For many years, I've attended the E-Discovery Conference at the University of Florida Levin College of Law run by Professor William “Bill” Hamilton, with whom I served on The Florida Bar Civil Rules Committee that wrote the Electronically Stored Information (ESI) amendments and the faculty of Florida's Advanced Judicial College where we taught judges how to implement the rules in cases. I have spoken at UF Law's Institute for Dispute Resolution and produced webinars in conjunction with them, as well. Recently, I learned that the E-Discovery program at UF is creating new career paths for law school graduates that do not involve billable hours working at a law firm. The law school is one of the first to provide law students hands-on knowledge of through its Distinguished Speaker Series and has now partnered with international company, Consilio, offering new graduates unique opportunities to learn the ESI business. What began as the E-Discovery Project is a multidisciplinary endeavor enhancing litigation competence through electronic discovery law courses, research, the development of information retrieval method and tools, and offering electronic discovery skills training for practicing attorneys and litigation support professionals through public conferences and continuing legal educational offerings. Their CareerFest usually occurs in conjunction with the annual conference, set for March 19, 2020, where alternative career paths for law school graduates are explored through presentations by companies in the legal service and technology industry. See more here-- https://tinyurl.com/yxetorw7 and https://tinyurl.com/k26rjqr
