As eDiscovery and litigation support professionals, training end users can become an important part of your job. Most of us don’t have teaching experience, but the better you are at training, the easier the rest of your job will be. A well-trained review team leads to a smooth production;  a well-trained trial team leads to fewer midnight phone calls. In this snackable podcast series we talked to three lit support professionals with strong training skills. Holland & Knight has developed an admirable training program on Relativity for their reviewers – we spoke to Kristen Wiwczar about what she’s learned from teaching others. Jessica Carter of Driven helps Driven’s corporate and law firm clients develop workflows and best practices on One, Relativity and Brainspace – she has insights on keeping users engaged and how law firm lit support staff can supplement vendor training.  Ethan Hirsch of Ipro trains his customers on Trial Director and the Ipro suite of eDiscovery tools -  he spoke about going onsite during the pre-trial crunch and what’s different about training for trial.

Moderator:
Gillian Glass, CRM, CEDS - Director of Legal Services, Farella Braun + Martel

Speakers:
Kristen Wiwczar - eDiscovery Services Managed Review Center Manager, Holland & Knight
Jessica C. Carter - Consulting Analyst, Driven
Ethan Hirsch - Training Consultant, Ipro

When ediscovery is managed in-house, out-sourced, or a combination, everyone must keep an eye out for the pitfalls and smooth out the snags that inevitably occur. Come listen to a Podcast where Lisa Fabian, Practice Support Manager of Hanson Bridgett LLP, moderates a conversation between Donald Knight, Legal Technology Program Manager of PNC Bank, and Christine Stansall, Litigation Support Analyst of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch, discuss what they do to minimize uncertainty throughout the EDRM. Hear how assessing knowledge, using communication, and applying project management techniques can keep all parties involved and engaged during ediscovery.

Moderator:
Lisa Fabian, Practice Support Manager of Hanson Bridgett LLP

Speakers:
Donald Knight, Legal Technology Program Manager of PNC Bank
Christine Stansall, Litigation Support Analyst of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch,

Recorded on March 28, 2019

In this podcast, Irene Ivanova, Hector Bravo-Trujillo and Daniel S. Acevedo share their experiences and thoughts regarding how LPM efforts are addressed in the USA and Latin America, the difficulties that legal project managers practitioners have in both jurisdictions and what can Latin American Law Firms do in order to improve their LPM capabilities.

Speakers:
Daniel S. Acevedo - Head of Strategy and Project Management, Galicia Abogados S.C.
Hector Bravo-Trujillo - Specialist Support, Baker Mackenzie Mexico
Irene Ivanova - Senior Legal Project Manager, Baker Mackenzie, North America

Recorded on 12-21-18

In this podcast, we discuss the role of paralegals in litigation support and ediscovery, and examine opportunities for bringing more paralegals into litigation support.

You may also wish to read Boot Camp for Training Paralegals.

Speaker:
Amy Bowser-Rollins - Legal Industry Educator

 Interviewer:
Joan Washburn - Director of Litigation eDiscovery Services, Holland & Knight

Lately, legal tech news has been flooded with a number of ediscovery mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Just to name a few:

• Epiq purchased by DTI investors
• Clearwell acquired by Symantec
• Equivio acquired by Microsoft
• Content Analyst acquired by kCura
• Recommind by OpenText
• RAVN by iManage
• Lighthouse and Discovia

In this ILTA Radio episode, we interview a panel of ILTA members from law firms and legal departments who share their insights, lessons learned and best practices for dealing with ediscovery M&A. We cover cases where one service provider is acquired by another provider and product acquisitions where a core application is acquired by another enterprise software provider, a product is acquired and remains available and when the product is abandoned.

Interviewer:
Catherine McPherson - Litigation Management Consultant, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP

Panelists:
Dera Nevin - Director of eDiscovery, Proskauer Rose LLP
Duane Lites - Director, Litigation Support, Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Bonnie Boudreaux - Practice Support Coordinator, Jones Walker LLP
Deanna Blomquist - Senior Manager - IT/eDiscovery, Dish Network

From the Legaltech Asia Technology Summit in Hong Kong, hear how Analytics and Predictive Coding are being used in Hong Kong and China. Learn about how these technologies being viewed by Hong Kong regulators and about some cultural challenges in China.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The use of social media at work is on the rise, and that has put social media discovery in the spotlight. Hear what Barry Murphy, founder of eDJ Group, has to say about this e-discovery challenge. You can also read his article on this topic.

Join Panel members from Session RRMPG1 What Litigation Support Professionals need to know about Information Governance as they talk briefly about their Monday, August 19th, 11:00 am session.

Listen to this monthly series of podcasts from the Emerging Technologies Peer Group.

Each month Lance Rea and Mark Manoukian have a conversation with the peer group of the month. This month's spotlight is on the Litigation & Practice Support Peer Group. Paige Hunt Wojcik, Director of E-Discovery Services at Perkins Coie and Stephen Dooley, Sr. Manager of Electronic Discovery and Litigation Support at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. talk about issues and initiatives in the Litigation & Practice Support space. Format is conversational and touches on a number of different topics.

The legal profession is a unique environment filled with high expectations, complex concepts and distinctive cultures that can make the learning curve for someone new a bit more like a learning canyon. In order to succeed, it’s important to understand the nuances that are ingrained in the business of law. Enter the “Law Firm 101” initiative –– a program that aims to educate and prepare law students/new lawyers and incoming legal IT professionals about the business of law … the business they’re in. ILTA held a “virtual roundtable” with three member thought leaders to get their insight into how the main points of this initiative are applicable to our members. Our interview with  Meredith Williams, Director of Knowledge Management at Baker Donelson, can be heard in its entirety on the accompanying podcast.

Visit the ILTA website to hear each participant's interview.