What does the future hold for e-Discovery? According to Judge John Facciola, Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the answer is simple: education. Aside from limited resources and tight budgets, Facciola says what’s paramount is the educational experience and how to use the technology in such a way that the experience is the same for those watching at home as it is for the actual attendees.
The advantages of online access to e-Discovery training are obvious, but face-to-face interaction is a valuable part of the experience. “We need to use the technology in a way that we are truly providing an educational experience, even if the people are not in the room with us,” says Facciola. “Is there a way of communicating this information using technology other than being face-to-face? I think that’s the real next avenue.”
As far as advice to new attorneys dipping their toes in the waters of e-Discovery?
“People should not get into their heads that this is a ‘ghettoized’ part of civil litigation,” says Facciola. When it comes to advances in e-Discovery technology, “We don’t have the liberty of having subtle, incremental change, we have eruptions and explosions. We’ve just blown up everything we learned in law school.”
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