RenewData to Headline Technology-Assisted Review Webinar for Organization of Legal Professionals

June 14, 2012 - PRLog -- AUSTIN, TX – RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that provides the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that its director Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D. will be presenting a CLE session on technology-assisted review for the Organization of Legal Professionals (OLP). The webinar, titled “Accelerated Document Review – TAR and Predictive Coding,” will take place on June 21 at 12:00 pm Central/1:00 pm Eastern.  Registration is complimentary and open to all interested legal and eDiscovery professionals.

With recent case law and media coverage, technology-assisted review and predictive coding have become one of the most debated practices for expediting document review. Swancy-Haslam will share best practices for accelerating document review in a timely and cost-conscious manner, discuss the pros and cons of the most common technologies and recommend an approach for minimizing risk that focuses on defensibility and transparency. Other topics tackled during the webinar include an overview of technology assisted review, a process to build a better training set, and what technology features to look for to assist you.

To register for this webinar, visit http://www.theolp.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1313798.

About Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D.

Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D., Director of Analytics Market Development at RenewData, has more than a decade of experience in eDiscovery technology and legal education. She regularly hosts CLE presentations tackling subjects that range from eDiscovery basics to complex and in-depth examinations of the latest legal developments.  At RenewData, she is responsible for educational outreach related to eDiscovery and language analytics.

A published author and the former publisher of ALM’s Texas Lawyer, she has supervised the development of many highly respected practice guides and treatises for attorneys. While at ALM’s Texas Lawyer, she helped create Executive Lawyer (now In-house Counsel), a monthly supplement to the publication focused on general counsel.  Her previous experience includes serving as director of electronic discovery services for a Dallas-based consulting firm, as a regional director at Merrill Corporation and as the vice president of business development for Engenium Corporation.

Hope received her B.A. in Communications from Baylor University in 1987 and graduated from Mississippi College School of Law in 1991.

About RenewData
RenewData is a full-service eDiscovery provider that helps corporations and law firms achieve significant time and cost savings, attain a high level of defensibility and reliability, and easily manage multiple projects for legal, regulatory and investigative matters. The company has a deep history building and applying advanced technology for eDiscovery, and has a particular expertise in review acceleration, delivering the industry’s broadest spectrum of solutions to expedite analysis of large collections of data.  Of particular note, RenewData’s Language-Based Analytics offering uniquely accelerates review without relying on artificial intelligence, delivering dramatic savings with a high level of transparency and insight into reviewer decisions.  For more information, visit http://www.renewdata.com, or call 888.811.3789.

Contact:
Hope Swancy-Haslam, JD
RenewData
Phone: 512.203.4868
hope.swancy-haslam@renewdata.com