Popular presentation -- 60 Apps in 60 Minutes -- draws crowds at State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting

To have any hope of getting a seat, lawyers had to arrive early for the popular State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting session, “60 Apps in 60 Minutes: A Survey of the Most Useful Legal Apps for Lawyers.”

Arriving on time meant sitting or standing along the walls to listen to lawyers Ronald Chichester, Grant Scheiner and Mark Unger deliver a rapid-fire list of apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

“We ask the State Bar for a bigger room every year,” says Ralph Brock, chairman of the State Bar Computer and Technology Section, which organizes the 60 apps session. Brock, a Lubbock solo, adds, “Some of us were joking, saying the next thing they’ll have to do is put us in the ballroom.”

He notes the room this year had 200 seats, which were all filled, and lawyers lined all three walls shoulder-to-shoulder. It’s the first year the section offered the popular session on both days of the annual meeting.

Following is a nearly complete list of the mobile applications that Chichester, Scheiner and Unger highlighted during the June 14 session, in the order they presented the apps.

Federal Court Records – Use Pacer.gov

Pocket Informant – Calendar app

GPS Motion X – Turn-by-turn directions

Texas Lege – Information on the Texas Legislature

VirtualBox – Install Android operating system on a desktop computer

Droid on a Stick – Install Android software on a computer or television

airDroid – Switch files from Android device to a computer

B-folders – File organizer for Android

CallTrack – Assign incoming telephone calls to a client to track time

Texas Bar Legal – Research statutes and case law

PassCode-Lock – Lock feature for iPhone and iPad

Find My iPhone – Track your iPad or iPhone

1Password – Generate and store secure passwords

SBOT Annual Meeting App – Search sessions and get course materials

Zite – News reader

TCDLA App – Research criminal statutes and caselaw

WDPD Viewer –Read and edit Wordperfect documents

Scan –Quick-response (QR) scanner

HBO GO – Catalog of HBO shows

MyWARN – Weather warnings

Straight to Voicemail – Flag callers to go straight to voicemail

MobileGo – Configure your phone from your computer

Android Notifier – Get notification on your computer of new voicemails or texts

Lookout Mobile Security – Scans for viruses

SpeakToIt Assistant – Similar to iPhone’s Seri, but for Androids

GoodReader – News reader

QuickOffice Pro – Word document processor

Notability and Notes+ -- Note taker and audio recorder

Dropbox – Store files in the cloud

Speedtest.net – Test your phone’s download and upload speeds

3D Brain – Photos and descriptions of the brain

Facebook Messenger – Use some Facebook functions

Webapp.sbot.org – Web-based version of Texas Bar Legal app

GoogleDocs – Google document processor

Thumb Keyboard – Customize your own keyboard

Intuit GoPayment. – Credit card reader

ROM Manager – Back up your phone

DroidLaw – Research statutes and caselaw

Fastcase – Research statutes and caselaw

JotNot Pro – Scan documents

PS Express – Edit photos and scanned documents

iThoughts – Create graphics and visuals

Google Voice – Free telephone number and voicemail account

Flashlight – Turn on phone’s light

RTiPanel – Control TV, stereo and lights in your house from your mobile

Texas DPS app – Look up driver’s license data

Carbonite – Back up your hard drives

Instagr.am – Photo editor

Documents To Go – Document processor

PWN Doc Scanner – Scan documents

Google Translate – Translations

LogMeIn Ignition—Access your computer from your mobile

Kindle for Android – Book reader

KeyNote – Create presentations

Skype – Video communications

Facetime – Visual communications

TrialPad – Store client files to your device

PhotoSynth – Panoramic photo app

Picture It Settled – Tracks mediations

JuryTracker – Tracks juries

WebMD/Medscape – Research medical symptoms

-- Angela Morris

Comments

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[thunderbolt hard drives]

Quite a great deal of events nowadays depend on software and all other complementary devices. The above list is symptomatic and representative of our high tech dependency.