Course Guides: E-Discovery Simulation
Course Description
E-discovery Simulation is an intensive, practical introduction to the discovery of electronically stored information. The class will be divided into two groups (plaintiffs and defendants) and will use a hypothetical case study to allow students to gain experience in the identification and location of relevant information, formulate a plan to preserve that information, and determine appropriate steps to obtain relevant information from other parties. The course will include preparation and classroom critique of litigation hold letters; preservation letters, search protocols, Rules 26 meet and confer disclosures, Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Motions to Compel. Students will also prepare for and take a 30(b)(6) deposition to assist with the identification of electronically stored information and argue the Motion to Compel electronically stored data. The course is intended to provide students with hands-on experience in a litigation setting. Classroom time will be split between lecture and active learning with an emphasis on self-critique of work product. The goal of the course is to aid students in becoming practitioners and provide them with a foundation of exemplar documents to use as they move into the work force. (3 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Jennifer K. Mason (adjunct professor)
- Anne Peterson, Esq. (adjunct clinical professor)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF8900 Deposition and Discovery - Interrogatories
KF8902.E42 Electronic Discovery
KFP537 Pennsylvania - Civil Procedure - Pretrial Procedure - Deposition and Discovery - Interrogatories
Legal Research Databases
- Hein Online
- Bloomberg Law
- Westlaw and Lexis
- LoisLaw - Treatises - General Litigation Library & Mauet Trial Practice Library
- E-Discovery Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/electronic-discovery-law.html
- Electronic Discovery - http://electronicdiscovery.info/
- Electronic Discovery and Evidence (blog) - http://arkfeld.blogs.com/ede/
- Electronic Discovery Knowledge Center (fios) - http://www.fiosinc.com/e-discovery-knowledge-center/default.aspx
- Materials on Electronic Discovery: Civil Litigation (Federal Judicial Center) - http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/autoframe?openform&url_l=/public/home.nsf/inavgeneral?openpage&url_r=/public/home.nsf/pages/196
- Electronic Discovery (FindLaw) - http://technology.findlaw.com/electronic-discovery/
- Electronic Discovery Law - blog (K & L Gates) - http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/
- Rule 26: Duty to Disclose (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_26
- Rule 30: Depositions by Oral Examination (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_30
- Taking and Defending Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions for Young Lawyers - http://www.carltonfields.com/Taking-and-Defending-Rule-30b6-Depositions-for-Young-Lawyers-03-30-2012/
- Five Strategies for Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions (from Trial - August 2007) - http://wrkk.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/trial_001.pdf
- Motions to Compel: Discovery Law and Legal Definitions (USLegal) - http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/motion-to-compel-discovery/
- Discovering and Managing Electronic Evidence (Ken Withers - Federal Judicial Center) - http://www.kenwithers.com/
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law
- Legal Research Guides: Practice Skills
rev. 10/17/2012
Patricia Horvath