Legal Apps - Part 6, Productivity

App	Description
	The Evernote app saves, shares, and organize files and record voice notes. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	Dragon Dictation is a voice recognition app that allows you to speak and instantly see your text or email messages. Available for free at iTunes.
	The Dropbox app automatically saves photos, videos, and documents. Available for free at iTunes, Google Play, Blackberry and Kindle.
	The Docs To Go app allows users to view, edit, and create documents. Available for $9.99 at iTunes and free for Docs to Go 3.0 at Google Play (additional purchase included).
	The GoDocs app allows users to view documents, edit documents online, and manage multiple accounts. Available for $4.99 at iTunes .
	The Adobe Reader app allows users to view PDF files, fill out forms, and print files. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.

Legal Apps - Part 5, Texas

App	Description
	The Texas Constitution and Statutes Codes Rules app includes offline access, unlimited bookmarks, and search highlighting. Available for free at iTunes.
	The Texas Court Rules and Statutes app allows users to search, bookmark, and email Texas court rules and statutes. Available for free at iTunes.
	The Push Legal Mobile Law Library app offers a collection of selected legal apps on Texas Statutes and Federal Rules. Available at iTunes and Google Play for a $25 monthly subscription.
	The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure app provides offline access to Texas law, fast browsing, and bookmarks. Available for $9.99 at iTunes.
	The State Bar of Texas Computer and Technology Section app is exclusively for section members. Contains Texas and Federal codes, rules, and statutes. Available for free at iTunes.
	The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association app allows members to research criminal statutes and case law. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.

Legal Apps - Part 2, Legal Research

App	Description
	The Bill of Rights app is available for $1.99 at iTunes.
	The Congressional Record app allows users to browse editions from the 104th Congress (January 4, 1995) to the present. Available for free at iTunes.
	The Courtlink app allows users to receive alerts on newly filed cases and track new developments in existing federal and state cases. Available for free at iTunes. NOTE: Courtlink user ID and Password is required.
	The Fastcase app "contains cases and statutes from all 50 states and the federal government." Users "can search by citation, keyword, or browse statute collections." Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The FedCt Record app is accessible on PACER.  Users can access federal district court records by entering their PACER login. Available for $9.99 at iTunes.
	The HeinOnline app allows users to search by citation and browse by volume number. NOTE: HeinOnline account/authentication is required. Available for free at iTunes.
	The LawBox app allows users to download state and federal codes. Complete statute sets are available for the following states: Arizona, California, Delaware, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Florida. Available for free at iTunes.
	The LawLibe app includes the U.S. Constitution and allows users to download additional state and federal resources.  Available for free  at iTunes.
	The LawStack app is preloaded with the U.S. Constitution, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Available for free at iTunes.
	The Rulebook app allows users to access the Bluebook Citation guide and federal and state court rules.  Available for free at iTunes.
	The Constitution app contains text of the Constitution, Amendments, Articles of Confederation, and Declaration of Independence. Available for free at iPad, iPhone and Google Play.
	The WestlawNext app is available for free at iTunes and Google Play. KeyCite, highlight documents, organize and share folders, browse database content, and email documents. NOTE: WestlawNext subscription is required.
	The LexisNexis Get Cases & Shepardize app allows users to retrieve and evaluate cases quickly. NOTE:  LexisNexis subscription is required. The app is available for free at iTunes.
	The CCH Mobile App provides access to CCH's Intelliconnect database. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play. NOTE: Available to US Intelliconnect subscribers only.
	The Oyez Today app provides users information on the U.S. Supreme Court. Available for free at Apple and Android platforms.
	My Congress app is available for free at iTunes. Users can use the app to view information about members of Congress.

Legal Apps - Part 1, Legal News

Here's a list of apps for Law Students and Attorneys.

App	Description
	The American Bar Association app provides legal news. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The American Lawyer app provides access to legal news and recent issues. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The Bloomberg app covers global financial news. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The Dallas Morning News app provides news and information in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play. NOTE: iPhone users can purchase a subscription for $9.99 a month.
	With the Legal Edge app, users can get the latest developments in the legal field and expert commentary in law. Available for free at iTunes.
	The Legal News Reader app keeps you informed on the top news stories in the legal field. Available for $0.99 at iTunes.
	The LexisNexis Legal News app allows users to access legal and financial news. Available for free at iTunes.
	The National Law Journal app is a weekly publication providing news, commentary, and analysis in the legal industry. The app is available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The New York Times app allows users to access news, blogs, and videos on the top stories. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	With the NPR News app, users can listen to news updates, download stories, and stream radio programs. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The News Pro app features breaking news, videos, and company data. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The Wall Street Journal app allows users access to news, information, and opinions. Available for free at iTunes and Google Play.
	The CNN app features breaking news, topics, and videos online. Available for free at iTunes, Android, Nokia, Windows, and Kindle Fire.

The Bluebook App

The Bluebook, a Uniform System of Citation rulebook, is available as an app on iPhone and iPad. Users can conduct searches by keywords or phrases, able to jump directly to cited sources through hyperlinks, touch any word to highlight, annotate and/or bookmark any amount of text and much more.

NOTE: There are custom versions of the app are available on an enterprise basis for law firms and other organizations.

Pinterest Launches iPad, Android Apps

Social media content sharing company, Pinterest, has launched apps for iPad and Android. The company announced that version 2.0 of the iPhone app is now available on iTunes. Also, the Android app was designed for phones and tablets. For information, read here.

NASA Apps

NASA has apps available for iPhone, iPad, and Android. You can get them at App Store and Android Market.

FindLaw News App

FindLaw News App is available free on Apple's iTunes. With this app, users can access legal news and information along with a legal directory.

10 Helpful Legal Apps

InsideCounsel provided a list of 10 legal apps that can make your professional life much easier.

LinkedIn Launches iPad App

Professional social networking website, LinkedIn launched an iPad app along with revamped versions for its iPhone and Android apps.

Barrister App: Build Your Law Firm App

Barrister App is an app created specifically for the legal profession. The app comes with a CMS (content management system) and allows users to customize the display of the app, manage information, and send notifications to clients. Available on iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

Here's how it works:

When you purchase the Barrister App for your firm, you get access to a back-end CMS that walks you through the set up. Set up is easy and straightforward.
Your app will include these components:

• Who We Are. This is where the app lists your attorneys, their contact information and their practice areas.
• Where We Are. This shows your office or offices on Google Maps.
• What We Do. The list of your practice areas.
• Notifications. As noted above, you can sent notifications to clients — anything from appointment reminders to firm news.
• My Notes. Users can make and store notes here.
• My Profile. The client inputs information here.

 Costs?
The cost of this is based on the size of your firm:

• 1-9 lawyers: $395.
• 10-25 lawyers: $995.
• 26-99 lawyers: $1,995.
• 100+ lawyers: $2,995.

50 Apps in 50 Minutes

Laura Young of Bizologie presented a list of 50 Apps in 50 Minutes at the TLA Conference. Check it out.

60 iOS Apps in 60 Minutes

“60 iOS Apps for Lawyers in 60 Minutes” from ABA TECHSHOW 2012 - by Brett Burney on the Macs in Law blog. The apps detailed are aimed at iPhone/iPad.

Legal Apps

Read this post from the Macs in Law blog detailing 60 apps lawyers should have for iPads. This is from a list presented at the ABA Tech Show, as detailed by Brett Burney, Josh Barrett, and Jeff Richardson. The list has a brief description of each app, the price, and a link to the app.

If you use Macs in your legal practice, I recommend bookmarking the Macs in Law blog.

12 Most Useful Free iPhone Apps for Business

Doug Rice of 12most.com provided a list of 12 iPhone apps that can be useful business for people in a variety of industries.

Lexis Advance App

Lexis Advance App by LexisNexis is available for iPhone. Features include:

• Instant Search – run a search without having to select a specific source, delivering relevant results for both text and citation. Filter answer sets according to jurisdiction, date, legal topic, key word or court.
• Evaluate your Case with Shepard’s® – Validate whether cases and statutes are still good law and save your findings in your folders for easy access wherever you are.
• Stay Organized with Work Folders – Work folders let you save documents and access saved search, citations and Shepard’s® results which are shared with Lexis® Advance web-based application.

Note: To access this app, you must have a current LexisNexis subscription along with a valid ID/ password.

Librarian recommended apps

Camille Reynolds, Director of Knowledge Management at Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP, posted "...a brief column on Librarian Recommended Apps for Lawyers (no subscription req'd) as part of the NOCALL's "Beyond the Shelves" series in the local publication The Recorder an ALM publication." - quote from her email to PLL-SIS listserv dated 1/10/2012.

LawStack App

LawStack is an app designed for iPhone and iPad and is a legal library in your pocket that contains preloaded federal rules. The following rules are:

-U.S. Constitution
-Federal Rules of Federal of Civil Procedure
-Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
-Federal Rules of Evidences

Features include bookmarks, full-text search, header search only option, search highlighting, saved search term history, and complete offline access for download titles.

FedCtRecords App

FedCtRecords is a mobile app for users to access their PACER accounts and locate federal court records and search the following information:

-Attorney Information
-Party Information
-Deadlines and Hearings
-Case Summary
-Dockets

The app is free to download for a limited time only.

NTSB calls for national ban

The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for a national ban on all cell phone use while driving. Theres' an article in Time about this, plus dicussion of several studies on talking/texting while driving.