Putting the "App" in Appellate Practice

What are the iPad apps that can actually make the day-to-day work of appellate law easier or more enjoyable? Three appellate lawyers discuss and demonstrate.

UT Conference on State and Federal Appeals 2013 (A panel with Blake Hawthorne, Rich Phillips, and Don Cruse)

Transcript

1. PUTTING THE “APP” IN APPELLATE PRACTICE Blake Hawthorne Rich Phillips Don Cruse
2. Electronic Copy of Materials SCOTXBlog: www.scotxblog.com Texas Appellate Watch Blog: www.TexasAppellateWatch.typepad.com
3. Reading Apps LegalViewer GoodReader iBooks iAnnotate PDF
4. iBooks
5. LegalViewer
6. GoodReader Hyperlinks
7. GoodReader Back Button
8. iAnnotate PDF Hyperlinks
9. iAnnotate PDF Back Button
10. Note Taking Apps iAnnotate PDF NotesPlus
11. iAnnotate PDF
12. iAnnotate PDF
13. iAnnotate PDF
14. NotesPlus
15. NotesPlus
16. Law-Related Apps Rulebook Westlaw Lexis FastCase
17. Rulebook
18. Rulebook
19. WestlawNext
20. WestlawNext
21. WestlawNext
22. The iPad as Part of the Writing Process
23. Photo by purdman1 on Flickr
24. Microsoft Word
27. Madman Architect Carpenter Judge
28. Gathering Ideas Structuring Thoughts Mind-mapping apps Note-taking apps Outlining apps Simple text editors Where is the iPad strong?
29. iThoughts HD
31. MindNode
32. Our simple example doesn’t really show off the benefits of MindNode
33. As a larger example, here’s the map I used when first thinking about this panel
34. Exporting from MindNode
35. OmniOutliner for iPad
36. Rearranging Headings in OmniOutliner
37. Or find a tool that can transform OPML into a file format you need Could use the iPad as a “second screen” to consult while you’re typing into a full computer. You have an OPML file. Now what?
38. makeDoc
39. DOCX for use in Word (or importing to WordPerfect) Export as OPML Export as Markdown
41. This is how the default Word styles look
42. But if you’ve adapted the default Word styles to a legal format, you might get this