Realistic witness examination training, scored.
Direct and Cross Examination Deposition
Sharpen your skills and build confidence before it counts.
Question a lifelike AI witness tuned to be cooperative, neutral, or uncooperative. Get scored against a rubric built for your examination.
No sales call. Try it free, see pricing, start today.
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Direct, cross, and deposition in one place.
Summit v. Pinnacle
Direct examination
Breach of contract and business tort scenario. Direct any of four witnesses: two party witnesses, a third party, and an expert.
Scoring includes:
- Open, non-leading questions
- Laying foundation
- Drawing the sting on weak facts
Summit v. Pinnacle
Cross examination
Breach of contract and business tort scenario. Cross any of four witnesses: two party witnesses, a third party, and an expert.
Scoring includes:
- Leading questions, one fact each
- Controlling the witness
- Impeachment with documents
Delgado v. Cardinal
Deposition skill units
Employment termination scenario. Depose either witness: the plaintiff or the employer’s HR director.
Three scored phases:
- 1Accommodation request
- 2Discipline and termination
- 3Damages and mitigation
3
temperaments per witness: cooperative, neutral, or uncooperative
8
rubric categories scored in every session
15
minutes per session, at any hour
Meet the Witnesses
Six interactive witnesses. Two cases.
Practice the way you will examine a real witness: out loud, face to face.
Summit v. PinnacleCommercial contract case
Direct and cross examination
Karen Diaz
Defendant CEO
Mark Bennett
Plaintiff CEO
Lisa Huang
Third-party witness
Dr. Robert Teller
Damages expert
Delgado v. CardinalEmployment case
Three-phase deposition
Marcus Delgado
Plaintiff
You represent the employer
Diane Karros
HR director
You represent the plaintiff
How SimDuo Works
Set it up. Examine the witness. Get scored.
No scheduling, no scripts.
Step 1
Set up the exam.
- Choose your witness
- Select a temperament: cooperative, neutral, or uncooperative
- Review the case materials
Step 2
Examine the witness.
- Conduct a direct examination, cross examination, or deposition
- Realistic interaction rooted in the case facts and materials
- Sessions up to 15 minutes
Step 3
Get instant feedback.
- Rubric-based scoring unique to each exam type and witness
- Numerical score plus narrative feedback
- Strengths, focus areas, and category-level coaching
- Progress tracking across sessions and downloadable reports
Why SimDuo?
Practice before client outcomes, and your reputation, are on the line.
Trial skills are perishable. Running 50 miles this week does not prepare you for a race nine months from now, and cramming trial skills this week does not prepare you to perform months from now.
63%
of senior legal leaders chose simulations and scenario training.
Deloitte asked more than 100 of them how junior lawyers will build judgment as AI takes over the high-volume work. The firms handling the shift best are “redesigning associate development programmes around simulation, supervision and structured learning.”
Source: Deloitte, The AI Imperative: Reshaping of the Legal Industry, June 2026, Figure 17.
How junior lawyers will develop judgment
Share of respondents selecting each approach. Redrawn from Deloitte Figure 17.
In-person trial skills program
$3,000 to $5,000 all in, per attorney
- Tuition of about $2,700 to $3,200 for four days, plus airfare, hotel, meals, and four or five days away from your desk.
- One week, once, on their calendar.
- Feedback depends on the instructor and the group size.
SimDuo
$6 to $15 per scored session
- Monthly plans and credit packs available. See pricing.
- Any time, on your calendar. Repeat the same witness until the score moves.
- Rubric scoring on every session, with the transcript.
Tuition: 2026 NYSBA Trial Academy with NITA, four days, $2,695 to $3,195 before travel.
Use Cases
Individual practice or team training.
The same scored practice works for one lawyer or a group.
Individual Practice
For law students and lawyers preparing for trial, a deposition, or a competition. Practice on your own schedule and track your progress over time.
Training a Team
SimDuo supports law firms and law schools training as a team. Organization administrators can:
- Grant and reclaim credits for individual users
- Assign examinations by witness, exam type, and temperament, with due dates
- See every user’s scoring reports
- View group averages by category to see where the team is strong and where it needs work
Test yourself now.
Run the 2-minute demo. Then decide if you want more practice or a team walkthrough.