[Asis-l] Learning about Judicial Process

[lee.s.strickland at att.net]

The College of Information Studies at University of Maryland announces the 
second offering in our Electronic Continuing Education Program in Information 
Law and Policy -- Responding to Judicial Process:  A Guide to the Unexpected.  
This course will run online from 16-27 June 2003 and provides not only a 
thorough background in the legal issues but also concrete management steps 
that should be undertaken (e.g., draft protocols and policies for your 
consideration).  In addition, ample opportunity is provided for interaction 
with the faculty through asynchronous as well as live chat discussions.  

Enrollment is open now (closes 2 June); for full information and a link to our 
secure server for registration and payment see:  
http://www.clis.umd.edu/ce/spring03/judproc.html.  Once again the course is 
available at a reduced rate of $95 (regularly $295) to members of select 
listservs.

Topics to be considered:  the forms and execution of judicial process 
including how computer searches are conducted; exigent circumstance - scope & 
expectations; the forms and execution of judicial process that issue in 
foreign intelligence investigations including required secrecy; the issue of 
jurisdiction (i.e., the reach) of courts at both the federal and state level; 
the associated subject of civil process – the rights and obligations of your 
institution vis-à-vis private litigants; the issue of voluntary disclosure; 
and the necessary management policies and protocols for responding to judicial 
process – what do we collect?  Have we preserved it?  Must we preserve it?  
Who should be notified? Who should do what?