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best practices understanding of the discipline. It is an intense program and gives students access to judges, experts and practitioners. International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) www.iltanet.org ILTA is a membership-driven organization that hosts annual conferences, local and regional meetings, webinars, and podcasts. They also publish numerous magazines, white papers and surveys each year. As an ILTA volunteer City Representative in Pittsburgh, I have found one of the best benefits of ILTA is that your firm/ organization is an ILTA member, then you are an ILTA member. Find out if you are a member, and take advantage of ILTA. Even if your organization is not a member, take advantage of attending free locally sponsored ILTA meetings on e-discovery. Many cities have local volunteer city representatives that host meetings and discuss relevant technology, legal topics and best practices related to e-discovery. There's also a peer group focused on delivering quality educational content related to litigation and practice support. This year's conference, ILTA 2013: The Catalyst, is a four-day educational conference with over 200 peer-developed educational sessions, ample networking opportunities and more than 200 exhibiting vendors … including those related to litigation support and e-discovery. LegalTech www.legaltechshow.com LegalTech is a biannual legal technology event, with one event on the East Coast and one on the West Coast. These events offer law firms and legal departments the ability to stay atop the evolving legal industry and improve their law practice management. LegalTech provides ways to earn CLE credits, learn about the newest advances in technology and network with industry leaders. LegalTech spans multiple days, includes a multitude of legal software vendors and service providers, and has an e-discovery education track that includes hot topics discussed by experts in e-discovery, litigation support and the law. The Project Management Institute (PMI) www.pmi.org Although not exclusively related to the legal or e-discovery profession, the Project Management Institute has much to offer. Project management practices can improve litigation and e-discovery projects and can be a perfect fit for legal project management implementation in a law firm or corporate law department. With recent worldwide economic events and inhouse counsel demanding a more methodical, transparent and collaborative approach to managing matters by outside counsel, 10 Peer to Peer the legal profession can certainly benefit from a standardized and structured approach to project/matter management. PMI is one of the world's largest not-for-profit membership associations for the project management profession, with more than 650,000 members and credential holders in more than 185 countries. PMI has numerous project management certifications available, such as the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Project Management Professional (PMP) and Risk Management Professional (RMP). More specific to the legal field, PMI has a Legal Project Management Community of Practice that is geared toward the legal industry and generates newsletters, blogs, webinars and other educational materials. PMI also has many local chapters that are engaged in the community and host regularly scheduled events. The Sedona Conference https://thesedonaconference.org The Sedona Conference is a nonprofit research and educational organization, founded in 1997 by Richard G. Braman. Contributors discuss how the law should move forward on issues in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation and intellectual property rights. Working groups produce principles, best practices and guidelines for these specific areas of law. The amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that include the rules on electronically stored information were based on the Sedona Conference's Sedona Principles. Get acquainted with the publications the conference generates on e-discovery and civil litigation. The Sedona Conference also has a membership program for those interested in supporting the conference's mission and interacting with others in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation and intellectual property rights. Electronic Discovery Reference Model www.edrm.net First launched in 2005 and released publicly in 2006, the EDRM was developed by a group facilitated by George Socha and Tom Gelbmann to provide a standardized approach to e-discoveryrelated activities. The model helps visually depict the movement of e-discovery components in phases. The EDRM contains nine phases of the e-discovery process that everyone working in the field should be fairly familiar with. Accessing the knowledge of the EDRM is free and a very worthwhile model to fully understand — it is the foundation of nearly every component of e-discovery. EDRM also has designed a computer-assisted review reference model, a talent task matrix, a model code of conduct and the information governance reference model. Corporate counsel, corporate IT managers, law firms, software providers, consultants and service bureaus can join EDRM to share best practices for managing e-discovery processes. From the initial

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