To support this effort, NALA offers a 10% discount off membership dues to employers with at least 5 members; 20% discount to employers with 6-10 members; and 25% discount for those with 11 plus more members.  An additional 2% is available to government and non-profit (501-c-3) employers.  Details may be found on the web, under “About NALA & Join.”

http://www.nala.org/employers.aspx

• Date:     August 18, 2010
• Time:     6:00 -7:00 pm
• Place:    ThompsonMcMullan Law Office
  100 Shockoe Slip
  Richmond, VA 23219

Parking instructions:

Drive down Cary Street past 13^th street (Peking Chinese Restaurant on your left), turn right onto Virginia Street, take immediate right into Colonial Parking deck.

You pay $5.00 and take a ticket for parking.  (I will validate your ticket)

Take the elevator to the “Plaza” turn left as you exit the elevator and walk out the double glass doors.

Turn to your right toward Cary Street and find the water fountain in the plaza then cross the plaza to the building with two large iron gates on the entry.  (alley is to the left of our building).

Enter the building and take the elevator to the 3^rd floor.

I will greet you in the lobby.

Michael Yager

e-Discovery: Slowing Down the Train

Friday, August 20, 2010

Noon – 1:30 pm Central Time

Conference ID – 3097

The growth of ESI and the changing Federal Rules to manage electronically stored information in litigation has encumbered law firms.  An exponential growth in the numbers of eDiscovery cases has prompted vendors to enter this market and therefore adverse to law firms.

Our very own Michael Yager will discuss the revolutionary concept of “slowing down the train” of eDiscovery while at the same time paying homage to, and complying with, the Federal Rules which govern what the courts expect from law firms in this complex area.  The theme of the presentation is how paralegals can take back control of this seemingly run-away eDiscovery.

With the realization that no one can relieve the attorney, the firm, and the paralegal of the ultimate responsibility of managing their cases, this presentation offers the tools with which paralegals can confidently take their place back in the main engine of the eDiscovery train, control the pace and speed down the tracks, and once again manage the process.

Michael Yager is a litigation paralegal at the law firm of Spotts Fain.  He has been involved in eDiscovery for nearly a decade, most recently designing and managing an ESI collection in China.  After graduating from the College of William and Mary in Virginia with an M.A. degree, he served several years with the Department of Defense.

COMPUTER BASED TESTING FALL 2010

Beginning in the fall of 2010, the CP examination will be delivered via computer based testing throughout the United States. The Certified Paralegal examination will continue to be provided in a proctored environment. NALA will be utilizing testing centers and proctors through the nationwide ACT testing network.  Visit NALA website for details.

Fredericksburg, Virginia

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