By developing competence in e-discovery, paralegals position themselves to provide advice and guidance to attorneys who can then in turn sell the workflow benefits of e-discovery to their firms' clients.

In order to succeed in this area, paralegals must spend some time in “the trenches” learning from their own cases and the situations faced by others paralegals, speaking directly with service providers, reading newsletters, and doing online research to develop a working knowledge of this and its particular set of challenges and issues.

The Legaco Express has done some research in order to put together a few e-discovery resources that allow our readers to get started, to stay current, or simply learn more about e-discovery:

1. ABC's of E-Discovery
   A blog by a paralegal for paralegals about the role of technology in e-discovery and document management.
2. InfoGovernance Engagement Area
   News, views, discussions, and data associated with the field of electronic discovery by Rob Robinson, a technology marketer.
3. DiscoveryResources.org
   A one-stop shop Internet resource on electronic discovery,where you can find almost anything you want about electronic discovery.
4. Ediscovery Trends
   A blog focusing on developments in the eDiscovery and litigation support software marketplace.
5. eDiscovery Journal
   Information, advice, and perspectives on hot eDiscovery news, trends, and best practices.
6. Fios e-Discovery Knowledge Center
   Free webcasts on demand with, for example, Electronic Discovery 101 for Litigation Support and Paralegals.
7. The e-Disclosure Information Project
   The e-Disclosure Information Project is run by Chris Dale, a former commercial litigation partner turned e-Disclosure consultant. It contains articles and comments on eDisclosure and other aspects of litigation support
8. Applied Discovery
   Home of white papers, articles, case summaries, model forms and more. You can view cases by topic, jurisdiction or in alphabetical order.  You can also sign up for e-mail alerts when new case summaries are added to the library.
9. LTN Law Technology News
   ALM uses this page as a handy place to collect its electronic discovery articles from across its many publications.
10. Association for Information Management Professionals
    This association offers loads of great information on electronic records, compliance, and risk management. Note: you’ll have to pay for most of the publications offered here.

For those of our readers who have already some experience in this field, please share with the community in the comment section below what are your favorite websites and resources in the field of e-discovery are.

Introduction to e-Discovery: New Cases, Ideas, and Techniques begins with a fundamental premises that teams are the most efficient and effective way to do e-discovery. An e-Discovery team is an interdisciplinary group of lawyers and IT technicians, usually joined by one or more representatives of business management. The book explains in a step-by-step fashion how this team should be assembled, and how the various tasks of electronic discovery can be more easily accomplished using the team.