cicayda announces the opening of the eDiscovery Institute & Review Center at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In perfect step with cicayda's premium delivery of software and services in eDiscovery, cicayda announces the opening of the eDiscovery Institute & Review Center at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. The eDiscovery Institute & Review Center marks an historic, immediate step into the future of legal education and a better managed review opportunity for corporations and law firms needing outsourced eDiscovery or contract review. The eDiscovery Institute & Review Center features a state of the art review facility, on campus, with the latest technology, an expert project management staff, and top security. The partnership combines one of the USA's leading law schools and universities with one of the World's cutting edge legal technology and services companies.

Henry C. Strickland, Dean of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, states: "I am excited about this innovative partnership between cicayda and Cumberland School of Law.  It provides an unprecedented opportunity to bring cutting edge legal technology into our law school.  It will provide our graduates employment and experience with fast-changing 21st century legal systems, and it will provide our students and faculty unmatched opportunities to engage with and understand the role of technology in our legal system."

Co-Founder and CEO of cicayda, Roe Frazer is really excited, too. "As a Cumberland graduate, it is thrilling to see my Law School take such a leap into the here and now of the practice of law. Like a number of law schools looking to the future of a challenging profession, Cumberland is pushing its students to understand business and technology. Cicayda wants to empower recent graduates to operate fluidly in a legal environment that is being transformed by technology, giving them DIY opportunities heretofore absent.  With the marketplace shifting, schools have increasingly come under fire for being out of touch, but Cumberland is challenging this notion by partnering with cicayda to give their graduates a huge advantage and opportunity."

Cicayda has experience working with many review tools including our own, Reprise. Our metrics and reports are designed to keep clients apprised of pace and budget on a daily basis. Our executives offer 180+ years of experience in litigation and eDiscovery, including planning and staffing reviews and have worked with the industry's most recognized companies. Cicayda's efforts will be led by its Associate General Counsel and EVP, Chelsey Johnson, and SVP, Abby Rosenbloom. One difference that cicayda will bring to the managed document review arena is enhanced productivity via better and faster technology coupled with lawyers who are expert in using that technology. This makes managed document review more affordable, one of the hallmarks of the Cumberland Review & Technology Center.

The Cumberland School of Law eDiscovery Institute & Review Center offers clients a total eDiscovery review solution, including but not limited to the following;

• Reporting  - Daily metrics provided for better communication and transparent budgeting.
• Project Management - Our experienced team can assist with creating a customizable workflow and quality control process. We are experts with word search and batching to increase rate of review and accuracy rates. 
• Defensibility – Each step of the cicayda workflow including metrics and question logs are documented providing you with a defensible review at the end of the process.
• Attractive Cost – This unique partnership with Cumberland School of Law allows cicayda to present a secure infrastructure, computers on site, and an entire IT department with the cost savings passed on to our clients.
• Review center features include:
  • Parking on premises;
  • Security on premises;
  • Computers on premises with ability to be locked down and secured;
  • Extended hours of operation available 7 days a week;
  • Kitchen and vending facilities onsite and cafeteria and coffee shops on campus

On the campus of Samford University in Cumberland School of Law's World-class Lucille Beeson Law Library, the eDiscovery Institute & Review Center will assist students in not only mastering legal technology, but also provide them with new opportunities in the marketplace. In connection with the Center, cicayda and the Cumberland Law School will collaborate on new courses in the law school and certificate programs in areas such as technology, information governance, compliance, project management, and eDiscovery. It is also envisioned that cicayda will assist the Cumberland Law School in CLE programs designed to educate practicing lawyers in these same areas. cicayda will hire recent law school graduates in addition to experienced lawyers to staff the Center.

About cicayda

cicayda delivers hosted eDiscovery software applications, professional managed litigation support services, and eDiscovery consulting and auditing. cicayda is led by experienced legal technology executives,  CEO Roe Frazer and CTO Jason Cox, and eDiscovery pros with a combined 180 years of litigation experience.  cicayda's disruptive  eDiscovery apps include litigation hold management, data culling and processing, early case assessment, review, production, production analysis, search, and advanced natural language text analytics.  cicayda's eDiscovery software exhibits best-in-class speed and ease of use, while empowering intelligent lawyering. We offer experienced doc review attorneys or paralegals in our turnkey review space centrally located in Birmingham Al, managed by industry specialists. We deliver better value and quality, transparently, with no up-front fees and no long-term contracts. Make your move and discover the cicayda difference.

About Samford University's Cumberland School of Law

Samford University's Cumberland School of Law is located in Birmingham, Ala., and is one of the oldest law schools in the Nation—established in 1847. At formation, when legal study was conducted by apprenticeship or through lectures, the law school pioneered an instructional method based on intensive trial practice. Today, the law school is one of the smallest American Bar Association accredited law schools in the nation by design. It continues to focus on teaching practical lawyering skills. In 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked Cumberland School of Law 6th in the nation for Trial Advocacy. In the past 167 years, the law school has produced more than 12,000 accomplished alumni including two U.S. Supreme Court justices, several governors, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull (known as the Father of the United Nations), and numerous federal, state and local judges.

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