qualified professionals. “There is a shortage of qualified eDiscovery personnel capable of handling workload. Con- sumers and providers alike expressed concern over the shortage of experienced, competent people. This concern shows no sign of abating.”
In How to Land a Great Litigation Job, Netzer points out that positioning yourself with the right experience and training is the basis for landing the job that you seek.
Software programs you need to know To begin with, knowledge of as many litigation support software programs as you can competently learn is impor- tant. In How to Land, Netzer prepared a chart of programs you may be asked to know when applying for a litigation support position. Just a few of the more common pro- grams include:
ABBYY Acronis Atlas
Attenex Arcserve
Autonomy
CaseLogistix CaseMap Catalyst
Clearwell
Concordance Discover-e
Discovery Cracker Doculex
Documatrix Documentum DT Search
Microsoft Word MOBILedit MS Access
MS Office Applications MS Outlook NeedleFinder .Net
Nuix
Opticon Oracle
Sanction SIMCon
Trial Director Wave
EnCase Equivio Excel
Externo Extractiva
First Advantage FTK FYI
Ghost
Groupwise Helix
Iconect IPRO
JFS Litigators Kazeon
Lexis/Nexis LAW
Peraben
Perl Scripting Pinpoint
PowerPoint ProDiscover
Project-a-Phone Recomind Relativity Ringtail
Robocopy Safecopy Textmap
VB Scripting Westlaw
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Common software programs change rapidly in this field. At the same time, new ones are introduced on a regular basis and older ones are updated with new versions quickly. Staying on top of these programs is critical to your success.
“Raises are not as
important as the title. You can
leverage the title and
take it with you when you leave.”
Identifying Job Descriptions Job descriptions for this relatively new field are all over the board. As an emerging field, there are no set job descriptions and titles can be made up from firm to firm.
“What may pass for a high-level position in one firm,” says Netzer, “may be a lower level position in another. Read the job descriptions carefully. A litigation support analyst in one organization may be a supervising position calling for a law degree while the same title may mean less education and experience in another.”
You may be performing a litigation support func- tion now, only without the title. If so, and your goal is to move into the litigation support field, go to your supervisor and ask for the title. Remember, sometimes raises are not as important as getting the title. You can always leverage the title to get a new position and take it with you when you leave.
Sample Job Descriptions
“Look carefully at each job description and match your skills to the description rather than the title,” cautions Nezter. Here are just a few of many var- ied job descriptions provided in the book:
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