Sara Perkins Jones 2/11/26 Sara Perkins Jones 2/11/26

Explore Niche Markets for Your Legal Career

I was happy to write for the American Bar Association’s GPSolo Magazine this month! The issue covered alternative legal paths like academia, tax, HR, ADR, and eDiscovery.

Sara Perkins Jones 2/9/26 Sara Perkins Jones 2/9/26

DOJ failed to properly redact the Epstein files

DOJ’s careless release of victim information in the Epstein Files was easily avoided. They knew better, and so should you. Here is how to avoid making the same mistakes with redactions.

Sara Perkins Jones 1/6/25 Sara Perkins Jones 1/6/25

In 2025, Let’s Make Active Learning a Part of Your Team

Happy New Year! It is 2025, and it’s time to use the best AI available, usually for little cost, to assist all document reviews. It is time to apply Active Learning to every review project, every time.

Sara Perkins Jones 10/23/23 Sara Perkins Jones 10/23/23

With eDiscovery vendors, it isn’t “One Size Fits All”

A story about the wrong fit.

Sara Perkins Jones 6/21/23 Sara Perkins Jones 6/21/23

Avoidable DOJ data leak shows need for better safeguards

Say the case’s “silver bullet” document is a chat between defendants. Figuring out whether this is a relevant and responsive document requires understanding the abbreviation, the timing of the conversation, the roles of the participants, and perhaps the anxiety conveyed by the emoji. A reviewer in the last days of the review may have developed this context and will recognize the importance, but what if the chat surfaced on day one of the review? It might not have been identified as key … or it might not have been identified as responsive at all.

Should we change the review process to account for this disconnect? This is a conversation that the tech-focused side of the aisle often misses, and an ongoing one. Here are a few of my thoughts on how we can ensure short messages don’t fall through the cracks.