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Timestream Case Analysis Tool & Review
Case Analysis Using Timestream Well designed and smooth interface. A nice approach to viewing cases from a chronological perspective and virtually no learning curve. Features a bit limited on the 1.0 release given for review and few quirks. Lawyers looking for … Continue reading
Jury Selection or ‘Voir Dire’ With an iPad
The maturing iPad and iOS system offer a a number of approaches and apps for use in jury selection, or voir dire. Here’s a review of a relatively new player JuryPad, recent updates to JuryStar and reference to old standbys … Continue reading
Trial Notebook iPad App – Review
TabLit recently released Trial Notebook ($69.99), an app aimed at making trial preparation easier and more organized for lawyers. The app is a great concept with a good start, but is still a bit rough around the edges and a bit … Continue reading
Fantastical for iPhone
Calendar Alternative for iPhone Fantastical has been released for iPhone. Long available for the Mac, Fantastical for the iPhone is exactly, precisely, what a calendar should look like and how a calendar should function on your iPhone. Limited time initial … Continue reading
PACERPro – Federal Court Dockets Simplified
Solving Federal Court Docket Headaches Managing documents and pleadings from the federal court PACER system can be frustrating. Anyone who has accessed a lengthy docket or attempted to download a motion for summary judgment, memorandum in support and attached exhibits … Continue reading
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Bento Upgrade – No Contact Syncing
Bento is a great application for everything from tracking client info to conducting jury selection/voir dire. But, when is an update/upgrade not an upgrade? The new Bento iPad is a significant upgrade over the prior version. To get the improved … Continue reading
Mountain Lion – Dump iCloud as Default Save Location
One of the ‘features’ of Mountain Lion is that many apps (e.g. Preview, TextEdit and Pages) always default to save in iCloud. Annoying. Searching for a solution to correct this feature led to this tip on how to change Mountain … Continue reading
Rulebook Updated – 1Ls and Citation Geeks Rejoice
Just in time for back-to-school, The Bluebook is now available on your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch as an in-app purchase through rulebook. The Bluebook is a uniform system of legal citation force fed to first year law students and relied … Continue reading
Touchfire Keyboard for iPad
A long, long time ago, I pitched in on a Kickstarter project for a rubberized keyboard overlay for the iPad. The concept attempts to solve one of the biggest problems for touch typists and typing on the iPad, namely, the … Continue reading
Essential Mac Apps
The best part about Macs is the ease of upgrading to new hardware. In the old Windows days, an upgrade to new hardware meant hours lost reinstalling applications, hunting down serial number and praying to the software licensing gods that … Continue reading