The EDRM is best known as the organization behind the E-Discovery Reference Model and a number of other technological standards for the e-discovery industry. But since its inception, it has also served as an educational and project hub for e-discovery, first under founders George Socha and Tom Gelbmann, then under Duke University School of Law's Center for Judicial Studies following its 2016 integration.

Now, much of the EDRM organization is finding a new home under ownership that knows a thing or two about e-discovery education: former ACEDS heads Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad.

Mack and Walstad announced today that they have purchased much of the EDRM organization from Duke Law School and are taking over the organization's technology and education initiatives. Duke Law's partnership with the Electronic Discovery Institute for certification will remain with the school, and the organization's membership program that has ramped down through 2019 is not part of the deal. Mack will be EDRM's CEO and chief legal technologist, while Walstad will take the title of chief strategy officer.