As I’ve sought out opportunities to learn about and participate in the e-discovery industry, I found a summer internship working with an e-discovery startup. Their web presence is limited right now since they are hard at work on their actual system, but I found the experience of working on the technical side of e-discovery to be eye opening and interesting.
As anyone who has worked with large electronic discovery requests knows, there are a lot of moving parts–especially from a technological perspective. Figuring out how to manage large amounts of information and then sort through it with advanced conceptual search technologies is not an easy task. Building a system to do that from the ground up is even harder.
The bulk of my summer was spent researching various aspects of e-discovery law to help make sure the programmers understood what the technology would need to do to meet legal requirements. All in all it was a great summer experience and I wish the Vault26 team the best of luck as they finalize their system.
I’m currently enrolled at the University of Richmond School of Law where I’ve been focusing on business and technology law classes. Since attending law school I have become increasingly interested in the field of electronic discovery...