Smart phones are very helpful for every business and the legal professionals can make use of the smart phones to run particular aspects of their business with more flexibility and efficiency. Below are given the 5 top android legal apps for 2013 that you can use on your smart phones and make work easier for you despite where you are, on the golf course, on your way to work or busy attending meetings.
The Law Guide-
The Law Guide is a great app for you if you are a law student or a paralegal. It will definitely give you an edge over your peers. This app has a vast legal FAQ and dictionary which you can use anytime and thus impress your colleagues and boss with great knowledge you have of legal language. If you are planning to join a new job, with the help of The Law Guide you can upload your resume and also get in touch with the various employers in your locality. Qualified attorneys too can have benefit from the law dictionary and case-review links offered by this app. This app is rich in content, ad-free and easy to download.
RDM+ Remote Desktop Management-
Did you forget to carry your file home or wish to work while traveling? Then this app surely is ideal for you. With RDM+ you can access your computer through your smart phone. Your office or home desktop will be displayed on your android phone. Though functionality will be a little limited owing to the keyboard of your phone, but otherwise it is just equal to carrying your desktop computer with you everywhere. Make sure this app always stays password protected so that if it gets stolen no one will be able to access important documents.
Call Track-
Being a legal professional, each minute of yours is valuable, but tracking billable hours can be a big problem. Call Track saves you lots of time as it tracks your work calls by contact details and even syncs them automatically to the Google Calendar. At the end of the billing period chosen by you, this app will add up your non-billable and billable call hours making it possible for you to use time more effectively.
Win Scribe Digital Dictation-
This is the one app that you perhaps have long been waiting for. If you have always wished to convert your smart phone into a nice mobile office, one obstacle coming your way is perhaps the tiny virtual keyboard. A great solution available in the market is digital dictation. Though it is not perfect, the accuracy and sophistication of dictation software has improved greatly, and you surely will be surprised seeing how useful it can be. Using Win Scribe you can dictate, transcribe and also review your finished documents using your smart phone. Thus your smart phone will serve you as good as your desktop computer.
Dropbox-
No matter what your profession is, if you do any type of business online, Dropbox is the one app you should have. With it you can easily share files across mobile devices and computers very easily, simply by clicking and dragging files into a particular folder. Using the Dropbox app you can access the folders you have shared on your office and home computers, so you never ever have to worry about having left an important file back home. You can easily access it using your phone, complete your work while on the move and even share it with your clients or co-workers over Dropbox.
Each of these android legal apps has been designed to make work easier for you. Install one or more of them and enjoy the various benefits they offer.