Whether you are an attorney, paralegal or court reporter, you are most likely beginning to realize the importance of using up-to-date and easy to use technology to help you with the litigation process. Technology, and immediate access to important legal documents, isn’t just convenient—it’s necessary. The most common and basic of these technological devices is a tablet or smartphone. With all the latest advancements and innovation in legal technology, you can do almost anything from your mobile device.
To start, it has made sending and receiving realtime much easier and more convenient. You no longer need bulky cables, fancy hardware or expensive equipment to receive realtime. With almost every legal professional owning a tablet or smart phone, an attorney or paralegal can wirelessly connect to the reporter’s feed on any device. Users can highlight the realtime feed and export it for an immediate rough draft, as well as search the transcript for keywords during the deposition. Depending on the software being used, users may have the ability to privately mark up the actual testimony so that critical action items can be remembered at a later time.
More and more attorneys are also requesting to attend depositions remotely through streaming. This allows the attorney to monitor the deposition and ask questions if they cannot be present. Attorneys can now even attend the deposition from their smartphone or tablet while they are out on the go.
With all the recent mobile advancements and innovation, legal professionals can keep important information for their depositions and cases right at their fingertips. Valuable exhibits and transcriptions are now accessible immediately and digitally with ASCII text, E-Transcript and electronic exhibit repository. Legal professionals can also share and annotate electronic exhibits with local and remote attendees on mobile devices. Quickly searching and managing documents, transcriptions and evidence online with hyperlinked indexing and search options is now easier and more accessible than ever before.
If you’re not using a smartphone or tablet in your legal services business, you’re in the minority. There has been a tremendous amount of technological innovation in the legal industry, making it more important now than ever to embrace it and stay educated. So many tasks can now be completed with tablets and mobile devices, why not take full advantage of these wonderful devices and let them make your job easier?