Become a Legal Videographer

A legal videographer is a person who records events in a manner which makes the recordings admissible as legal evidence in a court of law.

Legal videographers record depositions, will executions, prenuptial agreement signings and other events which could benefit from a video record.

Recorded video evidence is powerful in court because it will to show a jury how a person looked and behaved when there testimony was taken. It breaths life into testimony in a way reading or listening to a written transcript can never achieve.

Video: So you want to be a legal videographer?

 

American Guild of Court Videographers (AGCV)

Their website boasts "When you are certified by the AGCV, you are able to demand more money per hour, after just three days of seminar training, than an attorney will receive after 7 years of college (with no student loans to be paid back!)

Video: What is the American Guild of Court Videographers??

 

National Association of Court Reporters (NCRA)

Below are the mission statements from the NCRA website.

NCRA Mission Statement

NCRA is committed to being the leader in advancing the profession of those who capture and integrate the spoken word into a comprehensive and accurate information base for the benefit of the public and private sectors.

CLVS Mission Statement

The Certified Legal Video Specialist (CLVS) Council sets and enforces standards for competency in the capture, utilization, and retention of legal video and promotes awareness of these standards to the legal community.

Video: What is the National Court Reporter Association?

 

Certification

Formal certification in legal videography is available from two major organizations in the United States. Both have formal requirements, which must be meet to gain certification.

Video: Certification requirements and differences: AGCV vs NCRA

AGCV Seminar Calendar

NCRA Seminar Calendar

 

Training Video

Before you undertake the time and expense to become a legal videographer you need to understand the true requirements to prepare an acceptable legal video. At a minimum gain an understanding of the amount of work and organization needed to be a successful legal videographer.

We have prepared a training video that illustrates the minimum activities required to record an acceptable legal deposition. We have used this video to successfully train newly certified videographers before they went on their first legal video deposition assignment. We have also sold this video to other videography companies that were considering taking up legal video as an additional service. We believe that everyone should research legal videography before undertaking this profession.

If you do not purchase our video we recommend that you take the time to do rhe research and understand what it will take to be successful as a full time legal videographer. The investment in time (1 year) and money (at least $4000) for certification should not be undertaken without understanding the true nature of the profession.

Video: Why you need the training video.

 

 

Video Deposition: Deposition Disaster, he should have bought our DVD.

 

 

Video Deposition: And you are in the room with these people trying to make a living.

 

Purchase our training video:

"The CH&H Way of Recording a Great One Camera Video Deposition"

This DVD demonstrates the steps necessary to record a legal video depositon that can be used in court.

Legal depositions do not allow "visitors" to watch the deposition as events unfold. This DVD enables you to "look over the shoulder" of a legal videographer before and during a legal deposition.

"The CH&H WAY of Recording a Great One Camera Legal Video Deposition" includes
1. Day Before Preparation
2. Day Of Preparation
3. Read On/Read Off
4. Simulated Deposition
5. Numerous Tips and Tricks to be Successful

 

 

   
           
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