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State Bar continues webinar series with ‘Ethics of E-Discovery’


The State Bar of Michigan’s Practice Management Resource Center will continue its new webinar series with “Ethics of E-Discovery” offering presentations on the ethical use of technology, practice management, and risk management. The 60-minute webinar will take place on June 23, at 2 p.m. and features legal educator and author, Brett Burney of Burney Consultants LLC.

No litigation matter today can escape the dreaded “e” of discovery—virtually every piece of information is electronic today because of the dependance on computers and smartphones. Regardless of the size of an attorney’s firm or the focus of the practice, every lawyer needs to know how to appropriately handle the collection, preservation, review, and production of electronically stored information (ESI).

The webinar will cover these topics (and more) in this session covering the ethics of e-discovery: The duty of technology competence required for e-discovery; the differences involved with discovery of paper information vs. electronic information; how to properly review email and text messages; how to discuss the “form or forms” of production with opposing counsel.

Burney primarily helps law firms and corporate legal departments overcome their e-discovery challenges. He regularly writes for Legaltech News and American Bar Association publications and authored the “eDiscovery Buyers Guide” (free download at www.ediscoverybuyersguide.com) designed to help small- and mid-sized law firms understand the options available for their e-discovery needs.

In addition, Burney teaches lawyers how to integrate Macs and iOS devices in their practice and coauthored the ABA-published book “Macs in Law: The Definitive Guide for the Mac-Curious, Windows-Using Attorney.”

Burney served as the chair of the 2015 ABA TechShow Planning Board and regularly speaks around the country to lawyers and legal groups on a wide variety of technology-related topics.

Cost for the webinar is $25. To register, visit www.michbar.org/pmrc/webinars.

 

WMU offers prize money to students who get vaccinated
 

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A couple jabs in the arm could make college less expensive at two Michigan schools.

Western Michigan University said it will hold a series of drawings, from August to December, to give away more than $100,000 to students who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

There will be 60 winners. The biggest prizes are five worth $10,000 each. The money can be used for tuition, fees, campus housing and campus dining.

“Students need help with the cost of college, and so we felt like those would really be incentives that would speak to students,” said Diane Anderson, vice president of student affairs.

Students, of course, need to show proof of vaccination. Meanwhile, Albion College is giving a year of free tuition.


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