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New for 2009!  The ABA Legal Technology Survey Report

The first two volumes of the 2009 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, Technology Basics (Vol. 1) and Law Office Technology (Vol. 2), are now available for purchase. 

 

Survey Highlights:

 

  • Metadata removal software is available at nearly half of respondents’ firms (46%).  Large firm respondents report the highest availability (86%), with solo respondents (27%) and respondents from firms of 2-9 attorneys (31%) reporting the least availability.  The brands most commonly listed were Adobe Acrobat (46%), Workshare Protect (18%), and Payne’s Metadata Assistant (14%).

     

  • Seventy-seven percent of respondents report the availability of Smartphones/BlackBerrys at their firms.  Of respondents that provided brand names, the BlackBerry/RIM (64%) was cited most often followed by the iPhone at 14% then the Palm Treo (13% in 2009, down from 21% in 2008).  Despite increase iPhone interest, only four percent report Mac OS as the operating system on their primary computer, roughly equivalent with 3% in the 2008.
  • Sixteen percent of respondents report having used a web-based software or service solution/Software as a Service (SaaS), compared with 13% who reported using an online service provider in the 2008 survey.  The largest increase was seen amongst solos with twenty-two percent of solo respondents (up from 14% in the 2008 survey) reporting its use.

Available for Immediate Download

 

The findings of the six volume ABA Legal Technology Survey Report will be published serially; Technology Basics (formerly Baseline and Budgets) (May), Law Office Technology (May), Litigation and Courtroom Technology (June), Web and Communication Technology (June), Online Research (July) and Mobile Lawyers (July). The 2009 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report will be published as PDF e-products and available for immediate download. Each of the six volumes begins with a trend report that summarizes the notable results and highlights changes from previous years, followed by detailed charts and tables.

 

The survey is an annual project of the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC). The LTRC provides lawyers, bar associations, law schools, and other legal organizations with information on technology and its use by the legal profession.

 

Need More Information?

 

To keep up on the latest survey news, please join the ABATechSurvey e-mail distribution list. Subscribers will get exclusive sneak peeks of survey results, discounted pricing and advance notification of survey availability.

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