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PUTTING THE “APP” IN
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Blake Hawthorne
Rich Phillips
Don Cruse
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Electronic Copy of Materials
SCOTXBlog:
www.scotxblog.com
Texas Appellate Watch Blog:
www.TexasAppellateWatch.typepad.com
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Reading Apps
LegalViewer
GoodReader
iBooks
iAnnotate PDF
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iBooks
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LegalViewer
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GoodReader
Hyperlinks
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GoodReader
Back
Button
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iAnnotate PDF
Hyperlinks
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iAnnotate PDF
Back
Button
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Note Taking Apps
iAnnotate PDF NotesPlus
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iAnnotate PDF
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iAnnotate PDF
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iAnnotate PDF
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NotesPlus
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NotesPlus
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Law-Related Apps
Rulebook Westlaw
Lexis FastCase
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Rulebook
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Rulebook
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WestlawNext
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WestlawNext
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WestlawNext
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The iPad as
Part of the
Writing Process
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Photo by purdman1
on Flickr
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Microsoft Word
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Madman Architect
Carpenter Judge
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Gathering Ideas
Structuring Thoughts
Mind-mapping apps
Note-taking apps
Outlining apps
Simple text editors
Where is the iPad strong?
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iThoughts HD
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MindNode
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Our simple example
doesn’t really show off the
benefits of MindNode
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As a larger example,
here’s the map I used
when first thinking about
this panel
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Exporting from MindNode
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OmniOutliner for iPad
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Rearranging Headings in OmniOutliner
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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?
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makeDoc
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DOCX for use in Word
(or importing to WordPerfect)
Export as OPML Export as Markdown
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This is
how the
default Word
styles look
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But if you’ve
adapted the default
Word styles to a legal
format, you might
get this