EVENTS

Jennifer Keough, CEO of JND, was one of five experts to speak on a panel entitled "Best Practice in Settling Class Actions and Addressing Parallel Opt Out Litigation" at the ABA's 30th Annual Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Conference. The session outlined key issues impacting class action settlements and offered practical tips for achieving settlement approval amid changing standards. Keough was joined on stage by attorneys from Baron & Budd, P.C.; Beasley Allen; Blood Hurst & O’Reardon, LLP; and Shook, Hardy & Bacon.

Join JND eDiscovery and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter of Women in eDiscovery (WiE) as we learn the three steps to self-assurance from event speaker Kristi Hemmer, founder and president of the Academy for Women's Empowerment (aWe) and author of Quit Being So Good: Stories of an Unapologetic Woman.

JND is sponsoring a Minnesota Association of Litigation Support Professionals (MALSP) panel discussion on trends and transformations in legal operations. Panelists from Relativity, Lucid, Securian Financial, Maslon LLP and Prime Therapeutics will weigh in on their organization’s legal operations process management, changes in spending and budget allocation, legal tech initiatives, strategic partnerships and DEI initiatives. This is a virtual event and all are welcome to attend.

JND is an Equality Sponsor of the Bar Foundation’s annual Access to Justice Awards Benefit, an event that directly supports the Philadelphia public interest community by ensuring funding for the Foundation’s grants programs benefitting nearly 40 nonprofit legal aid organizations. The event honors the recipients of the 2021 Philadelphia Bar Foundation, Pro Bono and Trailblazer for Justice awards, and is open for all to attend virtually. Join us!

JND is sponsoring the 2021 Cambridge Forum on Defense Class Action Litigation (“the Forum”), an invitation-only, three-day forum for class action litigators and in-house counsel selected by the Forum Steering Committee to examine and discuss today’s most relevant issues in defense class action litigation.

The annual three-day eDiscovery and compliance conference begins on October 4th, and will again be virtual for 2021. JND eDiscovery has received its fourth consecutive Innovation Award nomination, this year for our Virtual Helpdesk app, and JND VP of eDiscovery and Analytics, Ben Sexton, is featured in the opening keynote. Registration is free. Activities include breakout sessions, panel discussions, hands-on exercises, networking, and workflow tips.

Balancing your home, work, and personal lives can be challenging and downright difficult! In this upcoming Stellar Women Workshop, JND eDiscovery Director Heidi Girod joins female legal tech professionals from Relativity and FTI Consulting for a 30-minute panel discussion on how to achieve balance. This workshop is open to the public and free to attend.

JND is a gold-level sponsor of the Northwest Consumer Law Center (NWCLC) Holiday Toast to Consumer Justice. The virtual event honors David Leen and Sheila O’Sullivan, two NWCLC founders and former Board members, for their immense contributions to the organization and to consumer law throughout the country.

JND Legal Administration is a supporter of E-Discovery Day, a no-cost, vendor-neutral celebration of eDiscovery that was established in 2015 to shine a light on attorneys, litigators, eDiscovery specialists, paralegals and in-house counsel who often toil behind the scenes and between the headlines. The virtual event offers educational webcasts, resources and networking opportunities for Legal GRC professionals.

JND is sponsoring the 6th Annual Complex Litigation eDiscovery Forum, an invitation-only event for plaintiffs’-side complex litigation attorneys to discuss new and developing topics in eDiscovery, share strategies and elevate best practices.

JND is sponsoring the Annual Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference (WIPL), a five-day forum facilitating women-to-women exchange globally between executives, in-house counsel and outside counsel on leadership and legal issues.

JND is sponsoring the Bar Foundation’s annual and first-ever virtual Access to Justice Awards Benefit, honoring the recipients of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and Pro Bono awards. Promoting equal access to justice since 1964, the Bar Foundation supports a broad network of pro bono attorneys and legal aid nonprofits.