TRU Staffing Partners Announces Recipients of 2013 Scholarship Program

April 8, 2013 - PRLog -- New York –  TRU Staffing Partners, a leading search firm representing talent and opportunities in the e-discovery and litigation support space, today announces the recipients of the highly sought-after 2013 scholarships for legal technology training and education.

This is the second year TRU Staffing Partners has offered the Scholarship Program. The Scholarship Program Advisory Board, consisting of industry experts and AmLaw 200 hiring managers, came together to anonymously assess applications based on key criteria such as professionalism, written communication, technical aptitude, passion for the industry and articulation of thought.

Recipients were notified last week. Below is a listing of the scholarships and the recipients of each:

Document Technologies, Inc./LitWorks™
•   Six full scholarships in 2013 to attend the Certified Litigation Support Professional program – a four-day course. Recipients are:
Mark Calaguas – Santee, CA
Josh Levy – Montclair, NJ
Nancy Blandford – Atlanta, GA
Chassidy King – Chicago, IL
Jared Brown – Watauga, TX
Brian Rawson – Florham Park, NJ

•   Six full scholarships in 2013 to attend the Certified Litigation Support Project Manager program – a three-day course. Recipients are:
Marina Penrose – Palmdale, CA
Joel Leon – Carteret, NJ
Nancy Blandford – Atlanta, GA
Fabian Menendez – New York, NY
Mark Miller – Santee, CA
Regina Brooks – Merrillville, IN

In addition, after courses are completed two of the scholarship recipients will be selected for six-month paid internships with DTI as entry-level litigation support analysts.

Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies Paralegal Program
•   Two full scholarships to attend the Advanced Litigation & Trial Technology course – a 32-hour course. Recipients are:
Yanira van den Broeck Nieves – Washington, DC
Amanda Swafford – Flowery Branch, GA

•   One full scholarship to attend the e-Discovery course – a 32-hour course. Recipient is:
Ian Deitz – Baltimore, MD

•   One full scholarship to attend the Legal Project Management course – a 42-hour course. Recipient is:
Jennifer McNinch – Arlington, VA

LIU Post Paralegal Studies Program
•   A full scholarship to attend a brand-new Litigation Support/e-Discovery course – a 35-hour course. Recipient is:
Bennett Katz – Woodland Park, NJ

Bryan University
•   Partial scholarships to the e-Discovery Project Management Certificate Program, an eight-month curriculum, are still pending and will be announced at a later date.

Learn About e-Discovery
•   One 30-hour lesson plan. Recipient is:
Augustine Porras – Bellflower, CA

•   One 10-hour lesson plan. Recipient is:
Ruth Campuzano – Los Angeles, CA

In addition, eDiscovery Journal will select recipients of the scholarship program to document their experience on the eDiscovery Journal blog – http://ediscoveryjournal.com/blog/. Several recipients will be followed over time, and their experiences in the program will be tracked, as well as their career trajectory in the e-discovery industry following completion of their education.

“We are so proud to help get education to the growing community of aspiring e-discovery professionals,” states Jared Coseglia, president of TRU Staffing Partners. “In just two years we have delivered over 30 scholarships and witnessed several of our scholarship recipients successfully leverage their education to get jobs in e-discovery! TRU, and all our scholarship partners, are deeply committed to educating the next generation of talent in the legal technology community and assisting them with job placement and career management. In 2014, we hope to provide over 40 new scholarships from our existing and expanding portfolio of educational partners.”

If you are a technology company or educational organization that would like to participate in this program in the future, please contact Andrew Brody, TRU Staffing Partners COO.

About TRU Staffing Partners
TRU Staffing Partners (www.trustaffingpartners.com) was founded in 2010 and is a leading search firm representing talent and opportunities in the legal technology industry, with an emphasis on e-discovery, forensics, and litigation support staffing. The company works with AmLaw 200, Fortune 1000 and e-discovery service providers to bring unparalleled personalized career consulting and staffing services to the growing community of professionals working in e-discovery. TRU also sponsors a one-of-a-kind e-discovery Scholarship Program bringing much needed education and training to the industry.