Matador Legal

In the last 10 years, the growth of electronic discovery has lead to the emergence of a new profession called Litigation Support. The litigation support professionals (LSP) as they are called are increasingly involved in earlier phases of the e-discovery process, such as identification, preservation, collection and discovery conference preparation. It is believed that most of these positions are held by Posse List members/contract attorneys (The Posse List is over 7 years old and its membership now exceeds 16,000 contract lawyers worldwide) who have moved full-time and part-time into the field.

With the rise in number of such litigation support professionals, there are plans of exploring a certification process for this new profession.

Source:

http://www.theposselist.com/2009/07/17/the-rise-of-the-litigation-support-professional/

http://www.theposselist.com/the-posse-list/