The Legality and Practicality of Remote Witness Testimony
Fredric I. Lederer · The William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository (William & Mary) · 2009
Eventually, the question may be whether physical presence is really necessary at all.Courts, government agencies, and law firms have used videoconferencing for multiple purposes for many years.Today, the confluence of greatly improved technology at decreasing cost and increasing travel costs and difficulty now make videoconferencing especially appealing.Among other uses, videoconferencing can be employed for: " Law firm administration; " Law firm hiring, as demonstrated by Law School Connect.A joint effort by the Center for Legal and Court Technology and Courtroom Connect, Law School Connect provides videoconferencing to over 50 law schools so that students may be interviewed by legal employers for summer and permanent positions.See www.lawschoolconnect.com;* Alternative dispute resolution and settlement; " Remote appearances at pretrial matters, trials, administrative hearings, and appeals; and " Education and training.The Practical Litigator 1 19 20 I The Practical Litigator