LegalTech conferences 2001
From January 29-31, 2001, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is sponsoring LegalTech in New York City. The LegalTech conference is dedicated to bringing you the latest technical tools to improve the efficiency and quality of your practice. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is presenting a three-track conference for large firms and law departments, with the ABA Law Practice Management Section presenting a track exclusively for small firms and solo practices. If you fall somewhere in between those two categories, you're in luck because, new this year, The Legal Technology Institute will present a seminar track for mid-sized firms.

LegalTech New York is being held at the Hilton New York Hotel and Towers. Over 300 exhibitors are scheduled to attend in order to bring you the latest advances in technology, products, and services for the advancement of your legal practice. One of these exhibitors will, of course, be Palm, Inc.

I spoke with Erika Mobley, Market Development Manager at Palm, to find out more about what Palm has in store for LegalTech New York. I learned that Palm is co-sponsoring a booth with West Group (at http://www.westgroup.com) to showcase mobile wireless solutions for the legal community. West Group is the maker of Westlaw, a legal research service already entrenched in 85-90% of all prominent U.S. law firms and law schools. West Group has developed the Westlaw Wireless solution for the Palm VII and Palm VIIx or any other Palm device with Internet connectivity (e.g., a Palm III or Palm V with the Palm Mobile Internet Kit, a modem, etc.).

According to Mobley, not only will Palm and West Group showcase key vertical solutions for attorneys, law students, solo practitioners, paralegals, and the like, but they'll also demonstrate key "horizontal" solutions useful for lawyers.

As an example of these horizontal solutions, she mentioned the Zagat Restaurant Guide for the Palm OS--which is ideal if you need to take clients out to dinner. You can find it at http://www.landware.com/zagat/index.html. She also mentioned Documents to Go, which could be useful if you want to take your legal research with you on your Palm device. That's at http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/index.html.

Palm will also be showing off some cool peripherals for the Palm device, such as voice recorders for mass storage and stowaway keyboards, useful for note taking in depositions and meetings.