Lawyer Apps

I'm always surprised when I meet someone who doesn't use Evernote. It's cross-platform (works on Mac, Windoze, iOS and Droid), painlessly syncs just about any kind of data you put into it—emails, images, PDFs, webpages, plain text—integrates ...

As a solo practitioner with a demanding work and family schedule, I’m always on the go. Between client meetings and depositions, I’m often attending parent-teacher conferences and baseball games and shuttling the kids to school, music and dance ...

We've been talking a lot these past few weeks about how much it costs to start a solo practice from scratch. We've had some terrific responses, including litigator John Snyder's checklist. This got us wondering, if you had the chance to pick all ...

One of the fastest ways to improve your typing on the iPad's on-screen keyboard is to take advantage of the shortcuts feature introduced in iOS 5. The shortcuts feature works like Autocorrect’s non-evil twin, turning your abbreviations into ...

One of the fundamental "tools" of the attorney arsenal has long been the yellow legal pad. I keep an abundant supply of these around my office, but as my law practice has evolved from paper to digital, I depend more on my Android tablet and ...

Electronic briefs are certainly not a new development in the legal field. I remember receiving many electronically constructed briefs on CD when I was practicing. The ebrief is an incredibly convenient format for navigating through an appellate ...

If you think the "i" guys are the only ones with apps to brag about, think again. Some of the big names in legal technology proudly carry Android devices, and they've got plenty of apps to brag about, too. Among the notable users: Andy Adkins, ...

For recording and organizing notes, there are a number of really good apps to consider. And, as is true with all apps, many overlap in functionality. The apps outlined below for the iPad and iPhone have particular strengths that may resonate ...

If you're a smartphone or tablet user—veteran or newbie—you know there's nothing better than a delicious new list of apps to explore. It was pretty great, then, when National Purchasing Partners and Verizon offered to share their brand-new list ...

If you're feeling a little goofy about just how deeply in love you are with your nifty new tablet, don't be. Even the hardcore techies are a bit over the moon about the changes it's making in their work and lifestyles. Just to prove our point, ...