Courtroom presentation: Do you want to run the machine?

I'm very stingy with my clients' money but one place I encourage them to splurge is to have someone running the projector, elmo, powerpoint, whathaveyou.
If you're not already comfortable with the gear and software, the wrong place to work that out is in front of the jury.
They might forgive your fumbling. (Doesn't that sentence just make you feel bad?) But why ask it of them?
Someone has to be so slick with the presentation technic that not only can they push the right button at the right time, they can troubleshoot on the spot if the right button doesn't work.
And have a backup plan if that whole system doesn't work. Have a way to make your point if electronics fail you. For inspiration about backup plans, see the movie "Heist." This will help your law career.

Finding the clip using barcodes

More detail about this in later posts, but here's a great aid for people who like a little tech flexibility in the courtroom but don't want to search, rewind, apologize, fast forward, and generally make the jury feel sorry for you.
Any digital evidence can be cataloged and assigned a barcode. You get a notebook with all your possible bits of evidence --photos; video deposition clips; documents -- each bit with a barcode next to it.
When you're ready to project that bit, wave a little handheld scanner over the barcode and the bit is instantly projected/played back.
A good amount of preparation and some expense goes into this stage magic, but many litigators rely on it for maximum flexibility and instant recall.

It's another part of drawing a cognitive though-line for the jury to follow, without the distracting intrusions of fumbling for files.

Next, the recent revolution in randomly accessible video depositions.