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[quote=Anonymous]E-discovery and document review are NOT the same thing.  People who work in e-discovery tend to have strong technical expertise in addition to understanding how to apply those technical skills to collection, processing, review, production, and presentation of evidentiary materials.  Good e-discovery professionals make at least $100K because it's a weird mix of skills and tends to require dealing with lawyers, being on call constantly, and changes all the time with changes to communication/digital data.  Huge shift this year with collaboration, video conferencing tools, and text messaging for business as those materials aren't processed/reviewed in the same manner as email/native docs.  E-discovery is starting to prefer JDs, so if you have any skills or technical expertise, it's an option - vendors are always looking, and once you do some time with a vendor, firms will be willing to look at you.

Document reviewers get billed out to clients at around $35-$60/hour, depending on complexity of review, language requirements, etc.  I assume they get paid, at most, half of that, and only when they work.  Frankly, most doc review really doesn't require a JD, but it makes the attorneys happy because they love credentials.

Someone who's been doing document review for a decade should have been promoted to review manager years ago.  Review managers should have developed project management, client relations, people management, and light business analytics running progress reports/coding breakdowns/review quality reporting.

To get out of doc review, you need to get your depression treated (medication and therapy to start), make a list of skills you've developed and what you're good at, do some research on what careers align with those skills, and get a friend or career coach to help you write a resume and practice interview.  Once you identify a few career options, start networking and attending professional event.  I would not recommend pursuing further education, outside of maybe a certificate, until you figure out what you want to do and make sure the ROI makes sense for you.

Things my friends with JDs that don't practice do: legal publishing, e-discovery consultants, nonprofit work, FBI agent, Foreign Service, compliance/risk management, and law firm administration/management.[/quote]

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