Law Apps

Check out the links below for a list of apps for Lawyers and for Law Students
1. Apps for Kenya Lawyers
2. Apps for Kenya Law Students  

Law Apps for Law Students

1.Android Applications for Kenyan Lawyers, Law Faculty and Law Students 
2. 10 apps and tools for every student lawyer  
3.Top Five Free Legal Apps for Your Smartphone 
 4.11 Mobile Apps For Kenya Law School Students
5.There’s an App for That: 5 Apps for Kenya Law Students  
6.The best apps for law students 

10 apps and tools for every student lawyer

Here are 10 wonderful tools and applications  every law student should use.

OneNote—You’re probably among the many who use Micro-soft Word or another basic word processing program to take notes. However, another Microsoft product calledOneNoteis specifically designed with note-taking in mind.It has organizational functionality that’s lacking in traditional word processing software. You can include categories and subcategories that will make it much easier to find specific information in the future. For example, you can group notes by semester, then further by subject, and still further by date.You can also search and sort through your entire notebook. This searching feature makes finding topics covered in multiple lectures incredibly simple. In fact, you should always keep future searching in mind while you’re writing notes.For example, instead of inconsistently switching between writing “motion for summary judgment” and abbreviating it as “MSJ,” pick a style and stick with it. That way, subsequent searching will capture every instance of the term.Another great way to organize your notes is to use virtual note tags.Whenever you’re about to discuss a new topic in your notes, consider adding a special character (such as “^”) followed by the topic. Doing so will allow you to search all your notes for terms (such as “^Depositions”) quickly.You can also use different virtual tags to denote different levels of depth (such as largeror more minor treatments).OneNote also allows you to take a photo of your professor’s whiteboard, PowerPointslides, or other visual mate-rial. While many other students are trying to keep up with writing down the important information your professor presentsvisually, you’ll be able toallocate that time to adding other important points only made orally.Finally, OneNote is highly portable. You canaccess one set of noteson your computer as well as your mobile devices. You can also collaborate with your classmates and friends by sharing access to specific notes so that you can jointly edit them.

Class review videos—All the major bar preparation  companies,Including Barbra, Themis, And Kaplan, provide hours of lectures designed to briefly summarize manylaw school classes. Themis is currently the only one to provide these lectures for free. Its lectures include most or all of your first-year classes and a good amount of your upper-level classes. These lectures can be as quick as a couple of hours and as lengthy assix hours or more. They’re intended to provide a very rudimentary overview of a given subject.One unconventional use of these materials is to use them to get anover-arching view of what a course will be like before your classeseven begin. This perspective is especially useful for theupper-level classes, which are usually purelyelective. So if you’re undecided as to whether you should enroll in a particular class, consider spending some time watching one of these lectures to get a sense of what the material is like.Similarly, some students report that in certain classes, it can take weeks or longer for them to see the bigger picture and how material in a class relates to other topics in the same class. Watching these review lectures at the beginning of the semester may allow you to see the bigger picture earlier. This verysimplified version of the material can make the much more detailedreadings and class lectures from your professor easier to understand because you’ll have had some prior exposure to the basics.

Dropbox—By now, almost everyone has heard ofDropbox. However, it’s so important that I’m including it here just in case you’re not aware of it. Dropbox (and alternatives such as Google Drive) allow youto store your files on remote servers. This creates a backup of your documents so you can download them to your other devices. If you’re not using a program with its own backup functionality (such as OneNote), make sure to save your documents to your Dropbox or a competitor’s folder.Throughout your law school career, you’ll probably have a few friends who’ve lost all of their documents due to a computer malfunction. Dropbox’s remote backups can easily prevent this type of data loss for free.

Quizlet—Flashcards areused by students all over the world to study for their exams.Quizletmakes this process much easier by turning your smartphone or computer into a set of digital flashcards. Some people will argue that the process of writing flashcards by hand is an important part of the memorization process.But not everybody wants to carry around hundreds or even thousands of flashcards. Quizlet lets you quickly copy and paste from your notes into its software. It thengenerates digital flashcards you can swipe through. Quizlet also has a text-to-speech feature so you can have your phone read your notes to you like an audiobook.

Lexis for Microsoft Office—LMOis the perfect companion for any class that requires you to submit legal memos and papers. It’s an extension for Microsoft Word that automates and simplifies several common legal writing tasks. First, it automatically makes sure your citation formatting is correct. This can be a huge source of inconvenience for manylaw students (and lawyers, too). LMO allows you to check these citations in seconds.You can also use the Shepard’s Citations Service directly within your Word document. Finally, you can create atable of authorities automatically. Everyonetaking a class such as Legal Writing and Research should use this Microsoft Word extension before submitting their papers page is the perfect companion for any class that requires you to submit legal memos and papers. It’s an extension for MicrosoftWord that automates and simplifies several common legal writing tasks. First, it automatically makes sure your citation formatting is correct. This can be a huge source of inconvenience for manylaw students (and lawyers, too). LMO allows you to check these citations in seconds. You can also use the Shepard’s Citations Service directly within your Word document.Finally, you can create atable of authorities automatically. Everyonetaking a class such as Legal Writing and Research should use this Microsoft Word extension before submitting their papers.

Kindle book versions of popular case books andstudy aids—I’m a big fan of electronic searching mechanisms.So I was delighted to see that many assignedtextbooks and study aids now have Kindle versions available. Whether you have a Kindle device or not, theKindle app works with almost every computer and mobile device. Amazon sells many popular textbooks and legal study aids as Kindle editions.The biggest value in these versions is that you’re generally able to search through the entire book for certain terms or phrases. This can streamline your studying and review process enormously. Students often fear the Socratic method style of teaching. However, searching through your materials electronically can make an unexpected question from your professor a lot more manageable.The Kindle version is often cheaper (but probably not by as much as you’d expect) than a traditional book. And you can use the Kindle app’s text-to-speech feature to turn these books  into audio books.The Pocket app—Pocketis one of the most popular mobile apps in existence. It allows you to save online articles, videos, and other content to all your devices for future viewing. Instead of constantly opening up new tabs or sending emails to yourself, you can use Pocket to better organize the material you intend to read later. Pocket is particularly useful for reading content on a smartphone or other device with limited Internet connectivity. You can download the material when you havegreater access to the Internet and save it for times when the Internetis unavailable. You can also share content with friends or integrate it with other apps. And you can use Pocket’s highlighting tool to better organize your favorite and most important content.

dLaw—Formerly called Droid-Law, this is an Android reference app for lawyers and law students. It allows you to quickly access federal and state statutes and rules of procedure.Some of the material is free, but others, such asstate laws, require a small fee. You can easily save content for offline viewing. And dLaw allows you to use keyword searching so you can pinpoint exactly what you want to find in a given statute or other material.Another Android app, Legal Dictionary for DroidLaw integrates within the dLaw app to provide a free legal dictionary.Lexis and Westlaw haveapps, too—Many students use only Lexis and Westlaw on their computer. However, trying to use these websites on a smartphone can present interface-related problems or limitations, depending on your phone.Each company offers a mobile app as well. These apps often have the same extensive functionality of their website counterparts, and often they provide the better experience on mobile devices.

Black’s Law Dictionary— The most widely cited law book isBlack’s Law Dictionary, according to its publisher. However, it’s a large book that can besomewhat cumbersome to search through.Thankfully, Black’s is now availableas an app, which is significantly cheaper yet arguably a lot better. The app allows you to instantly search for a given word insteadof manually going through the physical book.Given that the 10th edition of the dictionaryis 2,054 pages, electronic searching is particularly convenient. Further, you can carry the dictionary around wherever you have yoursmartphone. While there are free dictionaries available, Black’s is the gold standard and can be well worth the money.

TalksOnLaw(Price FREE /iOSonly)
Talks On Law is a cool N.Y.-based legal media and education companythat seeks to educate lawyers through enjoyable interviews with top thinkers (think podcasts or TED Talks but for law). The TOL (short for TalksOnLaw) mobile app offers a sleek platform, bringingkiller interviews that any legal geek will admire.  The 30-minute interviews cover a wide range of fascinating topics, from constitutional questions about surveillance technologyto the intellectual property implications ofdance and hip-hop music. The app is easy to navigate and 100% free for law students (or anyone not looking to get CLE credits).

10 apps and tools for every student lawyer

Here are 10 wonderful tools and applications  every law student should use.

OneNote—You’re probably among the many who use Micro-soft Word or another basic word processing program to take notes. However, another Microsoft product calledOneNoteis specifically designed with note-taking in mind.It has organizational functionality that’s lacking in traditional word processing software. You can include categories and subcategories that will make it much easier to find specific information in the future. For example, you can group notes by semester, then further by subject, and still further by date.You can also search and sort through your entire notebook. This searching feature makes finding topics covered in multiple lectures incredibly simple. In fact, you should always keep future searching in mind while you’re writing notes.For example, instead of inconsistently switching between writing “motion for summary judgment” and abbreviating it as “MSJ,” pick a style and stick with it. That way, subsequent searching will capture every instance of the term.Another great way to organize your notes is to use virtual note tags.Whenever you’re about to discuss a new topic in your notes, consider adding a special character (such as “^”) followed by the topic. Doing so will allow you to search all your notes for terms (such as “^Depositions”) quickly.You can also use different virtual tags to denote different levels of depth (such as largeror more minor treatments).OneNote also allows you to take a photo of your professor’s whiteboard, PowerPointslides, or other visual mate-rial. While many other students are trying to keep up with writing down the important information your professor presentsvisually, you’ll be able toallocate that time to adding other important points only made orally.Finally, OneNote is highly portable. You canaccess one set of noteson your computer as well as your mobile devices. You can also collaborate with your classmates and friends by sharing access to specific notes so that you can jointly edit them.

Class review videos—All the major bar preparation  companies,Including Barbra, Themis, And Kaplan, provide hours of lectures designed to briefly summarize manylaw school classes. Themis is currently the only one to provide these lectures for free. Its lectures include most or all of your first-year classes and a good amount of your upper-level classes. These lectures can be as quick as a couple of hours and as lengthy assix hours or more. They’re intended to provide a very rudimentary overview of a given subject.One unconventional use of these materials is to use them to get anover-arching view of what a course will be like before your classeseven begin. This perspective is especially useful for theupper-level classes, which are usually purelyelective. So if you’re undecided as to whether you should enroll in a particular class, consider spending some time watching one of these lectures to get a sense of what the material is like.Similarly, some students report that in certain classes, it can take weeks or longer for them to see the bigger picture and how material in a class relates to other topics in the same class. Watching these review lectures at the beginning of the semester may allow you to see the bigger picture earlier. This verysimplified version of the material can make the much more detailedreadings and class lectures from your professor easier to understand because you’ll have had some prior exposure to the basics.

Dropbox—By now, almost everyone has heard ofDropbox. However, it’s so important that I’m including it here just in case you’re not aware of it. Dropbox (and alternatives such as Google Drive) allow youto store your files on remote servers. This creates a backup of your documents so you can download them to your other devices. If you’re not using a program with its own backup functionality (such as OneNote), make sure to save your documents to your Dropbox or a competitor’s folder.Throughout your law school career, you’ll probably have a few friends who’ve lost all of their documents due to a computer malfunction. Dropbox’s remote backups can easily prevent this type of data loss for free.

Quizlet—Flashcards areused by students all over the world to study for their exams.Quizletmakes this process much easier by turning your smartphone or computer into a set of digital flashcards. Some people will argue that the process of writing flashcards by hand is an important part of the memorization process.But not everybody wants to carry around hundreds or even thousands of flashcards. Quizlet lets you quickly copy and paste from your notes into its software. It thengenerates digital flashcards you can swipe through. Quizlet also has a text-to-speech feature so you can have your phone read your notes to you like an audiobook.

Lexis for Microsoft Office—LMOis the perfect companion for any class that requires you to submit legal memos and papers. It’s an extension for Microsoft Word that automates and simplifies several common legal writing tasks. First, it automatically makes sure your citation formatting is correct. This can be a huge source of inconvenience for manylaw students (and lawyers, too). LMO allows you to check these citations in seconds.You can also use the Shepard’s Citations Service directly within your Word document. Finally, you can create atable of authorities automatically. Everyonetaking a class such as Legal Writing and Research should use this Microsoft Word extension before submitting their papers page is the perfect companion for any class that requires you to submit legal memos and papers. It’s an extension for MicrosoftWord that automates and simplifies several common legal writing tasks. First, it automatically makes sure your citation formatting is correct. This can be a huge source of inconvenience for manylaw students (and lawyers, too). LMO allows you to check these citations in seconds. You can also use the Shepard’s Citations Service directly within your Word document.Finally, you can create atable of authorities automatically. Everyonetaking a class such as Legal Writing and Research should use this Microsoft Word extension before submitting their papers.

Kindle book versions of popular case books andstudy aids—I’m a big fan of electronic searching mechanisms.So I was delighted to see that many assignedtextbooks and study aids now have Kindle versions available. Whether you have a Kindle device or not, theKindle app works with almost every computer and mobile device. Amazon sells many popular textbooks and legal study aids as Kindle editions.The biggest value in these versions is that you’re generally able to search through the entire book for certain terms or phrases. This can streamline your studying and review process enormously. Students often fear the Socratic method style of teaching. However, searching through your materials electronically can make an unexpected question from your professor a lot more manageable.The Kindle version is often cheaper (but probably not by as much as you’d expect) than a traditional book. And you can use the Kindle app’s text-to-speech feature to turn these books  into audio books.The Pocket app—Pocketis one of the most popular mobile apps in existence. It allows you to save online articles, videos, and other content to all your devices for future viewing. Instead of constantly opening up new tabs or sending emails to yourself, you can use Pocket to better organize the material you intend to read later. Pocket is particularly useful for reading content on a smartphone or other device with limited Internet connectivity. You can download the material when you havegreater access to the Internet and save it for times when the Internetis unavailable. You can also share content with friends or integrate it with other apps. And you can use Pocket’s highlighting tool to better organize your favorite and most important content.

dLaw—Formerly called Droid-Law, this is an Android reference app for lawyers and law students. It allows you to quickly access federal and state statutes and rules of procedure.Some of the material is free, but others, such asstate laws, require a small fee. You can easily save content for offline viewing. And dLaw allows you to use keyword searching so you can pinpoint exactly what you want to find in a given statute or other material.Another Android app, Legal Dictionary for DroidLaw integrates within the dLaw app to provide a free legal dictionary.Lexis and Westlaw haveapps, too—Many students use only Lexis and Westlaw on their computer. However, trying to use these websites on a smartphone can present interface-related problems or limitations, depending on your phone.Each company offers a mobile app as well. These apps often have the same extensive functionality of their website counterparts, and often they provide the better experience on mobile devices.

Black’s Law Dictionary— The most widely cited law book isBlack’s Law Dictionary, according to its publisher. However, it’s a large book that can besomewhat cumbersome to search through.Thankfully, Black’s is now availableas an app, which is significantly cheaper yet arguably a lot better. The app allows you to instantly search for a given word insteadof manually going through the physical book.Given that the 10th edition of the dictionaryis 2,054 pages, electronic searching is particularly convenient. Further, you can carry the dictionary around wherever you have yoursmartphone. While there are free dictionaries available, Black’s is the gold standard and can be well worth the money.

TalksOnLaw(Price FREE /iOSonly)
Talks On Law is a cool N.Y.-based legal media and education companythat seeks to educate lawyers through enjoyable interviews with top thinkers (think podcasts or TED Talks but for law). The TOL (short for TalksOnLaw) mobile app offers a sleek platform, bringingkiller interviews that any legal geek will admire.  The 30-minute interviews cover a wide range of fascinating topics, from constitutional questions about surveillance technologyto the intellectual property implications ofdance and hip-hop music. The app is easy to navigate and 100% free for law students (or anyone not looking to get CLE credits).

10 apps and tools for every student lawyer

Here are 10 wonderful tools and applications  every law student should use.

OneNote—You’re probably among the many who use Micro-soft Word or another basic word processing program to take notes. However, another Microsoft product calledOneNoteis specifically designed with note-taking in mind.It has organizational functionality that’s lacking in traditional word processing software. You can include categories and subcategories that will make it much easier to find specific information in the future. For example, you can group notes by semester, then further by subject, and still further by date.You can also search and sort through your entire notebook. This searching feature makes finding topics covered in multiple lectures incredibly simple. In fact, you should always keep future searching in mind while you’re writing notes.For example, instead of inconsistently switching between writing “motion for summary judgment” and abbreviating it as “MSJ,” pick a style and stick with it. That way, subsequent searching will capture every instance of the term.Another great way to organize your notes is to use virtual note tags.Whenever you’re about to discuss a new topic in your notes, consider adding a special character (such as “^”) followed by the topic. Doing so will allow you to search all your notes for terms (such as “^Depositions”) quickly.You can also use different virtual tags to denote different levels of depth (such as largeror more minor treatments).OneNote also allows you to take a photo of your professor’s whiteboard, PowerPointslides, or other visual mate-rial. While many other students are trying to keep up with writing down the important information your professor presentsvisually, you’ll be able toallocate that time to adding other important points only made orally.Finally, OneNote is highly portable. You canaccess one set of noteson your computer as well as your mobile devices. You can also collaborate with your classmates and friends by sharing access to specific notes so that you can jointly edit them.

Class review videos—All the major bar preparation  companies,Including Barbra, Themis, And Kaplan, provide hours of lectures designed to briefly summarize manylaw school classes. Themis is currently the only one to provide these lectures for free. Its lectures include most or all of your first-year classes and a good amount of your upper-level classes. These lectures can be as quick as a couple of hours and as lengthy assix hours or more. They’re intended to provide a very rudimentary overview of a given subject.One unconventional use of these materials is to use them to get anover-arching view of what a course will be like before your classeseven begin. This perspective is especially useful for theupper-level classes, which are usually purelyelective. So if you’re undecided as to whether you should enroll in a particular class, consider spending some time watching one of these lectures to get a sense of what the material is like.Similarly, some students report that in certain classes, it can take weeks or longer for them to see the bigger picture and how material in a class relates to other topics in the same class. Watching these review lectures at the beginning of the semester may allow you to see the bigger picture earlier. This verysimplified version of the material can make the much more detailedreadings and class lectures from your professor easier to understand because you’ll have had some prior exposure to the basics.

Dropbox—By now, almost everyone has heard ofDropbox. However, it’s so important that I’m including it here just in case you’re not aware of it. Dropbox (and alternatives such as Google Drive) allow youto store your files on remote servers. This creates a backup of your documents so you can download them to your other devices. If you’re not using a program with its own backup functionality (such as OneNote), make sure to save your documents to your Dropbox or a competitor’s folder.Throughout your law school career, you’ll probably have a few friends who’ve lost all of their documents due to a computer malfunction. Dropbox’s remote backups can easily prevent this type of data loss for free.

Quizlet—Flashcards areused by students all over the world to study for their exams.Quizletmakes this process much easier by turning your smartphone or computer into a set of digital flashcards. Some people will argue that the process of writing flashcards by hand is an important part of the memorization process.But not everybody wants to carry around hundreds or even thousands of flashcards. Quizlet lets you quickly copy and paste from your notes into its software. It thengenerates digital flashcards you can swipe through. Quizlet also has a text-to-speech feature so you can have your phone read your notes to you like an audiobook.

Lexis for Microsoft Office—LMOis the perfect companion for any class that requires you to submit legal memos and papers. It’s an extension for Microsoft Word that automates and simplifies several common legal writing tasks. First, it automatically makes sure your citation formatting is correct. This can be a huge source of inconvenience for manylaw students (and lawyers, too). LMO allows you to check these citations in seconds.You can also use the Shepard’s Citations Service directly within your Word document. Finally, you can create atable of authorities automatically. Everyonetaking a class such as Legal Writing and Research should use this Microsoft Word extension before submitting their papers page is the perfect companion for any class that requires you to submit legal memos and papers. It’s an extension for MicrosoftWord that automates and simplifies several common legal writing tasks. First, it automatically makes sure your citation formatting is correct. This can be a huge source of inconvenience for manylaw students (and lawyers, too). LMO allows you to check these citations in seconds. You can also use the Shepard’s Citations Service directly within your Word document.Finally, you can create atable of authorities automatically. Everyonetaking a class such as Legal Writing and Research should use this Microsoft Word extension before submitting their papers.

Kindle book versions of popular case books andstudy aids—I’m a big fan of electronic searching mechanisms.So I was delighted to see that many assignedtextbooks and study aids now have Kindle versions available. Whether you have a Kindle device or not, theKindle app works with almost every computer and mobile device. Amazon sells many popular textbooks and legal study aids as Kindle editions.The biggest value in these versions is that you’re generally able to search through the entire book for certain terms or phrases. This can streamline your studying and review process enormously. Students often fear the Socratic method style of teaching. However, searching through your materials electronically can make an unexpected question from your professor a lot more manageable.The Kindle version is often cheaper (but probably not by as much as you’d expect) than a traditional book. And you can use the Kindle app’s text-to-speech feature to turn these books  into audio books.The Pocket app—Pocketis one of the most popular mobile apps in existence. It allows you to save online articles, videos, and other content to all your devices for future viewing. Instead of constantly opening up new tabs or sending emails to yourself, you can use Pocket to better organize the material you intend to read later. Pocket is particularly useful for reading content on a smartphone or other device with limited Internet connectivity. You can download the material when you havegreater access to the Internet and save it for times when the Internetis unavailable. You can also share content with friends or integrate it with other apps. And you can use Pocket’s highlighting tool to better organize your favorite and most important content.

dLaw—Formerly called Droid-Law, this is an Android reference app for lawyers and law students. It allows you to quickly access federal and state statutes and rules of procedure.Some of the material is free, but others, such asstate laws, require a small fee. You can easily save content for offline viewing. And dLaw allows you to use keyword searching so you can pinpoint exactly what you want to find in a given statute or other material.Another Android app, Legal Dictionary for DroidLaw integrates within the dLaw app to provide a free legal dictionary.Lexis and Westlaw haveapps, too—Many students use only Lexis and Westlaw on their computer. However, trying to use these websites on a smartphone can present interface-related problems or limitations, depending on your phone.Each company offers a mobile app as well. These apps often have the same extensive functionality of their website counterparts, and often they provide the better experience on mobile devices.

Black’s Law Dictionary— The most widely cited law book isBlack’s Law Dictionary, according to its publisher. However, it’s a large book that can besomewhat cumbersome to search through.Thankfully, Black’s is now availableas an app, which is significantly cheaper yet arguably a lot better. The app allows you to instantly search for a given word insteadof manually going through the physical book.Given that the 10th edition of the dictionaryis 2,054 pages, electronic searching is particularly convenient. Further, you can carry the dictionary around wherever you have yoursmartphone. While there are free dictionaries available, Black’s is the gold standard and can be well worth the money.

TalksOnLaw(Price FREE /iOSonly)
Talks On Law is a cool N.Y.-based legal media and education companythat seeks to educate lawyers through enjoyable interviews with top thinkers (think podcasts or TED Talks but for law). The TOL (short for TalksOnLaw) mobile app offers a sleek platform, bringingkiller interviews that any legal geek will admire.  The 30-minute interviews cover a wide range of fascinating topics, from constitutional questions about surveillance technologyto the intellectual property implications ofdance and hip-hop music. The app is easy to navigate and 100% free for law students (or anyone not looking to get CLE credits).

11 Mobile Apps For Kenya Law SchoolStudents

Memorizing case law, researching proper citations and staying up to date with the latest case in the Supreme Court may be a little easier now with the help of mobile apps.Prospective and currentlaw school students can now access information that was once only available in libraries and courthouses on their tablets and mobile phones.“I’m seeing a print environment developing into an app environment,” says Jenny Zook,reference and instructional services librarian at the University of Wisconsin Law School. “If you look at the top publishers they all offer some kind of app for law students.”Zook and her colleagues say that legal apps aren’t extremely popular, but that there are a lot of great apps that students can use. Law school librarians suggest prospective and current law school students check out the following apps.

• Law Dojo:
Law Dojois series of games that test a player’s knowledge on subjects like civilprocedure, torts, contracts, criminal law and more.  In the freeversion, players can choose among three quizzes to assess their understandingof Supreme Court cases, law doctrine and civilian rights in police situations. Players earn points by answering questions correctly and the game ends when a playerloses three ninjas. Students who want to delve into specific areas of the law can buy different versions for $2.99 each.“It’s a good way for prospective students to kind of get their feet wet and sort of see what kind of information they’ll be dealing with in law school,” says Kris Turner, reference and technology services librarian at the University of Wisconsin LawSchool. The app is available on the iOS and Android platforms.

• Law in a Flash:
Flash cards are a tried-and-true way of memorizing terms and studyingfor exams. The app, an extension of the Law in a Flashseries, allows users to download cards by subject, make personal notes and create bookmarks so users can review saved cards later. It’s available on iOS and Android devices for $19.99.• Research databases:  Law students can conduct legal research on the go with the help ofHeinOnline,Lexis Advanceand WestLawNext, themobile apps for three popular databases. All three apps are free, but a subscription is required. Students should check with their librarians for access. HeinOnline and Lexis Advance are available on the iOS platform only. WestLawNext is available on Android and iOS. [Choose alaw school that matches your learning style.]

•Legal dictionaries: Students can use mobile versions of trusted legal dictionaries to learn more about legal terms, says Vicki Steiner, reference and instructional librarian at theUniversity of California Law School.  “When you start law school in your first-year classes you are introduced to a lot of legal terms that might not be familiarto you so having a resource that can help you gain familiarity with legal terms and legal concepts might be very helpful,” she says.Black’s Law Dictionary is a staple for law students, but at almost $60 for the app, it may be too expensive for prospective students who want to get a head start. Steiner recommends NOLO’s Plain English Law Dictionary as an alternative. Black’s Law Dictionary is available on iOS for $54.99 and Windows Mobile for $59.99. NOLO is available for free in iOSand Android.

• Photo-to-PDF converters:Instead of scanning and copying from large case law books, students can use these camera apps to take pictures ofjournals and case reviews and download the images in PDF form straight to their phone or tablet with Camera to PDF and JotNot. Both iOS apps are free. JotNot users will need to pay$2.99 to upgrade and unlock PDF access.

• Legal news: Stay up to date with the latest in legal news and follow Supreme Court cases with theABA JournalandtheSCOTUSblogapps.Both apps are free. ABA Journalis available for iOS and Android.SCOTUSblog is available for iOS.

Librarians say that law school students can also benefit from popular note taking and task manager apps likeEvernote,Dropbox and Things. It’s likely that students will continue to see a diverse offering of mobileapps for everything , but librarians caution students to use legal apps from authoritative developers, and not trust every app that they see.

There’s an App for That: 5 Apps for Kenya Law Students

One part of being a savvy law student is using technology to your advantage. In law school, you’ll be required to digest large amounts of information in short periods of time. Turning to technology for study aids, note-taking andstress relief can helpyou manage your time and resources wisely. Since time management is an essential skillto have as a law student (and lawyer),integrating apps intoyour routine could play an important role in law school success.Finding an app that you like can be extremely helpful throughout law school. Having your favorite study aid or planner at the palm of your hand at all times makes you a more efficient and organized law student. Check out our top 5 apps for law students.

Know and Understand Legal Jargon
Black’s Law Dictionary
Price: $54.99 / iOS & Android
You’ve probably heard of Black’s LawDictionary. It serves as the most widely used law dictionary in the United States and most law students swear by it.Why should you invest in the app versus the hard copy? First off, you can quickly find any term using the search function. This will come in handy when your professor starts coldcalling in class. Second, you don’t have to lug it around.You’ll be carrying enough books to and from class. Third, it’s cheaper (and we all know you’re most likely on a tight budget as a law student).

Take Notes & Stay Organized Across All Devices
Ever Note
Price: Free / iOS & Android
Want to be able to access your projects, notes and to-do lists on all of your devices? Use Evernote. With Evernote, you can take notes on your computer and have them automatically sync to your smartphone or tablet. Spill water on your computer? Don’t worry. All of your notes and outlines are safe andsound. You can also save audio recordings, videos and PDFs to the app and even use your smartphone camera to scan hard copy documents. The appis also built for collaboration, which allows you to share notes and outlines with your study group.

Study Smarter with
Digital Flashcards Quizlet
Price: Free / iOS & Android
In law school, you’ll have to memorize a lot of information. Quizlet allows you tocreate your own digital flashcards within the app. You can also share your flashcards with others. The best thing about using this app is that you will always have your flashcards on you, just in case you find some extra timeto review. Quizlet also gives you the option to create a study set, which builds a personalized study schedule based on your exam date. Thisoption allows you to check your progress and includes push notification reminders when it’s time to study.

Stay On Track & Never Miss An Assignment Again
My Study Life
Price: Free / iOS & Android
Throw out your planners, folks. This app has all of that and more. My Study Life is the ultimate organization tool for any busy law student. The app allows you to organize your classes, assignments and exams with the added option of setting reminders and rotation schedules. Track your progress on upcoming assignments and find the perfect time to study with this turbo-charged organizing tool.

Relieve Stress & Sharpen Your Mind
Headspace
Price: Free / iOS & Android
At first glance, you may think that Headspace has no benefits to a busy law student. But think again. Headspace teaches users how to meditate with easy 10 minute guided meditation sessions.Meditation improvesfocus and decreasesstress and anxiety. Wellness is important when attending law school. You’ll be under an immense amount of stress, and learning how to meditate can make itall a little more manageable.

The best apps for law students

A selection of the handiest tools for your revision, admin and research

On the CaseandHalsbury’s Legal Terms–freeBoth apps from legal publishers LesixNexis allow students to accessdigests of more than 300,000 cases and 3,500 definitions of legal terms and phrases. On the Case allows you to search for cases by name, citation or keyword, and gives each case a status signal indicating how judges have treated them. To access login details, students should download the LexisLibrary apps on the iPhone, open the app and click on the “academic” link. After completing the registration form using only your academic email address, an email will be sent to your university email with login details. But beware: both are currently only available on iPhone.

CamScannerorTiny Scanner–freeThese document-scanning apps pretty much do what they say on thetin, allowing you to quickly scan documents and handwritten notes into PDF images.

Dictamus– £12.99
This app will save the hand-ache of scribbling away in lectures by turning your phone into a dictaphone.

RefME– Free
This referencing tool is a useful shortcut to gathering all those footnotes, endnotes and citations for essays, allowing you to scan the barcodes from the journals or booksfrom which you are quoting.

Evernote– free
You can use Evernote to jot down your thoughts, ideas, images, to-do lists, and makes them available and searchable across all of your devices.

Citrix QuickEdit–free
Lets you create documents, spreadsheets and presentations and work on all of your Microsoft Office and PDF files. You can access them anywhere, with cloud storage support for ShareFile, DropBox, Box, Google and others.DropboxorGoogle Drive– freeStore all your notes, documents and pictures on the cloud, and access them from any of your devices.

News apps – free
Keeping up to speed with legal newsas well as general current affairs is essential for developing your criticaland analytical thinking skills – but sifting through it all to find the good stuff can be time-consuming. Trade magazines and online legal titles arehighly recommended for more focused news: