Cloud Computing, Mobile Tech & Legal AppsBy Stosh Jonjak

The Cloud

• Information stored remotely

• Multiple access points = access same data with different devices

• Less of a need for computing power (smaller devices & components)

Cloud Fears - Security Concerns

• 97% of firms embrace cloud computing, 92% have security concerns RE: cloud computing

• Data Breaches

• Data Loss

______

• Public v. Private clouds

Mobile Devices in the Law Firm

• 8% of firms supply their attorneys with tablets now. In the future, 21% of the firms plan to equip attorneys with desktops and tablets, and 20% of the firms plan to equip attorneys with laptops and tablets (2013 AmLaw Tech Survey)

• The iOS smartphone operating system is used in 100% of the firms (2013 AmLaw Tech Survey)

• 97% of firms embrace software as a service cloud computing (2013 AmLaw Tech Survey)

• 91% of lawyers use smart phones to practice law, 48% use tablets (2013 ABA Technology Survey)

Apps & App Stores

What are the big vendors doing?

• Easy Accessibility: Westlaw and Lexis

West/Thomson Reuters - App Suite

• My Legal Projects

• Westlaw Case Notebook Portable E-Transcript

• CLFR – DissoMaster

• CLE Mobile

• Westlaw Portfolio

• Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary

• Black’s Law Dictionary

• RefScan

• Checkpoint PocketAssistant

Lexis – App Suite• Lexis Tax Law

Community• LexisNexis Quick Law• LexisNexis Legal News• LexisNexis CourtLink• LexisNexis Get Cases

& Shepardize• LexisNexis Law School

Q&A • Mealey’s Legal News• Accurint• Lexis Lead Alert• Lexis Legal News Brief• Martindale-Hubbell• Lawyers.com

Different Vendors, Different Approaches: Selective & Free Content

Different Vendors, Different Approaches: Selective & Free Content

• LawInAFlash – Cite-Checker, MBE Flash Cards

• Books: Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, Bouvier LD

• Current Awareness/Law Dailies: IP, Antitrust, Insurance, Products Liability, Banking & Finance, Health, Securities Regulation, Securities Topics, Tax News Highlights, TradeRegTalk, Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities

Different Vendors, Different Approaches: Selective & Free Content

Different Vendors, Different Approaches: Selective & Free Content

Different Vendors, Different Approaches: Selective & Free Content

Different Vendors, Different Approaches: Selective & Free Content

Current Awareness

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

Finding the nicheWhat apps will appeal to legal professionals?

eBooks – Thomson Reuters

eBooks – LexisNexis Digital Library

Finding the nicheWhat apps are going to appeal to lawyers?

Finding the nicheWhat apps are going to appeal to lawyers?

Non-legal, but too good to not use

Non-legal, but too good to not use

Non-legal, but too good to not use

Resources?

• University Law Library Guides: UCLA (http://libguides.law.ucla.edu/content.php?pid=112286&sid=845584), Minnesota (http://libguides.law.umn.edu/mobileapps/apple),

• ABA titles: iPad Apps in One Hour For Lawyers, Android Apps in One Hour For Lawyers