Criminal Defense Law With An Apple

The rumor mill was cranking this past week. Most bloggers predicted a sub-notebook that would have a solid state drive. Sure enough, Apple introduced the Macbook Air.
In my post a week back, I asked for some updates to my Apple TV. Apple came through on this wish.

Hosted by Foreman, Lewis & Hutchison

Date 1 pm Friday February 29 - 5pm Saturday March 1, 2008 (The group will socialize Saturday night so please try to stay until Sunday morning)

Location: Embassy Suites Outdoor World At DFW Hotel - Grapevine Texas (5 minutes from DFW airport) 2401 Bass Pro Drive, Grapevine Texas 76051. The hotel adjoins the Bass Pro Outdoor World in case you want to buy a gun, tent or boat while you are here! Hotel is walking distance to the Grapevine Mills Outlet Mall.

Travel Recommend that you fly into Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport if possible. Dallas Love field is approx twenty minutes away if you want to rent a car or pay for a cab.

Cost: $150 for the Seminar/Meals (Covers a per person charge for use of meeting rooms at hotel, refreshment breaks, Dinner Friday evening (speaker presentation during dinner), lunch Saturday (presentation during lunch), and high speed internet connection in the seminar meeting room). [I know we originally said no cost for the seminar, but based on interest it appears we have far outgrown my conference room and require seminar space from the hotel. There is still no charge for the information/seminar.]

Accommodations: Attendees are eligible for a discounted suite at the rate of $124 per night for Friday and Saturday night. Thursday night accommodations are not subject to the discounted rate and should be shopped for the lowest available rate through the hotel or outside sources such as expedia or hotels.com. Reservations can be made online or by calling 972-724-2600 and asking for the MacLaw rate. Accommodations include a breakfast buffet and a cocktail reception. In-room internet is an additional charge. The Hotel has a complementary airport shuttle.

DEADLINE: The discount rate for hotel rooms will remain available until Midnight February 8th. After that date rate may increase based on availability. The hotel may sell out of guestrooms at any time.

I am requesting that the $150 seminar fee be sent to my office by February 8 so we can adjust the seminar facilities to larger space if needed. Please send a check to Foreman, Lewis & Hutchison 611 S Main, Ste 700 Grapevine, Texas 76051 or call 817-336-5533 and ask for Kristy to pay by credit card.

Seminar Topics:

The seminar is directed to the use of Macintosh computers in a trial focused litigation practice. Some of the topics will be applicable to general law office use of Macs. A favorite portion of the seminar last year was an open discussion / sharing of specific practice based problems and solutions. The seminar should be a wonderful tool for both advanced users and those new to or considering a conversion to a Mac based practice. The use of all programs will be demonstrated in a step by step form - bring your MacBook and work along with the speaker - Topics will include:

The Electronic Trial Notebook / File Organization - Circus Ponies Notebook. [Jason Adams - creator of Circus Ponies is planning to attend! - Worth the trip by itself!]

Adobe Acrobat the less paper practice (there is no such thing as paperless) , scanning, pdf files, bookmarks and annotations, etc.

TrialSmart and DepoSmart - trial presentation of exhibits and depositions [John Callis creator of TrialSmart and DepoSmart will present]

Recording your own video depositions Quicktime, iMovie and iDVD and presenting video at trial.

Keynote/Powerpoint presentations - use bulletpoints to bore your jury at your own risk use anchor images to help tell your story

Case Management using Daylight and alternatives -

Technical Tips every litigator should know: internet via cellphone; wireless networking with co-counsel; portable printers and scanners; projectors, image and video file conversions, dealing with a windows based court staff, and lots of other things to make you look like a techno-nerd.

Continuing Legal Education Credits: the seminar received approval for CLE credit last year from the State Bar of Texas (with reciprocity available in other states per their rules). Similar accreditation will be applied for this year.

WILL THE SEMINAR BE VIDEOTAPED? I don¹t know yet. Even if it is, the CD¹s would not be available for a while so don¹t take the chance COME!

ANY QUESTIONS?? Reply to Lewis@seeyouincourt.com or call me at
817-336-5533

At least for some criminal defense law firms, Daylite has proven to be the answer they were looking for. Marketcircle’s Daylite Productivity Suite is one of the better (if not best) programs to function as a legal software suite housed under one icon. The one thing that I wish I had done before starting off with Daylite was visit MacTech. This blogger knows Daylite. In addition, there are some great training videos that can really take the edge off the learning curve of this program. These could also be helpful if you are bringing in new staff that need to be trained on Daylite. If you are thinking of downloading the Daylite trial, bookmark MacTech and learn from an expert.

Here.

You can expect a review from us regarding MS Word but that is about the extent of my involvement with MS products. I will provide links to full reviews of the Office suite.

Another review here.

I use a MB Pro as my primary computer at the office. At home we have the iMac. I have always wanted a quality docking station. Looks like apple knows what I wish for.

Now if only they could punch up my AppleTV.

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