FORMAT/STYLE
eCourseware / Self-paced online course or Instructor Led Training
DURATION
30 Hours
INTENDED AUDIENCE
- eDiscovery Analysts
- eDiscovery Project managers
- eDiscovery Consultants
- eDiscovery Technicians/Specialists
- Digital Investigators
- Project Administrators
- litigation support professionals
- information managers
- IT and computer forensic experts of all kinds
- eDiscovery vendors employees
Prerequisite
The main requirement for participating in this training course is having a general knowledge of the eDiscovery concepts.
REGISTRATION
Become a CeDA – Certified eDiscovery Analyst
The Certified eDiscovery Analyst (CeDA) Course is your gateway to mastering the tools, techniques, and frameworks that make outstanding eDiscovery pros indispensable in today’s data-driven legal environment.
This dynamic, vendor-neutral training program is built specifically for technicians, analysts, IT specialists, and digital investigators — giving you practical skills you can apply immediately on real-world eDiscovery projects. From understanding core electronic discovery concepts to working with essential software and uncovering actionable insights from digital evidence, this course puts industry practice into your hands.
Learning Outcomes
You’ll learn how to:
- Describe the fundamentals of eDiscovery and electronically stored information (ESI)
- Explain the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and its stages
- Identify legal obligations related to preservation, collection, review, and production
- Recognize how organizational, technical, and jurisdictional factors impact eDiscovery workflows
- Understand the role of common eDiscovery hardware and software tools
- Interpret and analyze metadata to extract meaningful information
- Perform basic data identification, inventory, and collection activities defensibly
- Demonstrate foundational knowledge of leading eDiscovery platforms and technologies
- Understand principles of forensic preservation and basic data recovery
- Evaluate eDiscovery software solutions based on functionality and use case
- Identify common risks and pitfalls in eDiscovery projects, including spoliation and sanctions
- Apply industry best practices and standards to support defensible eDiscovery processes
Syllabus
What is eDiscovery and electronic store information (ESI)
ESI such as: Emails, Text and SMS messages, Social media communications, Digital photos and videos, Instant messages, Global positioning data, IoT devices, and more
Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)
Electronic Discovery Reference Model – Stages and Stages Standards
Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) – Limitations
E-Discovery Process Influencers: Size and Nature of the Company, Industry, Data Infrastructure, Location/Jurisdiction
The Hardware and Software Essentials
Concordance Basic Functions – Database Use in eDiscovery and the Law
Audio, Audacity – Enhancing Audio and Detecting Alterations in Audio Files, Placing labels inside an audio file, Using Onenote to index an audio file
Searching the Web for eDiscovery Information
Examining Metadata in eDiscovery to Uncover Hidden Information Using Metadata Viewer and Other tools
Inventorying Data on Hard drives, Disks and Sticks – Software for eDiscovery Archiving and Examination – Including DOS commands and DirectoryLister
Relativity as an E discovery Tool – the Basics
Nuix Software and Its Use in eDiscovery
Recovering Deleted Files Using Prodiscovery and other tools
Making Forensic Copies of Hard Drives and Backing Up E discovery data
Creating eDiscovery Databases Using MS Access
The Sedona Principles and Critical Software and Hardware Related to these Principles
The computer software utilized in “eDiscovery” to assure both conformity to these principles and to uncover “edetails” relevant to the litigation are the focus of this webinar series.
The essential tools for uncovering, preserving, analyzing and documenting electronic (computerized/digital) data will be presented. Demonstration of how to detect altered electronic data
ISO/IEC 27050
Evaluating eDiscovery Software Providers
Evaluating eDiscovery Offerings: Cost, Features, Security, Deployment Options, Reviews
Team Organisation and Operational Issues
Spoliation and Sanctions
eDiscovery and the Right to Delete
Location of discovered data – As an issue
Lawyers – The Good, Bad and the Ugly
Discovery requirements and common mistakes
Establish key best practices
- Focus on employee involvement
- Ensure that IT and legal understand each
- Develop good eDiscovery policies.
- Implementing deletion policies
- The importance of litigation holds.
- Implement the right technologies
Case Assessment / Quiz / Practical and Demos
Best practice recommendations