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Coming April 12, 2005 to TechnoFeature: Trial presentations were complex long before the technology revolution of the 1990s, but since that time, the choices for presenting e vidence in the courtroom have multiplied considerably. Despite having more options available, the fundamentals of trial advocacy remain unchanged: you must present a believable story to a jury using relevant evidence, and convince them to decide in your favor. In this article, trial presentation expert Barry Brian Wheeler takes a look at the considerations necessary for choosing and using technology that can turn a good trial presentation into a winning trial presentation.

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To celebrate the launch of TechnoLawyer Blog, we have posted in full Dennis Kennedy's excellent analysis of Tablet PCs. This article ran earlier this week in our TechnoFeature newsletter.

Synopsis
In this article, legal technology expert Dennis Kennedy reports on his move to the world of the Tablet PC. He gives the Tablet PC high marks, highlights ten key observations, and comments on how the Tablet PC has changed his approach to computers in some fundamental ways. He then wonders aloud what it will take for law firm IT departments to equip lawyers with these tools.

An incredible 67.8% of TechnoLawyer members use Adobe Acrobat.  If you use Acrobat, listen up — tomorrow's edition of our TechnoFeature newsletter will contain an exclusive review of Acrobat 7. Here is the synopsis:

Acrobat 7's Seven Most Notable New Features
In this article, CaseSoft CEO Greg Krehel reviews the seven new features of Adobe Acrobat 7 likely to generate the greatest interest among lawyers, paralegals, and legal assistants. Additionally, Greg also explores the differences among the five different products in the Acrobat family. This article contains 1,301 words.

Incidentally, for those of you who use both Acrobat and CaseMap, Greg asked me to pass along the following: "There's a new "Send-to-CaseMap" Plug-in for Acrobat 7. You can obtain it at no-charge. The behavior of the Plug-in remains the same."

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