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Litigation Support/eDiscovery Analysts

Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits

Some employers hire entry-level litigation support/eDiscovery professionals straight out of paralegal education or other allied law postsecondary programs and provide them with extensive training. Other employers require their analysts to have several years of experience as paralegals or legal assistants or experience in litigation support/eDiscovery in these or other positions.

To be successful in this career, litigation support/eDiscovery analysts must have expertise in using document management, trial presentation, and data analytics software; computer graphics applications; basic office equipment (e.g., scanners, fax machines); and other technology. They must be familiar with litigation and eDiscovery processes and be able to effectively troubleshoot technical and data analytics–related issues. Important soft skills for analysts include excellent communication and interpersonal skills because they frequently interact with lawyers, their eDiscovery/litigation support colleagues, software vendors, and clients; strong problem-solving and organizational ability; patience; tenacity; a detail-oriented personality; the ability to multitask; and excellent project management skills.