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What is Ediscovery?

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Electronic discovery (AKA eDiscovery/ediscovery/E-Discovery/e-Discovery) is in the more exclusive category of “Things that are both invaluable and tedious to learn/apply but necessary to stay relevant and effective professionally.”. Document review platforms are places to sort, tag, view, redact and produce the relevant ESI.

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Six Reasons Technology Is Important To Your Paralegal Career

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Electronically stored information, more commonly referred to as ESI, was first addressed in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure decades ago. The most recent significant changes to The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) regarding ESI was in 2006, and more changes are on track for adoption in December 2015.

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A Path to eDiscovery Certification

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He is also the author of the 2016 book Project Management in Electronic Discovery , now in its second edition. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS). We see junior paralegals grow into case managers. Well, it’s no different in e-discovery.

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Alternative Legal Service Providers – An ally to embrace

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E-Discovery encompasses diverse services, such as creating and assessing electronically stored information (ESI), drafting specific policies, and ensuring their adherence, in addition to aiding in the legal discovery process. This helps in a better understanding of a case and devising a strong defensive mechanism.

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Litigation Paralegal to E-discovery Paralegal

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Every year there are changes to the rules, upgrades in the technology available, and case law that relates to ESI. Ann started her paralegal career as a litigation paralegal and then was a manager of paralegals for many years prior to starting her own company in 2010. Where can you get continuing education?

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Top 7 Tips for Litigation Paralegals in 2024

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You are the project manager of your cases and you’re taking the lead on proactively moving these cases forward. Right now, not a decade or two from now. You own your career, the mindset that this is your career and you get to choose how successful of a career you have. The mindset that you own your cases.

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LTRC Roundtable Discussion: Personal Knowledge Management

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However, the use of such tools emphasizes the need to retain metadata and creates the exposure for significant ESI expenses when there are lawsuits in the future that target documents and decisions made using collaborative tools. RT : Currently, we are exploring Monday.com to use as our project management tool.