Portable Litigation: tips on using your laptop in the courtroom
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Today, laptop computers are increasingly strategic tools for courtroom attorneys. These systems, particularly when equipped with CD-ROM drives, can store and access vast amounts of specialized information valuable to a case. However, there are some special considerations. Many courtrooms are located in historic buildings; these rooms are often ill-equipped for laptops, since few electrical outlets exist on benches. Users in such facilities should be certain they are equipped with sufficient batteries to endure lengthy sessions. Another consideration is whether a judge will allow laptops in the courtroom. Some are concered about the noises emitted by such systems; one lawyer says no judge has rejected his request to use a laptop once he explained that no offending sounds will be produced. Other factors include whether the user is familiar with the system, and what sort of impression will be made upon the jury by a computer-dependent attorney. Still, many legal professionals expect laptops to be the wave of the future.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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Internet primary law you can trust
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The five Internet subscription-based services reviewed provide reliable and valuable primary law information. West Group's WestDoc retrieves federal and state case law and is very easy to use. WestDoc requires users to enter the desired case's citation number or proper name to gain data access. WestDoc service is priced at $8 per case. Law Office Information Systems' The LOIS Law Library differs from WestDoc by providing both document delivery and legal research. LOIS features Verity Topic search software to support Boolean operators and field searching. LOIS is priced per subscription and is available for $2,025 per year, $100 per week and $8 per day. VersusLaw's V provides different content and search capabilities than both WestDoc and LOIS. V includes extensive federal and state case law, a legal dictionary of liability and professional ethics, standard legal forms and useful links to legal Web sites. V is also very affordable and is priced at $595 per year, $375 for six months, $75 per month and $14.95 per day.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1997
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Q&A with Katherine Downing
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Katherine Downing, president of the Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing (LCP) division of Thomson Professional Publishing, is bullish on the future of CD-ROM, online and other forms of electronic information delivery for the legal market. Downing is adamant that publishers like LCP remain free from media dependence and focus on information. Otherwise, competitors will grab opportunities in new venues, much as Lexis did to West Publishing. CD-ROM continues to be important in the legal field, as many firms that have been reluctant to publish in this manner are now committing. The Internet also looms large in LCP's plans; the firm acquired an Internet-savvy company called Counterpoint Publishing in 1994, and considers it an entryway to the Internet.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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