Whether it be preparing prospective law school students, training current students for a career in legal, or empowering current practitioners with the latest e-discovery knowledge and acumen, the use of video instruction has become a staple in legal education. And it's not hard to see why. For many students and educators, the format is inexpensive and far more accessible than live in-person lessons.

Today's modern law schools are vying for video technology implementation that is more integrated in their facilities than ever before. For Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, this meant building a recently opened law campus, a $129 million facility in downtown Phoenix, with an eye to deploying Sonic Foundry's Mediasite video capture platform.

“We currently have 14 fixed Mediasite recorders installed in various classrooms and seminar rooms within our building. Having fixed recorders installed gives our faculty the ability to start and stop recordings from each room's teaching station touch panel,” explained Edward Garcia, director of law information technology at ASU Law.