September 19, 2005
ABA Legal Technology Survey
The ABA’s 2004-2005 legal technology survey is now available. You can purchase individual volumes or the complete five-volume set at www.lawtechnology.org/survstat. An executive summary can be purchased for immediate download. Volumes include:
- Law Office Technology
- Litigation and Courtroom Technology
- Web and Communications Technology
- Online Research
- Mobile Lawyers
Laura Ikens, research specialist at the ABA’s Legal Technology Research Center, noted in Law Technology News that the survey disclosed a disconnect between availability and use of legal-specific software. Software is sitting on the shelves unused. Software loaded on computers and workstations is underused.
Try as they have, software companies haven’t been able to eliminate the need of the user to invest a little "learning time" to save a lot of future time. Too many features and capabilities are hidden behind menus and icons. Users don’t know to look for them. And even if they did, the old saying "out of sight, out of mind" applies.
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