ACEDS is launching an international CEDS certification! Here are the reasons why global legal professionals need this credential & why now.

In their article published yesterday (Launching the International Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) Certification, available here), ACEDS discusses that across the EMEA, LATAM, and APAC regions of the world, the pressure on legal and compliance teams to effectively manage electronically stored information (ESI) has never been greater and many teams still don’t have a framework or the workflows to do it.

When a regulator asks your team to produce ESI across jurisdictions, who on your team knows exactly what to do? If the answer isn’t immediate, the International Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) Certification was built for you.

ACEDS, the world’s leading credentialing body for e-discovery professionals, having certified over 4,000 professionals over 16 years and trained thousands more through our programs, has built the International CEDS as a sister credential to the US-based CEDS and CEDS Canada certifications.

While parallel in rigor, the International CEDS is purpose-built around the legal frameworks, regulatory environments, and investigative practices that define how e-discovery and e-disclosure are conducted around the world.

Today, legal and compliance teams across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America face a unique and intensifying set of pressures when it comes to electronic discovery. One example is cross-border data sovereignty and jurisdictional conflicts: GDPR, Brazil’s LGPD, and a smorgasbord of other regional data protection frameworks create real tension when international investigations or litigation demand the collection and transfer of personal data. Navigating those competing obligations requires specialist knowledge that goes beyond general legal training.

Other challenges include the fact that regulatory investigations are on the rise, growing e-disclosure complexity in England and Wales, talent shortages and inconsistent terminology – all of which lead to challenges in vendor and partner alignment.

In their article, ACEDS discusses their process for developing the International CEDS certification, which is a purpose-built certification developed from the ground up by international legal professionals for international legal professionals grounded in the legal frameworks, customs, practices, and regulatory realities of EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. Check out their article here for more information!

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