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The basics of the Lawyer’s iPad-By Jim Calloway

The iPad has proven very popular with the legal profession. Some lawyers are quite proficient at using their iPads with numerous apps installed and a proclivity to show off their latest app to anyone who will stand still and watch. Others mainly use the iPad for entertainment, browsing the Internet or responding to email. Here is a “beginner’s” article on how lawyers can use their iPad.

 

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“Remarks” by Readdle for iPad on the iTunes App Store

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remarks-write-notes-annotate/id496413403?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Write down your thoughts, capture ideas and information, annotate documents and outline notes anywhere from university class to sofa at home.To let you write anything you have in mind Readdle ncluded all the tools you might need: pens and highlighters of different colors, floating text boxes, shapes and of course an eraser.

At the same time Remarks is a fully featured PDF annotating application. You can highlight, underline, strikeout text, draw upon the documents – that means anything you can do with the document on paper and even more.

“What you see is what you get, and get it fast” is the best description of Remarks interface. It’s clean, simple and lets you focus on making a note or annotating a document, not paying attention to everything else.

All your notes are PDF files that you can easily view, print and edit on your computer. Also, it means that you can share you notes with anyone and they are able to read and edit them as well.

With Remarks you can:

★ Make notes
Write everything you think is important on a meeting, lecture or presentation.

★ Sketch new ideas
Draw the plan to take over the world. Maybe even two, just in case.

★ Type in text notes
Prefer typing text to handwriting? We have a tool for that!
have come across.

★ Annotate PDFs
Mark important things in books, journals or documents that you need to review.

★ Draw with your finger
Use it to make remarks in scanned books or simply draw something beautiful.

★ Co-edit notes with friends
You can edit notes made by any other Remarks user and vice versa.

What else Remarks lets you do:

✓ Add Notes Quickly
Only one tap is needed to start new a note, no matter where in the application are you located at the moment.

✓ Exchange documents with your computer
Use a USB cable and iTunes File Sharing to transfer notes and PDFs between your iPad and your computer.

✓ Edit your notes on the Mac or PC
You can make changes into your notes using any PDF editing application like Preview on the Mac or Adobe Reader on the PC

✓ Annotate Email Attachments
Open PDF attachments directly from the Mail app to annotate them.

✓ Share Notes With Your Friends
Email your notes to any other person with Remarks and they will be able to edit it like their own.

✓ Import PDFs from Dropbox, Box.Net, Safari and other applications.
Use “Open In” to transfer documents for note-taking or annotation from any popular cloud storage or iPad app.

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Why Skype is the Most Used Software in Our Law Firm – Divorce Discourse

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Lee Rosen:

Skype is my most used software package. I use it, literally, all day long. It’s pretty amazing when you really put it to use.

I use Skype, primarily, as my instant messenger client. Everyone in my firm, in all three offices, runs Skype all day and we communicate with instant messages constantly. I use it when I want someone to call me. I send a quick message that says “call me now” or “call me when you get a chance.”

We use it when someone arrives at the office for a meeting to let the attorney or paralegal know their visitor has arrived. We use it to arrange for front desk coverage when the receptionist needs to go to the bathroom. We alert attorneys that a caller is holding when the attorney is on another call. Skype works well between offices and within a single office. It’s also terrific when someone is working from home. Of course, you can send messages while already on a call so you don’t need to deal with a noisy intercom or putting a caller on hold.

That’s just the beginning of what Skype can do.

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Read the rest of Rosen’s paen to Skype.

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Lee Rosen has practiced family law for more than twenty years. With four offices, Rosen Law Firm serves Raleigh, Charlotte, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rosen served as the Law Practice Management Editor of the ABA Family Advocate for more than a decade and received the ABA James Keane Award for excellence in eLawyering. He served as Chair of the Law Practice Management Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, is a frequent speaker and is often sought out by the media as a source of family law insight and commentary. Read more aboutLee and Divorce Discourse. You can also follow Lee on Twitter

 

 

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JuryPad Jury Selection App for iPad | The Mac Lawyer

By J. Benjamin Stevens on February 11th, 2013Posted in iPad, Product Reviews, Software

This review takes a look at JuryPad, an app for the iPad from Bench & Bar, LLC that is designed to assist litigators in conducting voir dire and quickly and easily selecting their jury.  If you are a trial lawyer who regularly works with juries, you owe it to yourself to take a look at this easy to learn and easy to use app.

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JuryPad was developed by Bench & Bar, LLC, a company that was founded by trial lawyer and legal technologist, Stephan Futeral, Esq., who is based in Charleston, SC. It is currently priced as $19.99 on the App Store, and you can get more information here or by visiting Bench & Bar’s website.

 

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EZ Practice Management Resource Center: Mi Apple Practice

Michigan Bar Apple Practice Center

Now here’s a great Idea:

A dedicated corner for all things “trending” with iPad, iPhone, and Mac.

February’s Featured Resource Using the iPad in Meetings–Tom Mighell suggests the iPad can actually add value to the services you provide to your clients. He’s also pointed to some useful apps and iPad accessories.

FineReader Touch – iTunes App Store

FineReader Touch for iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, iPad (4th generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (4th generation), iPad mini and iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular on the iTunes App Store.

FineReader Touch is a client app for FineReader Online web-service. The app allows you to create digital copies of paper documents in different formats (DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, PDF etc), preserving the original’s structure and style.

Documents are processed in the FineReader Online cloud-based service that provides OCR results. Additionally, the online text recognition takes any significant processing load off the device.

FineReader Touch app price (US $4.99) includes start package of 100 pages for processing through FineReader Online, you can always purchase additional pages right from within the app.

It’s very easy to digitize and convert documents into editable and searchable formats with FineReader Touch: just take a photo, if needed rotate and crop it, select OCR languages & output format – and get it in your iPhone!
Do not worry about structure of document – FineReader Touch will digitize the entire multipage document with its complex structure,original formatting and styles (including headings, images, bulleted and numbered lists, columns and tables).

How to use your iPhone, iPad or Mac to borrow ebooks from the library — Tech News and Analysis

You don’t have to pay for ebooks on your mobile device or your Mac: your local library will lend you ebooks, digital magazine and audiobooks. Here’s a quick guide from Geoffrey Goetz to getting set up.

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Scanning Straight to Your Mobile Device with the iX500 – YouTube

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Revised Jury Instructions Hope to Deter Juror Use of Social Media During Trial | United States Courts

A Judicial Conference Committee has updated the model set of jury instructions (pdf) federal judges use to deter jurors from using social media to research or communicate about cases on which they serve. The new guidelines provide detailed explanations of the consequences of social media use during a trial, along with recommendations for repeated reminders of the ban on social media usage.

The update comes in response to a national survey of federal trial judges by the Federal Judicial Center at the request of the Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (CACM).

“The overwhelming majority of judges take steps to warn jurors not to use social media during trial, but the judges surveyed said additional steps should be taken,” said Judge Julie A. Robinson, CACM Committee chair. “The judges recommended that jurors frequently be reminded about the prohibition on social media before the trial, at the close of a case, at the end of each day before jurors return home, and other times, as appropriate. Jurors should be told why refraining from use of social media promotes a fair trial. Finally, jurors should know the consequences of violations during trial, such as mistrial and wasted time. Those recommendations are now part of the guidelines.”

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