On June 11, 2014, IAALS and the National Judicial College will co-host Fundamentals of E-Discovery for State Court Judges, a webcast available for state court judges at no cost.

Ten years ago, e-discovery was an issue that was seen as a most pressing for those in federal court. In 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to include electronically stored information (ESI) as a separate category of discoverable materials and to address some of the challenges related to electronic discovery. Since then, however, many states have changed, or are in the process of changing, their rules of civil procedure to accommodate e-discovery.  Moreover, the creation and discovery of ESI has become more and more prevalent in state court litigation. What began as a big-case phenomenon now has the promise of being an every-case phenomenon. While e-discovery continues to pose challenges for the civil justice system, and for individual courts, the judge who understands e-discovery may be uniquely positioned to guide the litigation in a way that works better for all litigants—and for the court itself.

This webcast will enable judges to:

1.         Adjudicate disputes involving ESI, including the identification, preservation, search, review, production, and admission of ESI;

2.         Apply ESI terminology such as metadata and native format correctly; and

3.         Use resources developed by IAALS to assist state court judges in effectively handling e-discovery.

The webcast faculty includes Justice Daniel J. Crothers (North Dakota Supreme Court), Maura R. Grossman, Esq. (Of Counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), and Judge Thomas A. Zonay (District Court, Vermont), with an introduction by IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis.

This 90-minute webcast is free for state court judges and is scheduled for June 11, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Learn more and reserve your spot today.