How-to
How to summarize a deposition with page-and-line cites
Most lawyers do not need another paragraph about the deposition. They need a topic-organized summary they can sit next to the transcript, with a page-and-line cite on the claims they might actually use.
What the summary is for
A deposition summary is for the people who will ask you to prove it. A partner who wants to know whether the notice admission is actually on the page. A client who will ask where the witness said that. A motion deadline where a fluent paragraph you cannot defend is worse than no summary at all.
ChatGPT with a PDF attached can write that kind of prose in seconds. What it usually cannot give you is a page-and-line cite you can open and check before you rely on the sentence. LawLM is deposition intelligence for litigators with heavy deposition dockets, plaintiff or defense. The cited summary is the first of five work products on the same record, not a standalone digest you paste into a brief and hope holds up.
Upload the transcript you already have
Bring a transcript from any court reporter. LawLM does not replace the reporter, and it does not start from audio. You create a case, drop the file in, and run the deposition package. That package is $49, and it includes both the cited summary and Case Analysis.
Summaries are typically ready in under 20 minutes. Files over 500 pages can take longer, and there is no extra charge for size. When you need to hand a digest to co-counsel, you can export to PDF, DOCX, or Markdown. If you are not satisfied with a summary, we refund. That refund is the summary, not a promise that the machine is never wrong. You still check the cites.
Read topics, then check the cites
What you get is a topic-organized summary, not a generic paragraph dump. Claims carry page-and-line cites. Click a cite and the transcript opens at that page, so you can read the actual words before you put the sentence in a mediation statement, a client update, or a conversation with a partner.
Topic
Notice of hazard
Witness testified the wet floor sign was not present when she entered the aisle, and that she first saw an employee placing cones after she fell.
Topic-organized. Typically under 20 minutes. Not satisfied? We refund.
The summary is not Case Analysis
The summary is the narrative: what the witness covered, organized so you can find the thread. Case Analysis is the dashboard on the same $49 package: timeline, credibility, key testimony, legal issues, and liability and damages. After processing, you don’t re-read for the timeline, it’s structured. Case Analysis is the same process on every deposition. The output does not move with the prompt.
Timeline
24
Credibility
8
Testimony
41
Legal issues
6
Damages
12
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Notice of wet floor reported to front desk
Smith Dep. 42:14–18 Tue morning -
Jones denies any notice until after the fall
Jones Dep. 91:3–7 Conflicts with Smith
Same Structured Evidence Model powers credibility flags, key testimony, legal issues, and liability & damages, drill in with page-and-line cites.
After that, cited Q&A, cross-deposition, and Case Valuator are $10 a question on the same record. You do not re-upload to turn those modes on.
See it on a public matter
The live demo is a public file, not a client file, and you do not need an account to open the cited summary and check a cite. When you are ready to run one of your own transcripts, sign up. Free credits for four deposition packages, or mix with Q&A. No credit card.