43% of litigators who participated in a recent ABA survey say that they use litigation support software. As for the 57% of you wondering what exactly litigation software is, this is your lucky day. The term litigation support software refers to an entire subgenre of database software for storing, searching, and reviewing discovery and evidentiary material. Way better than manually going through a physical file, that’s for sure! Here’s a helpful chart produced by the ABA of the different litigation software out there. For more information on the respective companies and how their software can facilitate your your litigation practice, take a look at the websites below and decide for yourself (this applies to both the 43% of you already familiar with the systems as well as the 57% of you who may be interested in making the switch):
1. Anacomp CaseLogistix
2. Lexis Nexis Concordance
3. ILS Edge
4. iCONECT
5. ImageDepot
6. IPRO eReview
7. Lexbe
8. MasterFile
9. Nextpoint
10. CT Summation iBlaze
From Reid Trautz, Attorney and friend to Practicehackers everywhere, comes this handy article, which begins:
Here is the short-version of what Reid is talking about:
AppBoxPro. Multi-function apps for iPhone including currency converter, date calculator, translator, etc. $0.99
Bento. Simple, powerful database. Looks like iTunes and is designed to be easy to use. Syncs to desktop. Templates for common tasks included as well. $4.99
Bump. Open the app on iPhone, select how much to share, gently bump with another iPhone, and viola – the information has been shared. $free
Documents to Go (Premium Ed.) Create, edit, and view Word, Excel and PowerPoint’s, plus view PDF’s and other formats. Essential for most every lawyer.
Dragon Dictation. Free, easy-to-use, and accurate voice-recognition on your iPhone. Quick alternative to typing e-mails, texts, tweets, or FB updates.
DropBox. File sharing service providing online storage and access from multiple devices. Get up to 2 gigs of storage for free and 50 gigs for just $10 per month
Google Mobile. Google’s mobile app does much more then find stuff, but the voice search feature is extra cool and easier than typing.
People. Free “White Pages” database and reverse phone # directory.
ScanR Business Center. (See also DocScanner and JotNot) Similar apps may cost less but ScanR is worth the price. Create PDFs using your iPhone camera or a picture.
Skype. You already know what this does. It works great on the iPhone as well as the Mac.
Now you can refer to a search engine to find the things you didn’t know you cared about on Google Buzz. Welcome to Buzzzy.
Talk about your rapid deployment cycles. Google Buzz only went into general release last week (web-only attached to Gmail) and there are already plans to spin it off into its own app and, now, a third-party developer brings us this desktop Buzz monitor. And a very cool one at that. All of which points to the fact that Google has really gotten the hang of identifying creative ideas, bringing ideas to users, then tweaking the product while it is in the field. Not only that, but Google knows enough to make its API freely available so that 3rd party developers can get in on the action. The result with Wave and now Buzz is that changes can be made in real time based on customer comments (not canned feedback or inputs from a few opinionated beta testers). No sir: comments made about Buzz by users of Buzz were apparently picked up by Google, examined for feasibility, and implemented within hours.
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