10 Best iPhone Apps for Lawyers
6We have covered many iPhone apps on this blog in the past few months. But we haven’t covered too many careers in our lists. That’s a new series that we are starting on this blog. Whether you are a lawyer or a real estate professional, you can count on iTunes to have something useful for you and your business. You can of course choose among thousands of apps available, but it’s nice to have some apps that address issues specific to one’s career.
Lawyers don’t have an easy job. From the moment one decides to become a lawyer, he or she will have to take various exams and master various topics. Thankfully, there are apps available in iTunes that can help you no matter at what stage of your career you are. Whether you are starting your journey towards becoming a lawyer or already experienced in this field, these 10 iPhone apps can help you out:
Black’s Law Dictionary: it is a legal resource for lawyers, law students, and anybody interested in the field of law. Has more than 43,000 definitions.
BarMax: this app attracted a lot of attention for being super expensive. But it’s a solid BAR examination preparation app for iPhone. Has over a thousand real exam questions as well.
Fitz Collins Apps for iPhone: a collection of iPhone application that cover every topic you need to be familiar with to become a master at law.
Court Days – Date Calculator for Lawyers: a handy iPhone application for lawyers, paralegals, legal secretaries that makes managing court days convenient on the go.
Law in a Flash: Torts: a very handy application for those who are planning to take an advanced law examination. The flash card approach can certainly help you master the concepts.
Law in a Flash: Criminal Law: another application for those who are planning to take an advanced law exam. Covers criminal laws questions and related topics.
Kaplan MBE Flashcards: covers torts, constitutional law, evidence, criminal law and procedure, contracts and real property and helps you get prepared for your multi-state exam.
LawStack: a free, comprehensive library of law that you can put your iPhone and take with you on the road. Covers bankruptcy, civil, and criminal procedures along other topics.
iPunchclock: a cool time management app for lawyers and their assistants. If you have a lot going on and want to keep track of it all on your phone, this app comes in handy.
Legal Terms Pro: is a professional level Legal glossary for iPhone. It gives you access to the definitions you need fast.
There you have it. 10 powerful applications for lawyers or students of law. So whether you are preparing for an exam or just need a reference app for the go, the above apps should give you some ideas.
Although not for the iPhone you may also be interested in iJuror for the iPad. It has been featured in the many publications including the ABA Journal.
Also see the "Legal Spanish" app on the iPhone.
Please check out our Car addident app for PI firms,
One may end up in an accident anytime. In such times, what your clients need is help. While medical help is first priority, it is important that your potential clients capture as much as details as they can from the site of the accident that may aid them to get maximum compensation for the situation.
Keeping this in mind we at NLM have developed an extremely user-friendly mobile application aimed at all your motor vehicle owner clients called the ‘Car Accident Toolkit’. The application will help your potential clients accurately record all the information at the scene of a car crash using their mobile phone itself.
Some Great Features of our Car Accident Toolkit:
1. Car accident toolkit comes with inbuilt utilities such as camera, voice recorder, text notepad, and drawing pad.
2. Information from multiple parties (other drivers, witnesses, and injured) can be collected.
3. Automatic GPS location – By the click of a button your current location information, such street names, city, state and country are automatically retrieved.
4. Easy mailing: The collected information can be easily sent to your law firm through a single email report.
5. Call emergency number 911 or instantly contact your law firm with the press of a button as the numbers are automatically programmed.
6. FAQ section – Contains important information that your client would need to know before and after a car crash and also the easy steps of how to use the application.
Your client, in the event of an accident, could easily record the immediate details of the accident along with the pictures, the location, the weather and all other relevant details, which are crucial from the legal point of view. All your client needs to do is send this information to you via our easy single-report email, and you have all the required information at your fingertips to help your client with his claim.
Branding and Marketing: By creating your own branded mobile application your firm visibility on the internet would increase 10 fold where your firm would appear in the top 10 search results in your specific geographic area.
Pricing: It is very reasonably priced with all the features your client will require and appreciate, this application is a must have for all your clients. So, call us and get this application today. We can be reached at newlawmarketing.com
Trial lawyers need to check out Jury Duty. Very professional app that makes voir dire easy.
The bulk of these apps are for law students, not practicing attorneys
Catherine, you are absolutely right. There is a good reason for that. At the time of that writing, there were not too many apps we liked to include in the list (apps for practicing lawyers).