Practitioner writing built around the way legal video actually works. Grouped by the pillar it supports — deposition, evidentiary, trial — plus the cross-cutting pieces every member references.
Short posts on community launches, site changes, and the working bits of Guild life — separate from the long-form pillar field guides below.
Capturing witness testimony under the federal rules. The procedural, technical, and archival pieces that protect the record.
FRCP, state civil procedure, local rules, standing orders. Most legal videographers only know one — and that's where careers stall.
Lavalier redundancy, gain staging, and the three errors that kill the record before the witness has even said hello.
The federal civil rule allows remote means; the standing orders restrict them. The protocol that holds up in both worlds.
One master file, two physical locations, three virtual clones — and seven years of retention. Why this protects you and what most freelancers get wrong.
Scene capture, day-in-the-life, drone documentation, and chain of custody. The pieces that have to survive a 401/901 challenge.
The free overview before you commit to the masterclass. What evidence video is, how it gets used at trial, what makes it admissible, and what makes it fail.
The three things that determine whether a piece of video evidence makes it past a foundation objection — and the documented capture workflow that gets you there.
FAA Part 107 requirements, airspace authorization, and the documented flight log that turns drone footage into admissible evidence.
The audit trail from capture to courtroom — hash verification, original-format preservation, and the documentation that closes off opposing-counsel attacks.
Live presentation under courtroom pressure. Software, hardware, and the workflow that survives an evidentiary objection mid-trial.
The free overview. What a hot-seat operator does, the software stack, the courtroom AV environment, and why trial tech is paid the way it's paid.
The capability gaps, the workflow differences, and the firm preferences that drive which tool you should learn first.
Federal vs. state vs. ad-hoc venues, jury monitor signal paths, and the gear you bring versus the gear you trust the courthouse to provide.
Marrying deposition video to transcript, building call-up clips, and the database conventions that let counsel cite, clip, and play in real time.
Cross-cutting field guides — what attorneys actually want, how to price the work, and the standards every credential holder is held to.
The attorney's-eye view of the deliverable — and what it means for your rate card, your turnaround time, and your repeat bookings across deposition, evidence, and trial work.
Day rates, half-days, sync line items, archive fees, travel. How working members structure pricing so firms approve it on the first pass.
The rules every credentialed member affirms — officer impartiality, conflict of interest, protecting the record, and the disciplinary process when those break down.
Four times a year — rule changes, court orders, equipment notes, new courses, and member spotlights, organized by pillar. No fluff, no filler. Free.