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The Asus UX31 Zenbook is a streamlined ultrabook that looks and feels like the definition of an “executive” laptop, from its brushed aluminum lid to its metal-capped keyboard. (Remember those gold-plated calculators in the 80s? It reminds me of those, but aluminum and more tasteful.) It also has an awesome high-res, 1600×900 display that leaves [...]
Asus UX31 Zenbook Ultrabook Review is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
The Uprise 360 iPad stand is a cure for the ergonomic nightmare that happens when you gaze at your iPad while it is sitting on a surface. Unlike most iPad covers that double as stands, the Uprise 360 raises your iPad so you don’t have to crank your neck quite as much to focus on [...]
MobileEdge Uprise 360 iPad Stand Review is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
The oStylus Dot is the most unique iPad stylus I have ever used — and one of the more expensive. Instead of the standard foam or rubber tip, it has a small steel “dot” that swivels between two titanium hinges mounted in a slender aluminum shaft. The original oStylus is even more unique-looking, with an [...]
oStylus Dot iPad Stylus Review is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Increasingly, laptops and tablets are replacing — or supplementing — file folders and notepads at counsel tables. What’s your practice? Do you bring a computer to court? Poll: Do You Take a Computer to Court? is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Poll: Do You Take a Computer to Court? is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Every year, the ABA promotes Law Day as a day to learn about The Courts! Justice! Freedom! I don’t mean to poke fun; this is important. But the suggested lesson plans focus on a tiny slice of law — courtroom litigation — and don’t really portray that slice accurately. Instead, I think students and teachers [...]
Law Day is Tomorrow! is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Guest post by Mary Campbell Gallagher. Whether you are taking the bar exam in three months or three years, the bar exam is one of life’s big events. You need to plan ahead. Many law students think the bar exam tests on every minute detail of every law school subject. Fortunately, that is not true. [...]
Five Tips for Early Bar Exam Prep is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
In a few years, a generation of kids who apparently can’t pay attention long enough to read to the end of this sentence will find themselves sitting in jury boxes. Keith Lee at Associates Mind says “You have to provide [millenials] their panem et circenses whether you like it or not.” In response, Scott Greenfield [...]
How Will You Prepare for Jurors of the Future? is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
“If someone makes you a loan that’s illegal, either because they don’t have a license or they violate usury laws, you’re not under any obligation to pay it back,” said Norman Googel, an assistant attorney general in West Virginia. In trouble from an online payday loan? You might not have to repay it. Illegal Online [...]
Illegal Online Payday Loans May Not Have to Be Repaid is a post from Caveat Emptor
Yesterday, Google finally announced Google Drive, a Dropbox-like expansion of Google Docs. Google Drive allows you to sync your files between multiple Windows, Mac, and Android devices, and an iOS app is coming soon. So does Google Drive herald the beginning of the end of desktop computing? Possibly. But at the moment, it’s just a [...]
Google Drive Released. Time to Move to the Cloud? is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
I bought my Boxwave stylus shortly after getting my iPad because Aaron had one that I liked well enough after borrowing it for a day or two. Since then, I’ve used it extensively for taking notes, including in court and at depositions. I also used it to draw the slides for some of my recent [...]
Boxwave iPad Stylus Review is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com