You just got the call that you will be thrown into the ring for the first time to defend a client deposition, and you feel great. They trust you, and this is why you went to law school, right? Or maybe you feel nervous. Really nervous. Maybe you realize that you have no idea what you are doing. In fact, you have no idea how you came to be a lawyer at all, given that you were eating Crunch Berries last night.

Relax. You know more than you think you do, and you can learn the rest. Here are four tips you might not have learned in law school that might help to ease your first-time jitters.

Prepare Yourself

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