---
title: "Deposition outline: class representative and Rule 30(b)(6)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/us-class-deposition-outline"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a7-us-class-deposition-outline"
area_id: "A7"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A7-T1-R2", "A7-T1-R7", "A7-T1-R1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Deposition outline: class representative and Rule 30(b)(6)

> Question outline for the deposition of a proposed class representative and for a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition on the systems that define the class. Questions only. No script of testimony.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/us-class-deposition-outline  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Class Actions / Representative Proceedings](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 3 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use to prepare those depositions in a putative federal class action. Do not convert the outline into the representative's declaration or affidavit. Do not add topics the Rule 30(b)(6) notice did not describe.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft the group or class definition from the claim theory](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/draft-the-group-or-class-definition-from-the-claim-theory.md)
- [Compile the court book and a hearing chronology](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/compile-the-court-book-and-a-hearing-chronology.md)
- [Build a viability memo: cause of action, class size and common questions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/build-a-viability-memo-cause-of-action-class-size-and-common-questions.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may group questions under Rule 23(a) topics and under the noticed 30(b)(6) matters. The lawyer decides what is asked. The tool writes no answer.

**AI may:**

- Sort the lawyer's objectives into typicality, adequacy, and the class definition
- Build the 30(b)(6) section only from topics in the notice the lawyer provides
- List questions that ask the witness to state a legal conclusion, for the lawyer to remove

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the representative's testimony, declaration or affidavit
- Must not add a 30(b)(6) topic that is not in the notice
- Must not assert that the proposed representative is adequate or typical

**The lawyer checks:**

- The outline matches the pleaded definition and the notice
- Conferral on the 30(b)(6) topics is done or diarised, as Rule 30(b)(6) requires
- The outline is not given to the witness as a script

## Authorities

- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a), (b)(6), (c) and (d) (leave, organizational deposition and conferral, objections, one day of seven hours)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_30)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) and (g) (typicality, adequacy, and the duty of class counsel if appointed)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_23)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1) (scope and proportionality)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_26)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/us-class-deposition-outline and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*