An advanced e-discovery certificate program produced in partnership by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School and the Electronic Discovery Institute (EDI) is slated to launch online in early 2021.
Taught by industry-leading experts, the 11-course program is designed to offer students and developing professionals an opportunity to deepen their expertise, refine e-discovery and litigation skills, and connect with industry leaders. Built on the foundation of EDI’s Distance Learning Initiative, the advanced e-discovery program delivers an expert-level curriculum and specific, practical skills training for leveraging and mastering a full range of e-discovery technologies and processes in litigation. (See the full course list and faculty below.)
Duke faculty and alumni comprised the review team for course content. The team included David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute; Professor Thomas Metzloff; Rebecca Rich, clinical professor of law; Tara Emory ’03, director of consulting at Driven Inc.; David Lender ’93, co-chair of the global litigation department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; and Hon. Andrew Peck ’77, senior counsel at DLA Piper and a former U.S. magistrate judge.
After completing the 11-course online curriculum, program participants will attend a one day, in-person workshop at Duke’s campus in Durham, N.C., tentatively planned for late 2021 (depending on local regulations regarding COVID-19). Those who complete the online course and in-person session will receive a certificate from the Bolch Judicial Institute.
“This collaboration represents a first-of-its kind program in legal technology education,” said Patrick Oot, co-founder of EDI. “We are so pleased to have the Bolch Judicial Institute’s partnership. The quality of the instruction and material is outstanding.”
More details, including official launch date, pricing, and availability will be announced in early 2021. To receive updates about the program, subscribe here or contact us at bolchjudicialinstitute@law.duke.edu.
Course List
- The Pretrial Orders and Beyond: Getting Started in Discovery
- Introduction to Complex Discovery Advocacy
- Drafting Targeted Requests and Specific Responses
- Seeking ESI Overseas and Defending Against Overseas Requests
- Collecting ESI Inside Your Computer and iPhone: The Discoverability of the Tiny Databases that Store ESI
- Advanced Search II: Process Management Regardless of Tools
- Advanced Concepts of Privilege: Attorney-Client, Work-Product and Waiver
- Handling Special Data: Non-Responsive, Financial Information, PII, HIPAA and FDA Requirements
- Upon a Showing of Deficiency: Discovery on Discovery and Responses
- Upon a Showing of Deficiency: Discovery on Discovery and Responses
- The ESI in Depositions – Witness Prep for Fact and 30(b)(6) Witnesses
- Spoliation: What to Do When it Matters
Program Faculty
Maia Aron
Mark Migdal & Hayden
Hon. Michael Baylson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Lea Bays
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Stacey Blaustein
IBM
Stacey Bogert
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Jamie Brown
Lighthouse
Shannon Capone Kirk
Ropes & Gray
Hon. Claire Cecchi
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Hon. Michelle Childs
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Kelly Clay
GlaxoSmithKline
Moira Errick
Bausch Health
Moze Cowper
Cowper Law
Marla Crawford
Independent
Wendy Curtis
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Mark Dearman
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Jessica Escalera
Barclays
Kemoy Foster
SwissRe
David Greenwald
Jenner & Block
Tracy Greer
U.S. Department of Justice
Ted Hirt
George Washington Law School
Dawson Horn
AIG
Rose Jones
King & Spalding
Hon. Matthew Kennelly
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Jeannine Kenney
Hausfeld LLP
Colleen Kenney
Sidley Austin
David Kessler
Norton Rose Fulbright
Laura Kibbe
IQVIA
Hon. John Koeltl
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Dan Kulakofsky
Travelers
Hon. Elizabeth Laporte
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Ret.)
Hon. David Lawson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Daniel Lee
DaVita
Eric Lieber
Toyota Motors NA (Ret.)
Vikram Masson
UnitedLex
Glenn Melcher
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
David Moncure
DaVita
Tom Mullane
Raytheon Technologies
Patrick Oot
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Tim Opsitnick
TCDI
Robert Owen
Eversheds Sutherland
Nancy Patton
Exterro
Hon. Andrew Peck
DLA Piper
Ashish Prasad
HaystackID
Sharon Robertson
Cohen Milstein
Hon. Xavier Rodriguez
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
John Rosenthal
Winston & Strawn
Hon. Lee Rosenthal
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Hon. Pamela Meade Sargent
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Pam Schieffelin
Qualcomm
Hon. Lorna Schofield
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Jennifer Scullion
Seeger Weiss LLP
Amy Sellars
Cardinal Health
Deena Sharp
Girard Sharp
George Socha
BDO Consulting
Jennifer Swanton
Medtronic
Denise Talbert
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Jeremy Wikler
Shook Hardy & Bacon