An Android Keyboard Made for Lawyers

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One of the nice features of Android devices that iOS devices lack is the ability to swap keyboards. This lets you try out different keyboards with different input methods and find one that best suits your style. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of different keyboard apps for Android that can be downloaded from the Google Play store. Until now, however, there has not been one specifically designed for lawyers. This week, the Scottish company KeyPoint Technologies announced an addition to its Adaptxt line of specialty keyboards created just for lawyers. The keyboard uses a…

In First, Mass. Adds ‘Access to Justice’ to Bar Exam

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Starting in July 2016, prospective lawyers taking the Massachusetts bar exam will be tested not just on traditional topics such as constitutional law, torts and property, but also on access to justice. On April 25, the state's Supreme Judicial Court approved a rule adding access to justice to the exam and indicating that applicants will be expected to be familiar with the topic. The rule makes Massachusetts the first state to add this topic to the bar exam.

Exclusive: Bankruptcy Docket-Search Site Inforuptcy to Add District Court Dockets

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In March in my ABA Journal column, I reviewed PacerPro, a free service for searching the federal courts' Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Inforuptcy is a similar sort of service, except that, whereas PacerPro searches only district court dockets and excludes bankruptcy courts, Inforuptcy does just the opposite, searching only bankruptcy courts and excluding district courts. That, however, is about to change. Later this year, Inforuptcy will be expanding to add district court dockets. Read on for more…

Sony Digital Paper: A One-Trick Pony – But It’s a Great Trick

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I do not remember ever being so conflicted in my opinion of a device as I am about the new Sony Digital Paper, which just went on sale this week exclusively through Worldox and is targeted at the legal market. I posted a brief note and video about it a week and a half ago and have been using one ever since. The DP is a remarkably thin and light tablet-like device for keeping all your digital documents and notes. A stylus enables handwriting, either to mark up and annotate documents or to take handwritten notes.…

Fox TV Seeks Judge or Former Judge for New Reality Show

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Are you a judge or former judge with a hankering to be on TV? If so, have I got an opportunity for you. Fox Television is casting a new reality show and is looking for a judge or former judge to apply. But before you dash off your resume, be prepared to give up…

With Visual Law, the Eyes Have It

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There is a trend in legal information, rapidly gaining momentum, in which visualization tools and design concepts are used to help lawyers, students, consumers and scholars make sense of the law. In the cover story of this month’s ABA Journal, I take an in-depth look at this trend.

I write about some emerging…

Podcast: Has the Promise of Gideon v. Wainwright Been Fulfilled?

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In this week’s Lawyer2Lawyer, we consider the promise and reality of the right to counsel, 51 years after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision, Gideon v. Wainwright. Specifically, we look at public defenders in…

Unsend Email? Two Harvard Law Students Have a Way

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It has happened to all of us, I'm sure. You hit "send," only to realize autofill has provided the wrong address. Or, you "reply all" when you meant your response to be private. How many times have you said to yourself, "If only I could unsend that email"? Now you can. Two Harvard Law School students, Lindsay Lin and David S. Gobaud, have launched a free service, Pluto Mail, that allows users to unsend emails after they've been sent. It also allows users to edit emails after they've been sent (but before they've been opened), set auto-expiration dates…