Robert Ambrogi Blog
For the second successive year, the Fastcase legal research app is the most popular legal app among lawyers, according to the 2014 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. The most popular business app among lawyers this year is LinkedIn, the survey said.
Among lawyers who reported having downloaded a legal-specific app, 36.5% listed Fastcase. Last year, Fastcase was also the most popular, with 26.5% saying they had downloaded it.
(For last year’s results, see this post.)
Other legal-specific apps mentioned by lawyers in the survey were:
- WestlawNext, 33.7%.
- Legal Dictionary App, 22.1%.
- Lexis Advance, 14.1%.
- TrialPad, 8.3%.
- Courtlink, 6.7%.
- LexisNexis Legal News, 6.4%.
- LexisNexis Get Cases & Shepardize, 6.1%.
- Westlaw News, 4.2%.
- TranscriptPad, 3.8%.
- HeinOnline, 2.9%.
- Federal Courts, 2.9%.
- Casemaker, 2.2%.
- Other, 28.5%
When asked about general business apps, 68.3% of respondents named LinkedIn. Last year’s most popular business app, Dropbox, came in second this year, at 65.3%. That is still a big jump in usage, given that Dropbox was first last year with just 15.2% saying they had downloaded it.
Other popular business apps among lawyers this year were:
- Evernote, 38.1%.
- DocsToGo, 20.8%.
- GoodReader, 19.9%.
- QuickOffice, 17.8%.
- LogMeIn, 15.1%.
- Box, 8.5%.
- Notability, 6.9%.
- Other, 16.3%.
To reiterate, these percentages are of lawyers who reporting having downloaded a legal or business app, not of all lawyers who responded to the survey.
The Legal Technology Survey Report is edited by Joshua Poje, director of theLegal Technology Resource Center. It is published in six volumes. Each volume can be purchased for $350 or, for ABA members, $300. The volumes are:
- Vol. 1: Technology Basics.
- Vol. 2: Law Office Technology.
- Vol. 3: Litigation and Courtroom Technology.
- Vol. 4: Web and Communication Technology.
- Vol. 5: Online Research.
- Vol. 6: Mobile Lawyers.
A combined edition can be purchased for $1,800 or, for ABA members, $1,550.