CLVS case studies
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The Certified Legal Video Specialist (CLVS) is a professional credential administered by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) for practitioners who record legal proceedings on video. It sits alongside NCRA's reporting and captioning certifications and signals to attorneys, courts, and litigation support teams that a videographer has met a national standard for capturing testimony and proceedings on the record. The CLVS case studies are 5 cases and about 3,481 words.
1One Camera, Nine People, Forty-Five Minutes: Placement Decisions in an Unscouted Room
The notice states the deposition will be recorded by audio-video means in addition to stenography. The only space available is a 14 x 18 ft conference room: one wall of windows behind the head of the table, a supply-air diffuser directly over the witness chair, and dark walnut paneling on the opposite wall.
705 words, about 4 min2The Witness Who Turns Away, and Counsel Who Wants the Letter on Camera Mid-Answer
Mid-morning in a wrongful-termination deposition. The witness is 78 and wears a behind-the-ear hearing aid in his right ear; he habitually turns his whole torso to his left to consult counsel, who sits about 30 inches away.
659 words, about 3 min352 dBA of HVAC, Glass Block Daylight, and a Soft-Spoken Witness on Glasses
A hearing is held in a converted municipal courtroom: 10-ft acoustic-tile ceiling, carpet, a supply return that measures 52 dBA at the witness stand, and an audible 120 Hz hum. The witness is soft-spoken and sits 8 feet from the camera.
736 words, about 4 min4The Off-Record Segment, the Synced Transcript, and the Request to Delete Twelve Minutes
A personal-injury deposition runs six and a half hours across two days. Exhibits 1–4 are marked on day one, exhibit 5 on day two.
695 words, about 3 min5The Client Who Pays, the Party Who Wants the Raw File, and the Subpoena
You are retained and paid by the noticing party in a personal-injury deposition. During a break, plaintiff counsel speaks to you out of the room and says the witness is "about to say something he'll regret," and asks you to keep the camera tight on his face and keep rolling whatever defense counsel says - and not to mention the request to defense counsel.
686 words, about 3 min