UF Law E-Discovery Project

An e-discovery expert will discuss the future of information retrieval in electronic discovery.

Professor Douglas W. Oard, of the University of Maryland College of Information Studies and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, will visit the UF Law e-discovery class at 1 p.m. Sept. 12 in Holland 270. The talk is open to all UF students, faculty and staff.

Oard has played an important role in bringing advanced information retrieval practices into electronic discovery. His contribution is memorialized in the hit documentary “The Decade of Discovery.”

  The Fall 2016 Distinguish E-Discovery Speaker is Professor Steven Gensler from Oklahoma University College of Law. Professor Gensler topic is “How E-Discovery Brought All Discovery Back to Its Senses.” Professor Gensler’s presentation will take place on October 10, 2016 at the Chesterfield Smith Memorial Classroom on the law school campus. The presentation will also […]

The 5th Annual E-Discovery Conference will be held on March 30, 2017 on the law school campus and streamed live. Mark your calendar and reserve the data. The Conference will continue its focus on the utilization of readily available e-discovery software tools to enhance attorney and litigation support competence in handling the mid-sized and small […]

The 2016 Conference focused on “Curing Your Data Demons with Simple and Handy Analytical Tools” featured our faculty of national experts and, as always, live software demonstrations that will elevate legal practice. Craig Ball kicked off the conference speaking on the nine basic e-discovery skills every attorney must have. The conference also featured a judicial […]

Distinguished Speaker Series presents “Law Enforcement Access to Your Data: Cellphone, Computers, the Internet and the Fourth Amendment” featuring the Honorable James C. Francis We are very pleased to announce that United States Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV will be our E-Discovery Distinguished Speaker on November 2, 2015. Magistrate Judge Francis’ presentation will be […]

E-Discovery Executive Director Bill Hamilton featured in Exterro’s Spring 2016 E-Discovery Case Law Update Webcast. Watch here.

E-Discovery Executive Director Bill Hamilton Interviews Ian Campbell of iConect managing video ESI in the UF E-Discovery Tech Features Series.

Watch here.

Bill Hamilton was interviewed on Legal Talk Network about the pedagogical strategies we are deploying in the electronic discovery course and the use of the Catalyst Secure e-discovery software and related exercises, videos, and assessments.

Listen to the interview here.

See the interview here.

This one-hour webinar took place on September 15th. Presenters and panel guests discussed new practice imperatives, duties and obligations under the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including discovery proportionality requirements and the degree of culpability required to impose sanctions. The webinar panel featured Gary Jones, U.S. Magistrate Judge, the Honorable Ralph […]