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Posted on 2019-03-01 by Gregory Bufithis in Technology

“Introduction to Bayesian statistics”
19 & 20 March 2019
London, UK

1 March 2019 (Barcelona, Spain) – Quite a few years ago I was invited to join the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) in London. It is where I had my first instruction on graphical interpretations of data: the good, the bad, the ugly. It is also the place where I have learned the most about machine learning. These sessions and events are run by “data wranglers”, people who know every facet of how to digest, to apply, and to test data relying on statistics.

It is also the organization that launched a guide for the legal profession on how to use basic statistics and probability which I wrote about two years ago. The RSS was the venue where I first learned about technology assisted review and predictive coding as applied in the e-discovery world, way before it hit the mainstream conference circuits at Legaltech and ILTA.

The RSS is a wonderful organization, set up as a charity that promotes statistics, data and evidence for the public good. It is a learned society and professional body, working with and for members to promote the role that statistics and data analysis play in society, share best practice, and support the profession.

They have a two-day course this month to provide a working knowledge of Bayesian statistics for interested researchers. Many statistical softwares are now available to professionals. However, these softwares were developed for statisticians and can often be daunting to non-statisticians. How do you know if you are pressing the right key, let alone performing the best test?

This particular RSS course is not going to be a “non-mathematical” introduction nor is it designed for non-statisticians. It will benefit professionals who are applied researchers. But there are so many of my subscribers that fit that category that I thought I would pass this on.

NOTE: later this year there will be a non-technical program for the legal profession on how to use basic statistics and probability in the law. I will keep you informed. 

For details on the upcoming RSS Bayesian statistics program please click here.

March 12, 2019

An informal and occasional selection of recent international eDisclosure / eDiscovery / legal IT / data protection / information governance / interesting news / articles collated by Jonathan Maas (LinkedIn profile:  http://bong.maasconsultinggroup.com/q8r) of The Maas Consulting Group in London.

BONG!The MoD on the disclosure naughty step again: Indemnity costs where disclosure conduct falls outside the norm (Chris Dale) https://maas-bong.io/2u6jbNW

BONG! Smart Time infographic: A 50 year history of tech in legal (Legal IT Insider) https://maas-bong.io/2u486NA

BONG! Compelled-password decision is “death knell” for Fifth Amendment, US state justice argues (ABA Journal) https://maas-bong.io/2uc5H3D

BONG! Why Legal Operations matters and how to optimise its impact (Mixner Consulting) https://maas-bong.io/2u3quGo

BONG! The middle way – an integrated approach to legal technology (Artificial Lawyer) https://maas-bong.io/2u3jOrH

BONG! Small firms, small bars and tech training (Above the Law) https://maas-bong.io/2u2NFR2

BONG! To maintain regulatory compliance you need to capture context (JD Supra) https://maas-bong.io/2u0YXFs

BONG! What happens in an Internet minute (Twitter) https://maas-bong.io/2u3w37S

BONG! Metrics? What metrics? KPIs that legal ops professionals need to track (Part II) (Above the Law) https://maas-bong.io/2u11ob4

BONG! Purple rain of sanctions falls on the record company in the “Prince Case” for their intentional destruction of text messages (e-Discovery Team) https://maas-bong.io/2u2slv5

A selection of upcoming and potentially interesting live webinars / webcasts

12 Mar 1300 EDT –Big data in litigation: Leveraging analytics for jury selection, trial costs and determining case strategy (Strafford) https://maas-bong.io/2HovYDD (£)

12 Mar 1400 EST –How to identify the right KPIs for eDiscovery success (Zapproved) https://maas-bong.io/2HkDdML

13 Mar 1100 PT –Best practices for selling the investment in legal technology internally (Logikcull / SimpleLegal) https://maas-bong.io/2HjXEJF

13 Mar 1300 EDT –Three US judges discuss the 2019 federal judges survey results (ACEDS / Exterro) https://maas-bong.io/2UPO30C

14 Mar 1300 ET –Learn from the experts how to solve eDiscovery and open records requests (Exterro) https://maas-bong.io/2u0xAvl

20 Mar 1300 EDT – eDiscovery essentials: Best practices from collection to production (XDD) https://maas-bong.io/2HpyFo6

21 Mar 1300 EDT –Client prep in the 21st century: What you need to know (Red Cave / Empower Legal) https://maas-bong.io/2XdVG2Q

28 Mar 1400 ET – Deposition evolution: How litigators are re-thinking what’s possible (Planet Depos) https://maas-bong.io/2Hjjhdc

12 Apr 1700 BST – Think-tank: State of the legal industry (High Performance Counsel) https://maas-bong.io/2H7HbrX

25 Apr 1300 ET – Optimise your eDiscovery spend with business intelligence (ACEDS / Ricoh) https://maas-bong.io/2UZVN0j

07 May 1230 BST – Evidence and disclosure in 2019 (LexisNexis) https://maas-bong.io/2QJOsPS

02 Jul 1230 BST – Cybercrime in 2019 (LexisNexis) https://maas-bong.io/2QJPfQQ

For those outside the UK (or in the UK but without televisions), BONG! is a reference to the main evening TV news in the UK, on which headlines are read out between strikes (bongs) of the now-silent Big Ben, the bell in the Elizabeth Tower (renamed from the Clock Tower in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee) at the Palace of Westminster.  (You can thank a particularly persistent pedant early on in the life of my BONG! for this rather precise explanation). Please feel free to redistribute; anyone can send an email to [email protected] to subscribe / unsubscribe.

March 07, 2019

An informal and occasional selection of recent international eDisclosure / eDiscovery / legal IT / data protection / information governance / interesting news / articles collated by Jonathan Maas (LinkedIn profile: http://bong.maasconsultinggroup.com/q8r) of The Maas Consulting Group in London.

BONG! Disclosure – What information about search methodology must be shared? (Taylor Wessing) https://maas-bong.io/2HkV8Tm

BONG! Why legaltech makes sense for private equity (Legal IT Insider) https://maas-bong.io/2Hi1jYp

BONG! Lord Chief Justice sets up advisory group on artificial intelligence (UK Judiciary) https://maas-bong.io/2HkoAZD

BONG! Actively learning? Predictive coding technologies and protocols survey – Spring 2019 results (ComplexDiscovery) https://maas-bong.io/2HjSJsb

BONG! 50 centuries of civilisations, empires, dynasties and world population by continent (Twitter) https://maas-bong.io/2HjZQAT

BONG! Ministry of Defence hit with indemnity costs for disclosure failure (Litigation Futures) https://maas-bong.io/2HkH6B6

BONG! Take the risk out of redaction (Zylab) https://maas-bong.io/2HpBN3k

BONG! How much privilege review is required under a clawback agreement? (Percipient) https://maas-bong.io/2HiPl0M

BONG! Does AI ethics have a bad name? (Forbes) https://maas-bong.io/2Hk1SRx

BONG! “Own the eDiscovery process”: Microsoft unveils compliance center (Legal IT Insider) https://maas-bong.io/2HjVslh

A selection of upcoming and potentially interesting live webinars / webcasts

07 Mar 1100 PT Meeting the needs of legal services consumers demanding more, faster, cheaper (FoundationLab) https://maas-bong.io/2GE3DIX

08 Mar 1200 GMT How to innovate in 2019… Key considerations for law firms (Nine Feet Tall) https://maas-bong.io/2H96lpU

11 Mar 1700 GMT Using ECA to reduce legal spend (Zylab) https://maas-bong.io/2Hj1jr3

12 Mar 1300 EDT Big data in litigation: Leveraging analytics for jury selection, trial costs and determining case strategy (Strafford) https://maas-bong.io/2HovYDD (£)

12 Mar 1400 EST How to identify the right KPIs for eDiscovery success (Zapproved) https://maas-bong.io/2HkDdML

13 Mar 1100 PT Best practices for selling the investment in legal technology internally (Logikcull / SimpleLegal) https://maas-bong.io/2HjXEJF

13 Mar 1300 EDT Three US judges discuss the 2019 federal judges survey results (ACEDS / Exterro) https://maas-bong.io/2UPO30C

20 Mar 1300 EDT eDiscovery essentials: Best practices from collection to production (XDD) https://maas-bong.io/2HpyFo6

21 Mar 1300 EDT Client prep in the 21st century: What you need to know (Red Cave / Empower Legal) https://maas-bong.io/2XdVG2Q

28 Mar 1400 ET Deposition evolution: How litigators are re-thinking what’s possible (Planet Depos) https://maas-bong.io/2Hjjhdc

12 Apr 1700 BST Think-tank: State of the legal industry (High Performance Counsel) https://maas-bong.io/2H7HbrX

25 Apr 1300 ET Optimise your eDiscovery spend with business intelligence (ACEDS / Ricoh) https://maas-bong.io/2UZVN0j

07 May 1230 BST Evidence and disclosure in 2019 (LexisNexis) https://maas-bong.io/2QJOsPS

02 Jul 1230 BST Cybercrime in 2019 (LexisNexis) https://maas-bong.io/2QJPfQQ

For those outside the UK (or in the UK but without televisions), BONG! is a reference to the main evening TV news in the UK, on which headlines are read out between strikes (bongs) of the now-silent Big Ben, the bell in the Elizabeth Tower (renamed from the Clock Tower in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee) at the Palace of Westminster.  (You can thank a particularly persistent pedant early on in the life of my BONG! for this rather precise explanation). Please feel free to redistribute; anyone can send an email to [email protected] to subscribe / unsubscribe.