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E-Discovery Outsourcing and In-sourcing: Pros, Cons and Ethical Considerations

Course Description:

It’s a significant challenge for law firms and legal teams to find a healthy balance between in-house and outsourced services to handle discovery projects quickly and efficiently.

Keeping costs low and having expert resources available at all times requires real planning and process control. Making sure that processes are transparent, repeatable and defensible can be complex, confusing and costly. 

Find out how leading e-discovery practitioners are managing these needs in this comprehensive audio program.  You’ll learn practical steps on how to assess, plan and implement an effective resources strategy that balances both in-house and outsourced resources.

Our panel of experts will also discuss the various approaches for effectively managing e-discovery, the pros and cons of each approach, and ethical considerations when evaluating these options.

Course Highlights:

• Risks and rewards for outsourcing e-discovery vs. in-house
• Factors to consider when deciding what to in-source and what to outsource
• Best practices for supervising outsourced non-attorneys
• Technology considerations: choosing technology that includes an internal deployment opportunity along with a service based model.
• Pricing challenges (is it really more profitable to handle e-discovery in-house)
• Scaling issues for staffing and infrastructure

Featured Faculty:

Karl A. Schieneman, Director of Legal Analytics and Document Review, JurInnov, Ltd.

Karl A. Schieneman is Director of Legal Analytics and Document Review at JurInnov, Ltd. JurInnov’s consulting practice focuses on the application of technology solutions to challenging litigation demands of law firms and their clients, including on-demand litigation support software, document hosting, electronic discovery processing and consulting, electronic risk management consulting, and computer forensics. Karl specializes in enhancing the productivity of document reviews while serving as a conduit between client needs and the complexities of large-scale data interpretation.

Karl graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts with a BBA in Marketing. He later received a dual degree MBA/JD from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he graduated Cum Laude and on Law Review. Karl has fourteen years of experience in the legal field as an attorney and legal staffing and document review expert.

Kelly Twigger, Founder, ESI Attorneys

Kelly Twigger is the founder and owner of ESI Attorneys LLC.  ESI is a law firm dedicated to assisting clients with managing their electronically stored information (ESI) to reduce the costs associated with meeting legal requirements for producing ESI and to increase business productivity.  Prior to starting ESI Attorneys, Kelly established and led the Records Retention and E-discovery practice as a partner at the national law firm of Quarles & Brady where she designed and ran the E-discovery Bytes blog. 

Kelly is national e-discovery counsel for her clients, is a frequent speaker and author on e-discovery and data mapping and guest lectures at Marquette University Law School.  Her practice includes both preparing clients for litigation, advising them on the best technologies available to meet current needs for e-discovery, as well as planning for and mitigating risks in utilizing social media.  Kelly holds a bachelors degree from Washington University in St. Louis and graduated cum laude from Marquette University Law School. 

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CLE:

CCM provides audio conference attendees with CLE credit processing services. To expedite CCM processing your CLE request, please complete and submit the evaluation form available from CCM at the conclusion of the audio conference. It will be necessary to enter the following information: name of each attorney requesting CLEs with full contact information, including e-mail address, bar number, and the state in which the attorney wants credits. Each attorney requesting credits must submit an evaluation.

Please be advised CCM audio conferences are subject to approval from each CLE issuing organization and approval is not guaranteed (state bar associations in Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania do not grant CLE credits for audio conferences). The approval process takes approximately 6 - 8 weeks for most organizations but can take as long as 3 - 4 months. You will be notified via e-mail with the final status of your CLE application.

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