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Ever wish you could quickly calculate the number of court days, calendar days, workdays, business days or calendar days before or after a given date?
How about a handy way to record, organize, and display all of your CLE credits? You know, a simple tool to display the number of credits earned in each of the authorized subject areas, such as skills, ethics and professionalism, law practice management, and professional practice. Something that would also keep track of extra credits you want to apply to the next compliance period.
That would be cool, right?
Well, it’s here – and it’s called Law On My Phone. It’s a suite of iPhone applications tailor-made for lawyers.
The CLE applications are good for California, New York, Florida, Texas and Louisiana only. Presumably, the rest of the state with mandatory CLE will come on board soon enough.
And at $0.99 a pop, your state’s CLE application plus the two date timers will set you back under $3. Not too shabby.
Have you used any of these apps? Are they any good? Drop a comment below and let me know!
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Instead of developing a CLE app that just reminds lawyers that they have to fork over more cash to a bar provider, maybe the bar could develop a CLE app that allows lawyers to carry around their respective state ethics codes and opinions to make compliance easier. As it stands, not only do some states charge for access to state ethics opinions, but in most places, they are copyrighted as well, making it virtually impossible for lawyers who actually take their ethics obligations seriously to easily follow the law.
I agree 100%, Carolyn – opening up the doors for lawyers to get the information they need to meet their obligations would be a fantastic step for the state bars. I'm sure there's a delicate balancing act between the need for disclosure and the desire to keep the trials and tribulations of other lawyers out of the public eye. Though I'm not sure whether keeping that information away from the public is good policy, I understand the sensitivity to exposing the plight of a lawyer who crossed an ethical line and has paid his debt to the system.
I agree 100%, Carolyn – opening up the doors for lawyers to get the information they need to meet their obligations would be a fantastic step for the state bars. I'm sure there's a delicate balancing act between the need for disclosure and the desire to keep the trials and tribulations of other lawyers out of the public eye. Though I'm not sure whether keeping that information away from the public is good policy, I understand the sensitivity to exposing the plight of a lawyer who crossed an ethical line and has paid his debt to the system.