, and is thus a matter of concern for the serious advocate, but it has been our experience that attendees dressed more formally than the usual CLE attire find themselves more easily “getting into character” and presenting a more polished performance. Dressing for court also provides each attendee with more realistic feedback when watching the recorded performances each day. On occasion, there may be a casual day during the program that will be announced on-site.
Materials are included in the price of tuition.
