10 Must-Have Legal Apps For Lawyers
Today's lawyers are relying more and more on
their mobile devices to provide them with vital legal information because of
their very busy schedules. These 10 mobile apps make practicing law accessible
at any time and in any location.
PushLegal
PushLegal allows you to
hold an entire law library in the palm of your hand. You can search through
extensive resources on federal and state rules and codes, read case law, and
even smart link to Google Scholar.
Black's Law Dictionary,
9th edition
Once an essential book
in any law office, Black's Law Dictionary can now be downloaded to your mobile
device. The app offers definitions of over 45,000 words and 3,500 quotations.
Pocket Justice
With PocketJustice, you
gain access to hundreds of hours of recordings of the U.S. Supreme Court's
public proceedings. You can find transcripts of all the recordings that
identify all of the speakers. The app also enables you to search for full-text
Supreme Court opinions with plain English summaries.
Fastcase
Fastcase is a free
library of legal resources that allows you to search both federal law and cases
and statutes from all 50 states. Winner of the American Association of Law
Libraries New Product of the Year Award, it is the world's largest free mobile
law library and absolutely essential to your practice.
dLaw
Also known as Droid Law,
dLaw serves as a legal reference tool for users of Android devices. You can
search through federal rules and add on state regulations and codes as needed.
Depose
Depose presents you with
an easy way to take depositions on your mobile device. Drafting and rearranging
questions, attaching exhibits, and importing questions from txt files are all
possible with this app, making it a necessary courtroom companion. You can even
save template questions for future use.
WestlawNext
WestlawNext provides
legal research services for lawyers, allowing you to search through more than
40,000 databases on case law, state and federal law, law journals,
administrative codes, and more. Yet with all of these resources, the ability to
save documents and view them on and offline makes the information most
important to you easily accessible at all times. The app automatically
synchronizes across all of your devices, so you always pick up your research
right where you left off.
iPleading
The iPleading app lets
you write impressive pleadings with correct pleading templates from all 50
states. It even lets you create a custom template! This is a must-have for any
lawyer involved in civil procedures.
JuryPad
JuryPad uses a simple
and user-friendly interface to assist lawyers in selecting their juries. It
lets you rate prospective jurors and view the jury pool's demographics. JuryPad
is an indispensable tool in conducting voir dire proceedings before any court case.
LegalViewer
PDF is a popular file
format with law firms and courts, but these files can be difficult to open on
iPads or other mobile devices. LegalViewer solves this issue, and even allows
you to annotate the PDF file or copy the text into another document.
Author Bio:
When not obsessing over
music, Jenny Wadlow likes to keep up with the latest happenings in the world of
technology. She is a freelance blogger and has previously worked with Dribbin & Brown Criminal Lawyers in Ringwood. In her
free time, she likes to blog about mobile apps.
