Duke Law and the Electronic Discovery Institute, or EDI, have agreed to build an advanced online program on e-discovery. The partners announced the plan in Durham, North Carolina, in November 2017. They said it serves the core teaching mission of both groups.
The program is aimed at lawyers and other professionals who want deep command of e-discovery strategy and best practice in litigation. People who finish ten online courses and attend a workshop on site will earn a Duke Law Advanced eDiscovery certificate.
The new courses build on EDI’s Distance Learning Initiative, which launched in 2017. Before moving on, students first take a core set of EDI distance learning courses on the basics of e-discovery. After that come the ten new courses, produced jointly by Duke Law and EDI. They cover advanced strategy and practice for both defendants and plaintiffs.
Finally, the program ends with a workshop at Duke Law School in Durham. There, participants take a close look at the practical problems that practitioners face in their daily work.
Once the program opens, law school faculty, leading e-discovery practitioners and industry experts will teach the courses. Release is planned for 2018, though work on the curriculum has already begun.
Duke Law and EDI are also looking for volunteers from a range of communities. Those volunteers would contribute content and help shape the program while it is still taking form.