Women in eDiscovery to Conduct Educational Session at IQPC’s Legal IQ London Conference

March 9, 2010 - PRLog -- MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Women in eDiscovery, a non-profit organization that brings together women interested in technology related to the legal industry, today announced that it will host an interactive educational session at Legal IQ’s fifth annual Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Summit in London. The conference will be held at the Dexter House, Tower Hill, London on May 18-19. Women in eDiscovery co-founder, Shawnna Childress, and Director of the London Group, Laura Kelly, will host a two-part interactive educational session that delves into developments in the law and practice of disclosure and the application of technologies that effectively reduce costs and assist with compliance as it pertains to litigation.

This is Legal IQ’s fifth annual Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Summit and it is Europe’s premier event with a 40-strong speaker faculty including members of Women in eDiscovery, judges from around the world, and counsel from some of the largest corporations and law firms dealing with the challenges of e-disclosure on a daily basis.

More specifically, the Women in eDiscovery panel will include US and UK judges and other industry experts talking about developments in the law and practice of disclosure with a particular focus on e-disclosure. In the afternoon, attendees will experience an extended insight into technology suppliers who will illustrate modern software concepts – forensic data collections, early case assessment, concept searches and e-mail threading. Attendees will see examples from a broad range of applications whose function is to improve processing, reduce costs, as well as to comply with the rules and obligations. There will be opportunities to ask questions of both the judges and the suppliers during this afternoon session.

Additional tracks throughout the conference include:

•   Fast track your understanding of the Civil Litigation Costs Review: Hear directly from Lord Justice Jackson and engage in debate with our acclaimed international Judge’s panel

•   Develop a legally defensible and technically sound Information Retention policy with a multidisciplinary approach with insights from Debra Logan of Gartner plus Pfizer, and Kleinwort Benson
•   Reduce risk, cost, time and complexity of eDisclosure with critical updates on advances in technology
•   Ensure compliance by sanity checking your strategy with the FSA and ICO

Conference Details:

5th Annual Information Retention and E-Disclosure Management Summit
www.InformationRetention.co.uk
Date: May 18-19, 2010
Venue: Dexter House, Tower Hill, London
Women in eDiscovery Session: May 19
Discount Pricing: 20 percent off standard rates to all Women in eDiscovery members  
Free Offering: Free attendance for Women in eDiscovery members to the Women in eDiscovery session and Mock Court Assessment on Wednesday, May 19th

Women in eDiscovery was formed to bring together businesswomen interested in technology in the legal industry and has grown to more than 4,000 women with 28 local chapters throughout the United States and more chapters forming overseas. Among the women who have joined the organization are attorneys from law firms and corporations, litigation support professionals, paralegals, legal IT staff, consultants, and vendors.

For more information about Women in eDiscovery, visit www.womeninediscovery.com.

About Women in eDiscovery
Women in eDiscovery (www.womeninediscovery.com) is a national organization bringing together women around the world interested in technology related to the legal industry. Its goal is to provide opportunities for businesswomen to grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition. There are currently nearly 4,000 members and 28 chapters worldwide.

About Legal IQ
Legal IQ (www.legaliqonline.com) is dedicated to delivering thought-provoking and timely conferences and training courses covering current legal and regulatory issues for attorneys of all experience levels and areas of practice. Legal IQ conferences and training courses are built from well-researched topics and agendas developed to explore vision, trends and changes in the law. The emphasis we place on quality enables us to offer you consistently high level programs resulting in a speaker faculty and delegate profile which will ensure you get more out of your time with us than anywhere else.

Contact:
Amy Juers
National Director of Public Relations
Women in eDiscovery
651.450.9090
pr@womeninediscovery.com

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Women in eDiscovery is a national organization bringing together businesswomen across the world interested in technology related to the legal industry and provides opportunities to help them and other businesswomen grow personally and professionally.