Practical Advice: Basics of Social Media and Other Digital Evidence

MCLE Credit: 2.0 (Ethics: 0.0)
Live-Interactive Credit: 0.0
Designation Credit: 2.0 Trial Practice/Litigation (Designations Information)
Price: $149 (Includes a downloadable audio version.)
Viewable Through: 06/30/2025

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A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the June 2023 webcast, Practical Advice: Basics of Social Media and Other Digital Evidence.


Course Outline

  • Learn the basics of acquiring, preserving, and analyzing digital evidence
  • Understand metadata, Internet history, communication artifacts, multimedia, and more
  • Get expert advice on how to counsel your client regarding electronic evidence prior to litigation
  • Find out how to get your electronic evidence before the trier of facts
  • Explore the various capabilities of digital forensics in areas of e-mail, Internet usage, cell phones, and electronic documents metadata

Attorneys must be able to properly advise their clients regarding the importance of electronic evidence prior to litigation, including the ways of obtaining needed electronic evidence for litigation and laying the proper foundation for its identification and introduction into evidence.

Presented by an attorney and a digital forensic examiner, this program explains how to use various aspects of social media, cell phone, and electronic evidence and how to effectively use electronic evidence. A skilled digital forensics examiner who has qualified as an expert witness in state and federal courts teaches you how to acquire this essential data. Digital forensics in the areas of e-mail, Internet usage, and electronic documents metadata and the proper methods of searching for, obtaining, and preserving these forms of electronic evidence are also explored.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Digital forensics and its sub-disciplines
  • Collecting, preserving, and protecting digital evidence for court
  • Forensics experts vs. computer experts
  • How to effectively use electronic evidence
  • How to challenge digital evidence using real case examples
  • How to advise your client regarding electronic evidence prior to litigation
  • Advice on how to successfully present digital evidence in court