New products in the legal field.

Go ahead and be lazy

Now you can have your law books right at your fingertips with the Lazy Lawyer Corp.'s newest model in its line of revolving bookcases. Made of solid wood, the new Payne model provides 33 percent more storage in the same amount of space as any other model. The Payne stands 62 inches high and has 16 linear feet of shelves in just a 31-inch-diameter circle.

All revolving bookcases come fully assembled and ready to use, and the bearing system carries a lifetime guarantee. For a full catalog and price lists, call [phone], check out the company Web site at www.lazylawyer. com, or fax the form on p. 130 to [phone].

Seeing is believing 

From accident reconstruction to medical-legal illustrations, the Visual Evidence Co. can handle all of your cases' demonstrative evidence. The company offers the following products and services: aerial photography and reconstruction, scale modeling, CD-ROM archiving, video services, storyboards, timelines, and document and photographic enlargements.

For more information or a free consultation, call [phone], visit the company on the Web at www.vevidence. com, or fax the form on p. 130 to [phone].

Check out what's hot

Most law firms wish there was a way to have the most current version of a form in their client's hands all the time. Now there is, thanks to Capsoft Development, which recently released HotDocs 5.0 and HotDocs Pro 5.0.

These upgraded versions offer vast improvements, including a feature that allows a firm to post standardized documents and templates to the Internet so the client has immediate access to them. HotDocs Pro also offers Web publishing options and enhanced design features for graphical forms.

Pricing varies depending on the number of users. For more information, check out Capsoft's Web site at www.capsoft. com, call [phone], or fax the form on p. 130 to [phone].

Let them keep a tab on you

Software Technology, Inc. (STI) has released a new program that will change the way law firms view those tedious tasks in the billing process. TABS III Version 9, a 32-bit Windows billing system, includes Pre-Bill Tracking that can check the status of individual bills, making it a snap to see which pre-bills need editing, have been finalized, or are "on hold." Final bills are also easy to view from the same screen. A new Client Manager has been introduced, allowing users to customize and launch the functions they use most. This feature permits browsing accounts-receivable information, gives immediate access to a client file, and uses a new editing aid that modifies work in process.

STI has added these features to the software: graphing and task-based billing, customizable statements, automatic dialers, and the ability to reprint and undo previous bills.

Pricing starts at $295, depending on the system and number of users. For further information, go to www.stilegal. com on the Internet, call Software Technology, Inc., at [phone], or fax the form on p. 130 to [phone].

Go for the summit

If you are looking for top-notch case-management software, let the search end with Computer Law Systems's CLS/ SUMMIT: The Integrated Legal Solution. This program has over a dozen software applications, all of which are seamlessly joined together.

The backbone of CLS/SUMMIT is Entidex, a concentrated database that links your computer's productivity tools together into one application. Entidex allows users to see at-a-glance information for all contacts with multiple fields for telephone numbers and addresses.

CLS/SUMMIT's Case Management module can track clients, divide cases into phases and tasks, identify possible conflicts, and provide a schedule of important meetings. The Financial Management module can organize the financial aspects of your firm into one program, and the Administrative Management module includes an archive manager, a time/cost import, a marketing manager, and other software that makes running your office easier.

For further information and pricing, visit CLS on the Web at www.clswin.com, call [phone], or fax the form on p. 130 to [phone].

You talk, it types

The legal profession can be a jumble of specialized words and terminology. Speech-recognition software can help navigate that maze by allowing users to create text for correspondence, e-mail, reports, and more by speaking directly to the computer.

IBM's ViaVoice 98 with Legal Vocabulary is designed specifically for litigation dictation. The program includes 25,000 commonly used legal terms, covering more than 95 percent of words used in both civil and criminal legal documents. Legal abbreviations and citations can be dictated as naturally as if you were speaking to a colleague in person, and cites will conform to Blue Book style.

Price is $149. For more information, go to www.software.ibm.com/viavoice on the Internet or fax the form on p. 130 to [phone].

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