Digital legal material – dearth of decent Apps

LexisNexis consumers will be pleased.  The company has released a legal mobile app which allows users to access their entire loose-leaf library remotely.

If you have any tablet or smart phone it is definitely worth downloading.  Although I love traditional libraries, and still spend many hours in various legal libraries in South Africa, the mobile solution was desperately required.

This is the way legal material is moving.  Being in the fortunate position of having access to both University of the Free State and University of KwaZulu Natal research facilities, mobile and Internet based legal research is no longer a luxury or ’nice-to-have’; it is critical and extensively used in all law faculties in South Africa.

The practice of law is slowly meandering in the vague direction of technology, but as with most things in a traditional and fiercely protected profession, cost, politics and slow adoption will hinder widespread use for a few years yet.

That being said, on this particular App, the design philosophy is clean and it is well put together.  The search functionality allows one to get directly to the source in an efficient manner.  Clearly the bandwidth capability in South Africa is an issue, but the App is light and it loads quickly in most instances (whether on wired or wireless connection). If you use LexisNexis and have a mobile device, it is a no-brainer.

2 thoughts on “Digital legal material – dearth of decent Apps

  1. Reading is the best hobby because it trains memory and youstudy something new all the time. It can be new technical skills or professional information, literature or something else. Any way it helps you to develop mentally. But I don't like to buy books because it can be very expensive and what you have to do if you don't have money for new book? Have you used payday loan scams service? I prefer to get a tablet and download the new books there.

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