Eli5, how do complex court cases keep track of all the documents?

Question

I can’t find an email from last week. How does a special council ingest, sort millions of documents from hundreds of disparate sources and then find it later? Then how do they present it to make a simple story? Especially if it’s millions of documents they have to keep track of.

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Answer 1

Legal assistants literally go to school to learn how to keep evidence organized and easily accessible for the paralegals and lawyers they work with. It’s a big part of their job.