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Seminar Title: Electronic-Discovery Paradigms
Instructor: James Wrenn, Jr.
Seminar offered via live, 800# Conference call 1-3 PM ET:
Jun 5, July 10, Aug 7, Sep 11, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 11
Description:
Interactive seminar focusing on ways in which our increasingly rapid transition from the paper-era to the electronic era pose challenges requiring common-sense adaptation of paradigms governing discovery in the paper era to the new realities of the electronic era. The instructor leads participants through interactive analysis of the process of developing paradigms governing electronic discovery from paradigms developed over many decades with respect to paper-era discovery.
Credit Hours: 2.0 CLE Hours
Accreditation:
AL, AR, CA, CO, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, MS, NC, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI: 2.0 hrs. general
MO, WV: 2.4 hrs. general
OK: 2.5 hrs. general
NJ: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2 hours of total CLE general credit
This program can be applied towards the 9 Substantive Hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) required by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Please note that this program is not accredited for Professionalism hours or for the New Member Requirement
Dissemination: Materials mailed/emailed as registrations are received.
Seminar Contents:
1.00 hour = Presentation of issues and circumstances challenging the abilities of lawyers, law firms and the legal profession to understand, develop or apply common-sense paradigms governing the nature and scope of electronic discovery by principled analysis of paradigms developed over decades in the paper era.
1. First Hour:
01. Sedona Conference-- What is it as what does it have to do with "electronic discovery"?
02. Meta data-- What is it and when/how is it discoverable?
03. Expert opinions-- Prior Drafts -- Discoverability Issues-- Electronic Issues
04. Cost/Benefit Analyses/Standards.
05.Crystal-Ball Gazing into Impact of Electronic Future on Laws & Rules of Ethics
1.00 hour = Presentation of five scenarios challenging the abilities of lawyers, law firms and the legal profession to understand, develop or apply common-sense paradigms governing the nature and scope of electronic discovery by principled analysis of paradigms developed over decades in the paper era.
2. Second Hour:
06. Email -- Electronic-Discovery Issues
07. Social Media-- Electronic Discovery Issues
08. Electronic Privacy issues.
09. Archiving & Deleting Data-- Standard Practices & Discovery issues
10.Electronic Trash versus Electronic Treasure
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2.00 hours = Total CLE credit
Presenter:
James Wrenn, Jr.
14210 Michaux View Way
Midlothian, Virginia 23113
804.378.2037 804.379.7163 (fax)
jwrenn@wrennlaw.com
Education
J.D. - University of Virginia Law School (1971)
B.A. - (History) University of Richmond (1968)
Bar Membership
Virginia State Bar: Member since 1972
Admission to Practice
Virginia Supreme Court & all inferior courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia
US District Courts for Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Positions
Virginia State Bar Counsel (1976-1977)
Virginia State Bar Special Counsel (1972-1976)
Private Practice since 1977
Academic Appointments
Adjunct Instructor on Legal Ethics, University of Richmond Law School (1978-1980)
Adjunct Professor, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University (1975-1977)
Publishing/Writing/Lecturing
Author/Lecturer (pro bono) for seminars and publications by pro-bono CLE organizations and bar associations (continually since 1975)
Author/Lecturer VLR Seminars (1986-1975) Recent Case-Law; Professional Responsibility Issues
Editor of Virginia Law Reports (VLR) (formerly VRR) (private reporting service for appellate case-law in Virginia) (1981-1995)
Affiliations
President, National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC) 1976
Virginia Sate Bar (participation on various committees not listed)
Potpourri
Major Fields of Interest: Lawyer discipline, legal ethics, reinstatement, judicial ethics, Judicial Inquiry & Review, Commission matters, expert-witness issues
