Access to justice is a basic tenet of the legal system, and it extends beyond the ability to obtain entry into a building. It takes into account equal access to representation, programs, services, and careers. Technological innovations allow individuals to communicate in real time across geographical boundaries, to share and receive information in seconds, and bring communities together in open and secure environments. When that technology and innovation is applied to the legal community, how does its impact affect those trying to access justice and the legal community?
This judges fireside chat will provide judicial perspectives on the evolution of access to the legal profession and the courts. This discussion will touch on innovative approaches to bring the courts to the people, and the role of education and technology in support of access to both the system and within it with the goal of balancing the scales for all.
Evolution of Access to the Legal Profession
Landscape of Courts and Legal Services
Access to Justice and Keeping the Scales Balanced
How Technology is Revolutionizing the Law and Legal Services
Deloitte is pleased to host this discussion featuring the Honorable Michelle Rick, Michigan Court of Appeals, and Judge Jeanne Robison, Salt Lake City Justice Court, Utah for a panel discussion moderated by Doug Austin, Editor in Chief of eDiscovery Today.
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Ronald J. Hedges, J.D., is a Senior Counsel with Dentons US LLP. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey from 1986 to 2007. Mr. Hedges is a frequent writer and speaker on various topics related to, among other things, electronic information and is the lead author of Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition (Federal Judicial Center: 2017), https://www.fjc.gov/content/323370/managing-discovery-electronic-information-third-edition. He is also the Co-Senior Editor of The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation: Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition, https://thesedonaconference.org/sites/default/files/Judicial%20Resources%20publication%20announcement.pdf and is the Editor of Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Actions: Representative Court Decisions and Supplementary Materials, hosted by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office at Understanding electronic information in criminal investigations and actions | Mass.gov. His full biography is available at https://www.dentons.com/en/ronald-hedges.
Doug Austin is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients. Doug has published a daily blog since 2010 and has written numerous articles and white papers, receiving the JD Supra Readers Choice Award as a Top eDiscovery Author and Top Cybersecurity Author. Doug has presented at numerous webcasts, events and conferences, including Legaltech New York, ILTACON, Relativity Fest, University of Florida E-Discovery Conference, Masters Conference and many local and regional conferences.
John M. Facciola was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of Columbia in 1997. Prior to being appointed to the bench, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan from 1969-1973, and was in private practice in the District of Columbia from 1974-1982. Judge Facciola joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 1982 and served as Chief of the Special Proceedings section from 1989 until his appointment as Magistrate Judge. Judge Facciola is a frequent lecturer and speaker on the topic of electronic discovery. Judge Facciola is a member of the Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute Advisory Board and the Sedona Conference awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received the Shira A. Scheindlin Lifetime Achievement Award.
He is also the former Editor in Chief of The Federal Courts Law Review, the electronic law journal of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. His publications include:
Hon. John M. Facciola, Chapter 10, E-Discovery and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Relating to Electronic Data in Daniel B. Garrie, Plugged In: Guidebook to Software and the Law (2018).
Hon. John M. Facciola, with Kimberly Williams, Peter McCann & Vincent M. Catanzaro, The Legal Technology Guidebook (2017).
Hon. John M. Facciola, Let’s Trash ‘Data Dump’ Litigation Ploys, ABA Journal, October 5, 2018.
Hon. John Facciola and Lindsey Barrett, Law of the Foal: Careful Steps Towards Digital Competence in Proposed Rules 902(13) and 902(14), 1 Geo. l. Tech. Rev. 1 (2016).
John M. Facciola, A Judicial Perspective: Technological Competence and the the Law Schools, Journal of the Professional Lawyer 119 (2015).
Hon. John M. Facciola and Phil Favro, Safeguarding the Seed Set: Why Seed Set Documents May Be Entitled to Work Product Protection, 2015 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 8 (February 2015).
John M. Facciola, Foreword, David M. Greenwald, Robert R. Stuffer, and Erin R. Schrantz, Testimonial Privileges (2015).
John M. Facciola, Foreword, Maura R. Grossman & Gordon V. Cormack, The Grossman-Cormack Glossary of Technology-Assisted Review, 2013 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 7 (January 2013).
Hon. John M. Facciola & Jonathan M. Redgrave, Asserting and Challenging Privilege Claims in Modern Litigation: The Facciola-Redgrave Framework, 2009 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 4 (November 2009).
Hon. John M. Facciola, Sailing on Confused Seas: Privilege Waiver and the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2006 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 6 (Sept. 2006).
Hon. John M. Facciola, A History of Electronic Discovery in Michael D. Berman, Courtney Ingraffia Barton, and Paul W. Grimm (eds.) Managing E-Discovery and ESI From Pre-Litigation Through Trial (2011).
He received his A.B. from the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. from Georgetown.
He was awarded the Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award for the 2016-2017 Graduate Program year.
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IN THE NEWS
JANUARY 8, 2019
Zapproved LLC ANNOUNCED on January 8, 2019 Adjunct Professor John Facciola as the 2019 recipient of Hon. Shira Scheindlin Lifetime Achievement Award.
JUNE 17, 2016
“FACCIOLA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT EDISCOVERY'S NEW FACES, RULES,” coverage in Bloomberg BNA, June 17, 2016, quoting Adjunct Professor John M. Facciola.
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
“HON. JOHN M. FACCIOLA, RETIRED UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO SPEAK AT THE KC EVENT,” coverage in PR.com, February 4, 2016, featuring Adjunct Professor John M. Facciola (L'69).
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Ronald J. Hedges, J.D., is a Senior Counsel with Dentons US LLP. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey from 1986 to 2007. Mr. Hedges is a frequent writer and speaker on various topics related to, among other things, electronic information and is the lead author of Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition (Federal Judicial Center: 2017), https://www.fjc.gov/content/323370/managing-discovery-electronic-information-third-edition. He is also the Co-Senior Editor of The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation: Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition, https://thesedonaconference.org/sites/default/files/Judicial%20Resources%20publication%20announcement.pdf and is the Editor of Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Actions: Representative Court Decisions and Supplementary Materials, hosted by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office at Understanding electronic information in criminal investigations and actions | Mass.gov. His full biography is available at https://www.dentons.com/en/ronald-hedges.
Ronald J. Hedges, J.D., is a Senior Counsel with Dentons US LLP. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey from 1986 to 2007. Mr. Hedges is a frequent writer and speaker on various topics related to, among other things, electronic information and is the lead author of Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition (Federal Judicial Center: 2017), https://www.fjc.gov/content/323370/managing-discovery-electronic-information-third-edition. He is also the Co-Senior Editor of The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation: Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition, https://thesedonaconference.org/sites/default/files/Judicial%20Resources%20publication%20announcement.pdf and is the Editor of Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Actions: Representative Court Decisions and Supplementary Materials, hosted by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office at Understanding electronic information in criminal investigations and actions | Mass.gov. His full biography is available at https://www.dentons.com/en/ronald-hedges.
The Honorable Michelle Rick was elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals in November 2020 and began her term of service representing the 4th Judicial District in January 2021. Judge Rick served as a trial judge from 2007–2020 for the 29th Circuit Court, comprising Clinton and Gratiot Counties. Before that, Judge Rick worked briefly as a private practitioner before transitioning to a career in public service. That service included working as an assistant prosecutor, as a senior assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan, and as deputy legal counsel to Michigan’s Governor Jennifer M. Granholm.
Judge Rick is a graduate of Michigan State University and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. She is a member of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society. Judge Rick is a former district director for the National Association of Women Judges and current Vice President of District Directors. She is the president of the Michigan Judges Association and a member of the State Bar of Michigan Judicial Council. Judge Rick has served as a member of the State Bar of Michigan Limited-Scope Representation Workgroup and to the State Bar of Michigan Affordable Legal Services Committee. Judge Rick is a committee member of the State Bar of Michigan Corrections and Prisons Section and the State Bar’s Judicial Council.
In 2015, the Women Lawyers Association of Mid-Michigan awarded Judge Rick the Carolyn A. Stell Award. In January 2019, the Michigan Supreme Court recognized Judge Rick as a judge who gives back and makes a difference. In 2020, the State Bar of Michigan awarded Judge Rick and select University of Detroit Mercy School of Law faculty and students the Kimberly M. Cahill Bar Leadership Award. The award was given for creating and executing “Project Access,” a traveling expungement clinic that brought expungement relief to six rural communities in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula. In 2022, the National Association of Women Judges awarded Judge Rick the Vaino Spencer Award for outstanding leadership in promoting the vision, core values and mission of NAWJ.
Judge Rick teaches courses concerning access to justice at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and she is a Michigan State Bar Foundation Fellow and an American Bar Foundation Fellow. Judge Rick is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at various statewide and local law-related events. Judge Rick is married to her college sweetheart, Matthew, and they have 4 adult children.
Judge Jeanne Robison has served the Salt Lake City Justice Court since 2005. She earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Brigham Young University in 1986 and a J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in 1994.
Prior to taking the bench, Judge Robison worked as an Assistant City Prosecutor for Salt Lake City from 1995 through 2005. As an attorney she served on the Utah State Bar Needs of Children Committee and on the Board of Directors of the Multi-Cultural Legal Center.
Judge Robison previously chaired the Justice Court Education Curriculum Subcommittee as well as serving as the Education Chair for justice court judges of the Third Judicial District. She currently serves on the Expungement Workgroup for Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Council and on the Utah Administrative Office of the Courts Standing Committee on Pretrial Release and Supervision. Judge Robison participates in County sponsored “Expungement Days” in order to facilitate the expungement process for those who qualify. She also facilitates the participation of the Salt Lake City Justice Court at yearly Homeless Connect events and at monthly Homeless Resources Fairs conducted throughout the city. Seasonally she facilitates “Kayak Court,” bringing court services by boat or bicycle to those encamped in Salt Lake City along the Jordan River. Along with rest of the Salt Lake City Justice Court, Judge Robison is currently participating in a study with Harvard University on juror bias. Judge Robison and her colleagues at the Salt Lake City Justice Court view court not as a physical building, but as a service provided to the community.