Legal research company Fastcase will announce a new utility tomorrow that enables one-click printing of any case from any source on the Web or in any Microsoft Word document. Called Fastcase Cloud Printing, the utility lets you print or save a nicely formatted, two-column version of any case. The utility works…
Invasion of the Android Attorneys
No, the legal profession is not about to be taken over by automatons carrying briefcases. But an increasing number of lawyers are forsaking their BlackBerrys and iPhones and moving to mobile devices using Google’s Android operating system. And now there’s a blog to help them along the way.
A Compendium of Apps for Lawyers and Law Students
For lawyers and law students looking for useful apps for your mobile device, try Mobile Applications for Law Students and Lawyers. Part of the website of the UCLA School of Law library, the site lists a variety of apps, all selected because “they might be of interest to law students and lawyers.” The…
Law Technology News, Now on Your iPhone and iPad
LTN, as seen on my iPhone
I have been a columnist for Law Technology News for so long that my debut may have predated the invention of the Internet. Monica Bay brought me on right after she became editor. Over the years, as…
New Blog Tracks Law Firm Mobile Apps
Just last week, I wrote a post about “Benesch Apportunity,” the new iPhone and iPad recruiting app from the law firm Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff. Benesch is but the latest of a growing number of law firms that are creating apps as tools for marketing and client development. Now, a new…
Law Firm App Alerts Job Seekers to Openings
The 165-lawyer law firm Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff has created an iPhone and iPad app that sends out an alert any time a job opens at the firm. The free app, called “Benesch Apportunity,” is a recruiting tool for law students and laterals who may be interested in joining the firm, which…
A iPad-for-Lawyers Twofer: New Blog and New App
Tom Mighell
I’ve been meaning to write a post about iPad 4 Lawyers, the new blog from Tom Mighell, a self-described “technology nut” who is one of the smartest people I know when it comes to the practical uses of technology in law practice. Tom was a litigator for 18 years who used…
Looking to Sue for Unpaid Wages? Now There’s an App for That
For workers who wonder whether their employers are paying them what the law requires, the enforcement tool they need may be right in their pockets. The U.S. Department of Labor has created a free timesheet app for the iPhone and iPad that is designed to help employees…
Two Sites of Interest to iPad Loving Lawyers
If you are a lawyer who uses an iPad, here are two blogs — one new and one not-so-new — that can help you make better use of it and keep up with the latest applications:…
New Site Provides Database of Mobile Apps for Law
A new website provides a searchable database of mobile apps for law and lawyers, You can use it to find apps compatible with any mobile device, whether you use an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android or Palm PC.
The site, Mobile Apps for Law, says it includes more than 800 applications, with more being…
Lexis Advance Now Has an iPhone App
I wrote here in October about the launch of Lexis Advance for Solos, the LexisNexis flat-rate legal research platform for one- and two-lawyer firms. This week, Lexis rolled out a new app that allows lawyers who subscribe to Advance to use it from their iPhones.
The app lets you search by…
iPhone Pleadings App Doesn’t Work, At Least Yet
For an update on this post, see: Update on iPleading: It’s Been Fixed.
iPleading is billed as an iPhone and iPad app that lets lawyers create “impressive pleadings with astounding ease.” The problem is, it doesn’t work. The developers say a fix is in the works and will be available within the…