The Best Apps for Lawyers and Law Firms is a blog written by Jared Correia, Attorney at Law. BestAppsforLawyers.com includes information about technology for lawyers, reviews of and commentary on law apps, legal-related webinars, as well as announcements of upcoming events related to technology in the legal field.
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Best Apps For Lawyers
- Clio
As a lawyer that’s on-the-go, you need a cloud-based legal practice management solution that allows you to operate your practice remotely. Clio’s mobile app will allow you to access your client data securely, remotely, anytime.
With Clio, you can track time, view client information, create new matters and contacts, and more.
Also, Clio integrates with many of the other apps for lawyers on this list (we have over 200 integration partners in total), which means you’ll be able to run your entire practice from one place.
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The first step to getting started is to create your Clio account. After that, you can download the Clio app on your mobile phone and sign in.
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- Evernote
Evernote has long been a leader in the legal industry thanks to its simple design and ability to capture notes and recordings on the fly—in a multitude of formats. In addition to taking, saving, and organizing written notes, Evernote integrates with your smartphone camera. You can capture an image from almost any surface (receipt, whiteboard, paper), rotate it, crop it, and adjust it to the dimensions required, and easily share it from your mobile device.
For Clio lawyers scanning documents, this app has the added advantage of removing creases in folded documents and can be used to turn business cards into contacts. Therefore, saving you considerable time when it comes to filling receipts, sending an email to a new contact, or even when referring to notes you have taken on the fly.
Evernote for iOS, Evernote for Android
- Onenote
For lawyers operating in a Microsoft Office environment, OneNote is another good option for note-taking. It keeps everything you need for your cases in one place.
OneNote for iOS, OneNote for Android
- Feedly
With social media, we create, circulate, and consume more and more content at an increasingly rapid pace. Still, for research, marketing, competitor analysis, and more, lawyers need access to real-time content. The solution? You need a tool that lets you filter out what’s not important to create a useful knowledge base.
With Feedly, you can streamline your content monitoring and social shares so you’ll never miss a case or trending topic. Organize your content into streams, collect articles with tags, and share them easily across social media and separate accounts.
Feedly for iOS and Android
- Dictate+Connect
The original go-to mobile app for lawyers, the dictaphone, has undergone innumerable facelifts during the internet era. Dictate+Connect allows you to turn your iPad into a dictation device that can be synced with Box, within your Clio account. Simply record and sync testimonies and interrogatories to your evidence.
Dictate+Connect for iOs (paid) and Android (free or paid)
- OneDrive
If you’re working remotely and using your mobile phone, you’ll need a cloud data storage service that lets you access your data from anywhere. OneDrive fits the bill. It inherently integrates with the Microsoft Office suite, making this one of the best apps for lawyers using a Microsoft environment. What’s more, as is the case with most top quality apps, it also keeps your data secure (here’s a post about security and OneDrive).
OneDrive for iOS, OneDrive for Android
Tip: If you use Clio Manage, you also have unlimited document storage with in-text searching and the ability to quickly edit documents from there, and you can view your documents from the Clio mobile app.
- Box
Box is another great document storage app for lawyers. It offers in-document searching for enterprise-level accounts, so you can find what you need fast. Box also uses encryption and other methods to keep your documents secure (read Box’s security policy here).
Box for iOS, Box for Android
- Dropbox
Dropbox is yet another great app for lawyers who want to store their documents in the cloud. It has an easy-to-use interface and keeps documents secure with strict security protocols which allow you to easily respect your clients’ confidentiality.
Dropbox for iOS, Dropbox for OneDrive
- Google Drive
Finally, Google Drive is another popular cloud storage app for lawyers. It offers direct integration with Google Docs, which allows you to edit all your documents directly from your browser without needing any other programs. And like the other best apps for lawyers on our list, it’s secure.
So, you can rest assured any document you need for your case will not ever get compromised.
Google Drive for iOS, Google Drive for Android
- Penultimate
If you like the tactile sensation of writing, it’s worth trying out an app that lets you store your handwritten thoughts electronically. Penultimate is one of the best note-taking apps for lawyers.
Need to take notes by hand but also need to stay organized? Evernote syncs with Penultimate and processes your notes so that you can search for handwritten text within the app.
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- Clio
Looking at the best apps for lawyers? 2020 starts off again with Clio leading the way. This app offers time tracking, billing, file management, and more. It integrates seamlessly with Outlook, Dropbox, and a full suite of other tools. There are other organizational apps out there (some included below), but Clio is the gold standard of legal apps.
Price: Double bonus? Clio is available on both iOS and Android for free.
- Lexicata
Lexicata is another one of the best apps for lawyers. This CRM helps you to make short work of administrative tasks like intake, collecting leads, and following up with clients. Sign documents through Lexicata, and use the reporting tools to see how your digital marketing strategy is working. This app is a partner of Clio and comes with the same excellent customer service.
Price: Free trial. Contact Lexicata directly to get a full price quote for your firm.
- TeamViewer
One of the best productivity apps for lawyers is TeamViewer. This secure app allows you and your team to access documents and control your desktop from wherever you are. Run it with your smartphone from anywhere in the world.
Price: Available on iOS and Android. Free for personal use; business use ranges from $49 to $199 a month depending on the number of people using it.
- GoodReader
Much of the practice of law centers around paperwork: creating it, reading it, and organizing it. GoodReader is one of the best legal document apps to help you organize your documents. Easily syncs from other platforms (e.g., Dropbox and Google docs). Create, edit, and view pdfs, too. Check out our previous post if you’re looking for more legal document software tools.
Price: $5.99 for iOS only (in-app purchases)
- Depose
Depose is one of those legal apps for lawyers that you won’t know how you managed without before. This allows for lawyers to not only take depositions but to also attach exhibits and import questions from other platforms.
Price: $8, only available for Android in Google Play
- Evernote
And speaking of depositions, how do you keep your various scraps of notes and business cards? If you’re smart, you keep in on Evernote. Evernote allows you to share your notes with colleagues and integrates with Google Drive, Outlook, Slack, and more.
Price: Evernote is available for Android and iOS and is free for the basic version.
- To-Do
Along these same lines, To-Do is another legal app that not only allows you to easily take notes (and make lists) but also to assign tasks and group notes by client. This app is not specifically designed for legal use but can be incredibly helpful when it comes to streamlining and managing and remembering your tasks for the day. (Note: This app used to be called Wunderlist.)
Price: Free, and available for iOS and Android.
- Reminders
You are busy, and sometimes a written calendar date doesn’t help. Reminders uses push notifications and Siri to keep you on track. You can color code your reminders and also keep them organized and separated into different categories (e.g., home, school, work, etc.).
Price: Free, but only available for iOS.
- Docs to Go
Need to quickly review a complicated document on the go, one with endless footnotes, redlines, and changes? Docs to Go is the one of the best legal apps for that.
Price: Free (with in-app purchase options). Available for iOS and Android.
- LogMeIn
Realizing you forgot a crucial document on your desktop as you’re walking into court? There’s an app for that. LogMeIn gives you instant, secure access to important files you left behind on your desktop computer.
Price: Free trial, with plans that range from $30 to $129 a month. Available on iOS, and on Android as LogMeIn Ignition.
- FastCase
Other than endless client paperwork, legal research is one of the main aspects of your legal practice that may need some organizing. Let FastCase help with its massive research library.
Price: Free, and available on iOS and Android.
- dLaw
Access a handy compendium of laws and statutes all across the U.S. This is an invaluable research tool, especially when used in conjunction with FastCase.
Price: Free, but only available on Android.
- Dropbox
Yes, in our list of legal apps for lawyers we have this at number 13, but Dropbox is arguably one of the most important file sharing tools you can utilize in your practice. Gone are the boxes of paper files dragged to court. Read and notate files right on your tablet or smartphone, and share across devices.
Price: Free and available for iOS and Android.
- Thumbtack
Looking for clients? Thumbtack can help. This app is not exclusive to lawyers but is a great marketing tool to expand the people you serve. Sign up for free and only pay to contact interested clients.
Price: Available on iOS and Android. Price varies.
- Dashlane
With all of these legal apps holding sensitive information, security is crucial. If your password is still “password” to make it easy to remember, download Dashlane and get ready to enhance the security of your digital accounts. Dashlane safely and securely stores all of your passwords in one place. Access this app with TouchID technology and use it for its “strong password” suggestions (and no, not the password “strong password”!).
Price: Start at free to store up to 50 passwords. Get unlimited passwords, unlimited devices, two-factor authentication, and credit monitoring (and more) for $10 a month. Available for iOS and Android devices.
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