If lawyers had somehow gotten away with avoiding the math and data before, it is becoming increasingly more difficult—and potentially counterintuitive—for them to do so. Still, it has been challenging for e-discovery professionals to educate lawyers as the two groups have often been kept apart.

Speakers at ILTACON 2022′s “I Was Told There Would Be No Math: How to Talk to Lawyers About E-Discovery and Data” panel on Wednesday discussed how having what they called a “modern legal team”—one that involves more collaboration between attorneys and e-discovery professionals—will help bridge the gap between the two.