E-Discovery Industry Memberships

Clearwell Systems wants to create the best quality e-discovery products and services for legal e-discovery and corporate investigations. To that end, we firmly believe in working with industry organizations and adhering to electronic discovery standards wherever possible. Where legal electronic discovery standards and organizations don't exist, we've helped to create them, as in the case with several Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) projects. Listed below is more information about the e-discovery organizations and standards that Clearwell Systems proudly supports.

	The ACEDS is the first membership organization devoted to the professional interests of the entire e–discovery community. Its mission is to enhance competence through a certification that is extended to candidates who successfully complete a rigorous psychometrically–sound examination to achieve the Certified E–Discovery Specialist, or CEDS designation. ACEDS also provides high quality online and live training, connects ACEDS members with experts through various forums to facilitate the exchange of ideas and solutions to problems, and produces practical, timely information.
	The Electronic Discovery Reference Model Project (EDRM) follows an open process to develop a reference model describing the concepts and relationships that comprise the electronic discovery solutions and processes. The Electronic Discovery Reference Model will provide a common, flexible and extensible framework for the development, selection, evaluation and use of electronic discovery products and services. Independent consultants George Socha (Socha Consulting, LLC) and Tom Gelbmann (Gelbmann & Associates) organized the project and will serve as project managers through its completion.
	ILTA is the premier peer networking organization, providing information to members to maximize the value of technology in the support of the legal profession.  ILTA's international membership comprises firms of all sizes and all areas of practice, each sharing a common need to have access to the latest information about products and support services that impact the legal profession worldwide.
	The Sedona Conference is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) research and educational institute dedicated to the advanced study of law and policy in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation, e-discovery, and intellectual property rights. Through a combination of Conferences, Working Groups, and the magic of dialogue, The Sedona Conference seeks to move the law forward in a reasoned and just way. The Sedona Conference succeeds through the generous contributions of time by its faculties and Working Group members, and is able to fund its operations primarily through the financial support of its members, conference registrants, and sponsorships.
	TREC: The Text REtrieval Conference (TREC), co–sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and U.S. Department of Defense, was started in 1992 as part of the TIPSTER Text program. Its purpose was to support research within the information retrieval community by providing the infrastructure necessary for large–scale evaluation of text retrieval methodologies. Clearwell is proud to participate in our third year with TREC.
	Women in eDiscovery was founded on May 2, 2007. In just one year, Women in eDiscovery has grown internationally to over 1,800 members with new members from all over the world joining daily. At present time, there are over 20 Chapters with regular meetings with new Chapters forming monthly.