How useful is ACEDS certification Forum

[Anonymous User]

I am a midlaw lit associate with otherwise shitty credentials. Always loved technology and liked e-discovery. How useful is getting an ACEDS certification if I want to help my options getting other options? (in house)

[TLSModBot]

Not very. I'm a 9-year veteran of E-Discovery (and just now graduating law school) - the certifications are just pieces of paper and are not really worth the money. I looked at ACEDS a while back and while it's probably the best of the bunch, it really doesn't do much for your resume.

ACEDS *might* help to a small extent with some E-Discovery vendors but firms and in-house won't, I think, give a shit.

Also where would you go in-house where Discovery experience would be a positive/matter? Not snark actually curious.

[Anonymous User]

Not very. I'm a 9-year veteran of E-Discovery (and just now graduating law school) - the certifications are just pieces of paper and are not really worth the money. I looked at ACEDS a while back and while it's probably the best of the bunch, it really doesn't do much for your resume.

ACEDS *might* help to a small extent with some E-Discovery vendors but firms and in-house won't, I think, give a shit.

Also where would you go in-house where Discovery experience would be a positive/matter? Not snark actually curious.

Thanks. I don't quite know myself. I'm just starting out and want to keep my options open. Thing is I already paid for the certification (got a huge discount) so I might as well for it. I need advice on where to go from there if at the year mark I'm not seeing real growth in my current position

[haus]

Also where would you go in-house where Discovery experience would be a positive/matter? Not snark actually curious.

The gov agency I work at (I do InfoSec work) has dedicated in-house staff working e-discovery, although I have not seen an obvious signs that they are specifically interested in any specific certification.

[TLSModBot]

The price is the only real hurdle for getting it so you might as well.

If you really like E-Discovery, E-Discovery consulting ain't a bad way to go. At a lower-level management position you're making low six figures, the workload varies but never really hits Law firm level bad (except for a couple exceptions in my career for certain batshit crazy cases that are by far the exception not the rule).

Downside is that E-Discovery is a maturing market so I'm not sure there's a long-term career in that anymore - one of the reasons I got out.

[Anonymous User]

The price is the only real hurdle for getting it so you might as well.

If you really like E-Discovery, E-Discovery consulting ain't a bad way to go. At a lower-level management position you're making low six figures, the workload varies but never really hits Law firm level bad (except for a couple exceptions in my career for certain batshit crazy cases that are by far the exception not the rule).

Downside is that E-Discovery is a maturing market so I'm not sure there's a long-term career in that anymore - one of the reasons I got out.

I like E-discovery, i like law, i just question how far i can go in the traditional law firm setting. lower 6 figures is great for me, im not even there yet at my midlaw firm. Its more of a work/life balance thing, if that is possible.