Geared for law students and new lawyers, this presentation describes a variety of apps that are legal-related.

1. Legal Apps for Mobile
Devices and Tablets
Sarah Prosory
Electronic Services Librarian
February 20th & 21st 2012, Noon-12:50pm
March 20th, 2012, 5:00pm-5:50pm

3. Brief Introduction to the
World of Apps
O What is an app?
O Platforms
O App vs. mobile website
O Where to download
O Free vs. paid
O Caution!
O Overwhelmed? Where can you begin?

4. Where to Find App
Suggestions & Reviews
O Networking
O Colleagues / friends
O Law Librarians/ Lawyers / Professors
O Blogs
O Google Blog Search: http://www.google.com/blogsearch
O iPhoneJD: http://www.iphonejd.com/
O TabletLegal: http://tabletlegal.com/
O iPad4Legal: http://www.ipad4legal.com/
O The Mac Lawyer: http://www.themaclawyer.com/
O The Sociable Lawyer: http://www.sociablelawyer.org/
O Law.com Mobile Lawyer:
http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/mobile_lawyer.js
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O USA.gov mobile apps listing: http://apps.usa.gov/

5. More App Suggestions &
Reviews
O App Search Engines
O uQuery.com (iTunes/Apple only):
http://www.uquery.com/
O Mashable: 10 Apps for Finding Apps:
http://mashable.com/2012/02/12/apps-for-finding-apps/
O AppStoreHQ (choose your device):
http://www.appstorehq.com/
O Mobile Apps for Law (subscription required- all
platforms):
http://www.informedlibrarian.com/MobileAppsforLaw/ind
ex.cfm

6. Even More Suggestions &
Reviews!
O Other
O UCLA Guide on Mobile Legal Apps
O http://libguides.law.ucla.edu/mobilelegalapps
O Lists
O 25 Game-Changing iPad Apps for Law Students &
Lawyers: http://www.onlinecollege.org/25-game-
changing-ipad-apps-for-law-students-&-lawyers
O Top 10 Legal Apps for Smartphones:
http://www.sociablelawyer.org/top-10-legal-apps-for-
smart-phones-sociable-lawyer-round-up-week-of-april-
18th-91104
O The 8 Most Essential Free iPad Apps for Attorneys:
http://www.sociablelawyer.org/the-8-most-essential-free-
ipad-apps-for-attorneys-93522

7. Legal Research Apps
O Westlaw/WestlawNext
O LexisNexis/ Lexis Advance
O FastCase
O HeinOnline
O PACER (mobile website)

8. Westlaw/WestlawNext
O Platform:
O Cost: Free
O Access: Requires user
account
O Apps:
O WestlawNext
O Westlaw News & Insights
(iPhone, no user account
required)
O Mobile sites:
O Westlaw:
http://wireless.westlaw.com
O WestlawNext:
https://m.next.westlaw.com

9. LexisNexis
O Platform:
O Cost: Free
O Access: Some require user
account
O Apps:
O Lexis Advance HD
O CourtLink (subscription needed)
O LexisNexis Get Cases &
Shepardize (iPhone)
O LexisNexis Law School Q & A
O LexisNexis Legal News
O Legal News Briefs (subscription
needed)
O Mobile sites:
O Lexis.com:
http://w3.lexis.com/lexismobile

10. FastCase
O Platform:
O Cost: Free
O Access: Requires free user
account
O AZ State Bar membership
will provide more options
O Search case law and
statutes
O Integrated citation analysis
O Upgrade for more options

11. HeinOnline
O Platform:
O Cost: Free
O Access: IP
Authentication
O Must be on campus.
Currently cannot
access off campus.
O Search law reviews and
journals
O Citation navigator
O PDF articles

12. O Platform: All, browser-
based
O Cost: Free
O Access: Requires user
account
O Mobile site:
https://pcl.uscourts.gov/
searchmobile

13. Specifically Law-Related
Black’s Law Dictionary, 9th Ed. PocketJustice
Definitive legal reference resource! Abstracts of US supreme court
Cost: $54.99 decisions, audio files, and more!
Platform: Cost: FREE, Full version is $4.99
Platform:
DroidLaw / DLaw LawBox
Search, bookmark, share Federal US Code & AZ statutes
Rules (civpro, evidence etc). Cost: FREE
Available offline. Platform:
Cost: FREE, add-ons various prices
Platform:
LawStack Real Time Congress
US Constitution, Federal Rules, Live updates of legislative
after download get CFR, US Code, session.
state statutes. Cost: FREE
Cost: FREE Platform:
Platform:

14. Law-related Cont’d
ABA Journal Law Guide
Breaking legal news & articles. From TheLaw.com, legal
Cost: FREE dictionary, forms, bookmarks to
Platform: website.
Cost: FREE
Platform:
OpenRegs Congress+
Regulations published in Federal Info on current session &
Register. members.
Cost: FREE Cost: $4.99
Platform: Platform:
Oyez Today Congress
Latest info on pending US Supreme Info on current session &
Court cases. Audio oral arguments. members.
Cost: FREE Cost: FREE
Platform: Platform:

15. Law Student Apps
BARBRI The Federalist Papers
Multiple choice quiz on bar subjects. Good for 1Ls!
For enrolled BARBRI students. Cost: FREE
Cost: FREE, must be enrolled to Platform:
access.
Platform:
Kaplan MBE Flashcards Sum & Substance
Flashcards & instructional Audio recordings. Six available
videos topics. Visit West website.
Cost: FREE Costs: $49.99 to $59.99 per app.
Platform: Platform:
Law in a Flash
Flashcards of various topics.
Costs: $39.99- $59.99
Platform:

16. General Use
DropBox Read It Later
Save & share photos, docs, Link to web browser on PC to save
videos- accessible anywhere! webpages, then read later offline.
Cost: FREE Cost: FREE (Pro version $2.99)
Platform: Platform:
EverNote Reuters News Pro
Save notes, links etc. World, business, market
Cost: FREE news.
Platform: Cost: FREE
Platform:
FlipBoard Pulse News
RSS feed reader, magazine RSS reader. Sync between
style devices.
Cost: FREE Cost: FREE
Platform: Platform:

17. What are Your Favs?
O Can’t think of any now? When you do,
please share with us at:
O researchguides.phoenixlaw.edu/legalapps

18. Thank You!
O Questions? Contact Sarah Prosory:
O sprosory@phoenixlaw.edu
O 602.682.6824
O PowerPoint Slides & Handout can be
found on the Law Library TWEN page.
O Visit the LibGuide for continuing resources
and sharing!
O researchguides.phoenixlaw.edu/legalapps