Advisory Board member and alumnus John Bace quoted in recent e-discovery article

EDD Providers Adapt to a Down Economy

By Jason Krause
Special to Law.com
October 12, 2009

There's an unusual dichotomy in the e-discovery industry right now. Industry observers see scores of e-discovery companies that have folded or disappeared as part of an industry shakeout, but at the same time there is agreement that there is still a growing opportunity to be had despite a slow economy.
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In addition to controlling technology decisions to their benefit, lawyers are learning the art of project management. "There are two things they don't teach in law school; project management and collaboration," says John Bace, research vice president of Gartner. "I talk to clients who stick with vendors who are technically inept so long as they're great project managers. The only way to control costs is to manage all phases of discovery."

Professor Mark Wojcik Nominated as Chair-Elect of the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

Congratulations to Professor Wojcik, who was recently nominated by the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research for the 2010 Section office of Chair-elect.

"Mark E. Wojcik (The John Marshall Law School--Chicago) is the nominee for Chair-elect. He is currently serving as Section Secretary. Mark has been in legal academia since 1992 and has wide experience across AALS Sections, legal writing organizations, and ABA sections. His collaboration with people from many sectors of legal education well-positions him to assist incoming Chair Martha Pagliari in managing the business of the Section..."

The full article is available here: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2009/10/aals-section-nominees.html

Adjunct Faculty Patrick Zeller Featured in the Chicago Law Bulletin

Congrats to Patrick Zeller, a member of our adjunct faculty here at the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law! Patrick is featured in the Oct. 2 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

To view the full story, “How a lawyer became ‘the computer guy’,” visit http://www.jmls.edu/news/9010%20LB%20reprint%20Zeller.pdf