ABA Technology Survey Results

Post from iPhone J.D. - how many attorneys use iPhones and iPads.

iPhone J.D.

July 11, 2011

2011 ABA Technology Survey suggests around 300,000 U.S. lawyers use an iPhone, around 130,000 use an iPad

Every year, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center conducts a survey to gauge attorney use of legal technology. Continuing the trend that the ABA saw in last year's report (which I discussed here), this year's survey reveals that the number of lawyers using smartphones continues to increase. And for the first time, the survey tells us something about the number of lawyers using iPhones. (cont)

LexisNexis/Westlaw survey posted

Email on law-lib and privatelawlib today from Paul Lomio and Erika Wayne regarding a LexisNexis/Westlaw usage survey they conducted.

All --
The survey results for the LexisNexis versus Westlaw survey that we conducted back in April and May are now posted.

Summary findings are at our blog, Legal Research Plus:
legalresearchplus.com with a link to the complete 94-page document, which includes a graph for each question.

We'd like to encourage you to also peruse the comments in the various appendices as there are truly some fascinating insights there.
-- Paul Lomio and Erika Wayne

Bankruptcy statistics

From a news release on the U.S. Courts web site:

Bankruptcy Filings Drop 61 Percent in March 2007 12-Month Period
June 27, 2007

In the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, 695,575 bankruptcy cases were filed in federal courts, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Compared to filings in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, when bankruptcy cases totaled 1,794,795, this was a 61 percent drop in filings. The 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, included the surge in filings that occurred prior to the October 17, 2005, implementation date of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA). [PL 109-8]

The news release also has links to various statistics you may download.