An iPad equipped with the right software could be a powerful tool in the courtroom, given its portability and ease of use. A new iPad app, TrialPad, is specifically designed for use in the courtroom, as a tool to prepare and present electronic evidence at trial. Connect your iPad to a courtroom projector and use TrialPad to display, annotate and zoom-in on documents.
Annotate, highlight and write freehand on documents.
TrialPad works only with PDF documents. It differs from a PDF reader in that it allows you to organize documents into case folders and designate key exhibits as “Hot Docs.” It also lets you highlight, redact and write freehand on documents in advance of presenting them and annotate and zoom-in on them as you present them.
I do not have an iPad, so I have not tested TrialPad. Its website has an introductory video, screen shots and FAQs.
Use folders to organize your documents by cases.
The cost of the app is $89. To use it with a VGA projector, you would also need an iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter, which the Apple Store sells for $29, and a VGA cable to connect between the adapter and the projector. Of course, you would also need a courtroom equipped with a project (or one of your own).
While this product is marketed for use at trial, it could be used for presentations in any forum.
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Alli Gerkman · December 29, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I actually tried to pull together a short program on using an iPad in trial but couldn’t find a local who felt comfortable presenting on it (nobody thought they had enough experience). I bet that will change.
Author comment by Ted Brooks · December 30, 2010 at 1:25 pm
There is another one (“Evidence” from Rosen Technology) I was just notified about yesterday, and I’ll be reviewing both (and others, if I can find them). At this point, it would be silly to expect to do a complete trial with anything I’ve seen, but possibly a mediation or settlement conference. There’s just not enough horsepower in it – like reverting to the tech level of 1999.
Author comment by Ted Brooks · January 10, 2011 at 9:00 pm
My review of TrialPad and Evidence (two iPad Apps for trial presentation) has just been posted on AMLAW http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202477602410