The Mobile Lawyer
Edited by ABA Legal Technology Resource Center
Almost all (survey) respondents report using a computer for law-related tasks while away from the office (94%, up from 84% in the 2007 survey). Respondents are asked how often they use a computer for law-related tasks in various locations. Almost one-third report using computers regularly for law-related tasks in hotels (32%, up from 23% in the 2007 survey)…
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Respondents are asked what hardware they most often use to access the internet while away from the office. More than three-fourths report most often using laptop computers for this purpose (76%, roughly even with or slightly up from 74% in the 2007 survey). Forty-six percent report most often using Smartphones / BlackBerrys (up from 32% in the 2007 survey), 42% a desktop computer at home (down from 47% in the 2007 survey), and 4% public terminals or kiosks (roughly even with or slightly down from 7% in the 2007 survey). Large firm respondents are the most likely to report using Smartphones /BlackBerrys to access the internet while away from the office (61%, up from 50% in the 2007 survey), compared with 36% of solo respondents (up from 16% in the 2007 survey) and 36% of small firm respondents (up from 24% in the 2007 survey).
Respondents are asked how often they use their PDAs / Smartphones / BlackBerrys in various locations away from the office. Eighty-seven percent (up from 80% in the 2007 survey) report regularly using the devices at home, 77% (up from 62% in the 2007 survey) in transit, 72% (up from 59% in the 2007 survey) in hotels, 70% (up from 58% in the 2007 survey) in airports, 56% (roughly even with or down from 59% in the 2007 survey) in client offices, 51% (roughly even with or slightly down from 53% in the 2007 survey) in opposing or co-counsels’ offices, and 33% in the courtroom (roughly even with or slightly down from 36% in the 2007 survey).
Respondents most often report regularly using laptop computers (54%, up from 43% in the 2007 survey) and home desktop computers (38%, roughly equivalent with or slightly down from 40% in the 2007 survey) to conduct legal research while away from the office. Fifteen percent report regularly using Smartphones or BlackBerrys for this purpose (15%, roughly equivalent or slightly up from 13% in the 2007 survey). The percentage of respondents who report using Smartphones or BlackBerrys to conduct legal research while away from the office with any frequency at all is 42%, up from 31% in the 2007 survey; for laptops the percentage has increased to 85% from 77% in the 2007 survey.
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