Pulse 2.0 published an article covering Vanderbilt Law School's partnership with AltaClaro to bring DepoSim to students beginning in the Fall 2026 semester. According to the article, Vanderbilt is the first law school to incorporate DepoSim into legal education, expanding the school's AI Law Lab initiative and giving students hands-on opportunities to practice deposition skills using artificial intelligence.
The piece describes how DepoSim recreates elements of real-world litigation by allowing students to verbally question simulated witnesses with different personalities, respond to real-time objections from a range of opposing counsel personas, and adapt to unpredictable developments during a deposition. After each simulation, students receive immediate rubric-based feedback on their questioning strategy and techniques, professionalism, responsiveness, and overall performance. Students will access DepoSim through Vanderbilt's Legal Practice Technology course, Law Firm Practice Simulation course, other clinical offerings, and independently through the Vanderbilt Law Library, with initial simulations covering commercial litigation, employment law, intellectual property, antitrust, securities, mass torts, and expert witness depositions.
The article also highlights AltaClaro's plans to expand the platform later in 2026 with additional simulations covering trial practice, oral arguments, discovery, client interviews, and negotiations, all of which Vanderbilt students will gain access to as they become available. As Emily Pavuluri, Associate Director of the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab, shared with Pulse 2.0, "Simulation technology gives students somewhere to practice before a real client is depending on how they handle it. DepoSim helps students develop critical thinking skills and demonstrates how AI can enhance education itself, not just provide productivity efficiency."