Video Depositions - Certified Legal Video Specialist
Certified Legal Video Specialist, CLVS, is a certification given by the National Court Reporters Association of successfully passing an exam given by the National Court Reporters Association, written and technical, hands-on, exam, which means that you have the necessary knowledge and skills to do a video deposition. The test is given several times a year throughout the United States. There are also other certifications given by various legal video associations. These also would attest to one’s knowledge of how to conduct a legal video deposition. At the present time there are no state requirements for certifications to videotape depositions. However, there are numerous requirements that must be adhered to in recording a videotaped deposition to be admissible for trial which is usually the ultimate purpose of videotaping a deposition. Each state has different requirements and anybody interested in pursuing the profession of a legal videographer should do in-depth research on the requirements in the state they wish to work in.