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The Best iPad Cases and Keyboards for Attorneys
An iPad is not a substitute of a laptop, but it can be a great addition to your law practice. The bad news is that the market is flooded with iPad cases, keyboards, folios, and products that claim to...
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The Best iPad PDF Annotation and Storage Apps
When the iPad first came out in 2010, I predicted here on Lawyerist that for lawyers, annotating and storing PDFs would be one of the best uses of the iPad. In that post, I explained how I thought that...
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Microsoft Says No Office for iPad
In all the speculation that preceded Microsoft’s recent release of Office 2013, one of the most hotly debated rumors was that Microsoft would be announcing a version of Office for the iPad. Even with...
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JuryPad for iPad Review
Voir dire is one of the more difficult aspects of trial, and it isn’t easy to do well. While the purpose and process of voir dire has evolved over the years, the mechanics are stuck in the last...
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Trial Notebook for iPad Review
Trial Notebook by TabLit is a trial organization app for the iPad. While there are some issues, overall I was pleasantly surprised to find it is a solid app that does a good job. If you are accustomed...
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JuryNotes: A Low Tech Approach to Voir Dire Notes
Ian O’Flahetry was a jury consultant long before he started Lit Software, LLC and brought us TrialPad and TranscriptPad. Apparently he got tired of watching lawyers struggle with legal pads and post-it...
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Top 5 iOS Apps I Can’t Live Without
Why “Top 5 iOs Apps I Can’t Live Without” and not “Top 10 iOS Apps I Can’t Live Without”? 5 reasons. 10 is too many. You can always come up with 6 or 7, but more than that and you are padding. 5 forces...
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Bill Gates Says iPad Suffers From Lack of Keyboard, Office
Microsoft’s Surface tablet has been out for a while now, and it hasn’t exactly been setting sales records. Coincidentally (or not, depending on how cynical you are), Microsoft’s ex-CEO and current...
View ArticleMobiLit iPad Trial Presentation App, Review
MobiLit is the newest entry into a crowded trial presentation field that is dominated by TrialPad and Exhibit A. What makes it different? It is designed to wirelessly project its presentation to other...
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iPad v. iPad Mini
You’ve made the decision to incorporate a tablet into your practice. The question is, which one? As a big fan of Apple products, that question is an easy one for me: and iPad of course. I began...
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iPad Apps Can Replace Custom Anatomy Exhibits
Anatomy exhibits are frequently used in medical malpractice and other personal injury litigation to instruct a jury and illustrate injuries. Stock anatomy exhibits from providers such as Doe Report...
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How GoodReader Changed My iPad Life
One of the very first apps I bought for my long-gone iPad 1 was the outstanding GoodReader. I paid $4.99 for it when I thought it was nothing but a semi-decent PDF reader because the iPad was woefully...
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The Jury’s Still Out on the Utility of Emerging Technology for Lawyers
Technology and lawyers: sometimes, this particular combination mixes no better than oil and water, which isn’t necessarily surprising. After all, the legal profession is grounded in tradition and for...
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Get These Apps for Your New Tablet
If you’ve got a new tablet (or if there is one waiting under your tree), you will probably trying every app in the store. Keep at it, by all means, but to focus your app addiction, I reached out to two...
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Annotate PDF Documents on Your iPad
One of the most-useful things you can do with an iPad is view and annotate PDF documents. There are many apps for this (some of which Nicole Black reviewed on Lawyerist last year), but Easy Annotate...
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My Three Favorite iOS Text Editors
I really like writing in plaintext. Whenever I write in Word, I am always stopping to fix formatting problems or tweak the styles. With plaintext, there are no styles or formatting. It helps me to stay...
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Pad & Quill’s Handmade iPad Mini Cases
I basically gushed about Pad & Quill’s iPad 2 cases when I reviewed them in two years ago, so I was excited to get a pair of cases to review with my iPad Mini.The Pad & Quill Graduate...
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8 Great iOS Apps That Have Nothing To Do With Practicing Law
Most posts about iOS apps are about helping you lifehack your way to work success: to-do lists, cloud storage, timekeeping, etc. But all work and no play makes lawyers dull, and your family and friends...
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Every Legal App for iPhone and iPad
iOS apps for lawyers abound, whether for case management, billing, or trial preparation. This page has every legal app for iOS that we could find in the App Store.There are just a few exceptions. This...
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Lawyers Should Take Notes by Hand
New research confirms what many of us have believed all along: taking notes by hand — with a pen and paper — is better than typing. Setting aside the potential for distraction (games), the act of...
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