Digital evidence organization

How to organize emails, texts, photos and videos for your lawyer

A mixed digital collection can be difficult to understand when an email refers to a photo, a text refers to a video or the files have been copied between devices. Preserve each source and use an index to show the relationships without altering the originals.

Practical questions

Questions about organizing this material.

Should I convert every digital file to PDF?
No. PDFs can be useful reading copies for some material, but retain the original email export, image, audio or video file and its source information.
Can I add a transcript of audio or video?
A clearly labeled working transcript may help review, but keep it separate from the original recording and do not present it as an official or verified transcript unless it is one.
Put the steps into practice

Organize a review package without changing your source files.

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