Here are the answers to the most often-asked questions regarding the American Guild of Court Videographers.
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What is the AGCV?
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A society of professional court videographers joined together for the purpose of developing skills, recognizing one's accomplishments, acknowledging the qualifications of a properly trained legal video professional and the sharing of information for the advancement of the profession.
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Why does the AGCV exist?
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In this time of the popularity of the home video camcorder, there are those that would represent themselves as qualified to perform the duties of video recording legal depositions and the evidence to be used in a trial without possessing the skills or knowledge necessary to complete the work in a professional manner.
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How?
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By setting requirements of performance, overseeing those in the profession and verifying the quality of their completed work, the American Guild of Court Videographers certifies its members as "members in good standing" and upon meeting the certification criteria, awards them with the designation of "CDVS" (Certified Deposition Video Specialist), "CVDS" (Certified Video Documentary Specialist), "CCPS" (Certified Courtroom Presentation Specialist) and / or "CCVS" (Certified Court Video Specialist), thereby, assisting the legal profession in their selection of qualified court videographers.
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Who?
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The Federal government has set the standards to be used throughout the industry. These standards which have been accepted by the American Guild of Court Videographers include a "Code of Ethics", an accepted "Protocol" and generally overseeing the activities of its members in this relatively new and exciting profession.
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When?
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We do not know when the legal profession is going to demand that those video recording depositions must be "certified" but just as sure as you are reading this information, it is going to happen and maybe sooner rather than later.
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Where?
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The AGCV has training seminars scheduled every month throughout the year in Casper, Wyoming. Click on "Training Seminars" to find additional locations of our regional certification seminars.
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Does the AGCV help in marketing my legal video services?
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A very important service the AGCV provides is its referral service. When attorneys have need of a qualified videographer in their service area, they simply call the AGCV and we furnish them with the names of "certified" videographers qualified to meet their needs. And now, simply by logging on to our membership referral website (http://www.legalvideographers.com/) potential clients can find any AGCV-trained and certified videographer!
