Here are some upcoming trends in legal technology that you should keep an eye out for in the near future. Some of these technologies are being integrated already, while others remain relatively new. Check out these trends and find out why you should be interested in these upcoming trends. Every experienced court reporter needs to stay on the ball and be totally informed about what’s going in their career, after all! Let’s get into it without any further ado.

Courtroom Trial Presentation Systems

The old days used to mean that you would lug your presentation around yourself. These days things have upgraded a bit as most courtrooms have a relative abundance of trial presentation equipment already installed. While not all courts currently have courtroom trial presentation systems, so when a court room does have one of these systems, they expect you to be using it.

This can mean that you need to use a system that maybe you have never used before. It may benefit you to go online or learn about how to use these Courtroom Trial Presentation Systems if you think you have to work at a facility that has one. State courts may be a little behind the federal courts but everyone is supportive of their potential use thanks to their ease of use, efficiency of presentation, and helping the jury to better understand evidence. They can also speed up trials quite a bit. These HDMI systems may be able to provide a more efficient courtroom experience.

Analytics

Lexis Nexis purchased legal analytics company Lex Machina, a significant acquisition that symbolizes the advent of analytics and its value. Analytics startups may be the next big thing– and information is always valuable. Look for analytics start ups to be rising trend.

Smart Phones & Apps

With everyone being on their smart phone these days, you probably already expect some level of technology to be coming out related to that. Well, these phones are connecting us not only to other people but to the Internet and apps all of the time. We can check our email, use apps, text someone, send a memo, order things, and more.

The best thing about smart phones is that you can choose from any number of apps that let you do everything from checking your bank account to accessing a presentation. Don’t fall behind with the times; see what apps in your field you could be taking advantage of today.

Fortunately, there are professional legal support services out there that can help. Not only can they alleviate the workload, but they can also make a smaller firm seem much more robust than it really is. And that can mean the difference between a client hiring you and a client seeking help elsewhere.

Specifically, legal support services can allow you to:

· File more records requests. With a professional legal support team on your side, you can file more records requests than ever before. And as all lawyers know, records can be that make-or-break piece of evidence you need.

· Serve more subpoenas. Forget serving citations and subpoenas only when you have time. When you utilize pro legal support services, you can serve those documents any time you need – day or night.

· Handle more cases. A legal support team simply increases your abilities. You can take on more clients and do more work without ever devoting an extra second to your job. In the end, it means your firm is more profitable, and there’s less on your plate.

· Build better, stronger case. With all those tedious, menial tasks taken care of, you’ll have more time to build stronger, better cases. That means more wins in the long run and a better-looking firm on the whole.

Legal support services can also help with the creation of high-quality videos and photos for your cases (it will make it seem like you have a pro on staff!), and they can set you up with an electronic repository, which will make your firm look high-tech and expensive.