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tammycravit · 10-29-2010, 01:34 PM

As a paralegal, I find my Kindle useful for a couple of things work-wise:

I keep a lot of general reference material (statutes, jury instructions, etc.) on my Kindle for ready access when I need them.
I read and brief a lot of cases for my supervising attorneys, and downloading them to the Kindle (using the email thingie to convert PDF to AZW) saves a lot of paper.
When I'm in court with one of my supervising attorneys, I can create a collection on my Kindle and download needed resources to it, such as any applicable briefs, case law, etc. That way, it's all handy and searchable if I need it. (I'd create a collection for each case if I was doing a lot of this, but I'm not in court that often.)

I would absolutely LOVE if I could get the practice guides we use all the time in e-book form, but sadly, LexisNexis hasn't seen fit to publish them that way, so I get a new 5 or 6 pounds of dead trees every year instead. Heck, I'd even pay the same $125/year our main practice guide costs for the e-book, just to reduce the amount of paper I have to carry around.

10-29-2010, 01:34 PM	#129
tammycravit Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 510324 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Central Coast, CA Device: Kindle 3	As a paralegal, I find my Kindle useful for a couple of things work-wise: I keep a lot of general reference material (statutes, jury instructions, etc.) on my Kindle for ready access when I need them. I read and brief a lot of cases for my supervising attorneys, and downloading them to the Kindle (using the email thingie to convert PDF to AZW) saves a lot of paper. When I'm in court with one of my supervising attorneys, I can create a collection on my Kindle and download needed resources to it, such as any applicable briefs, case law, etc. That way, it's all handy and searchable if I need it. (I'd create a collection for each case if I was doing a lot of this, but I'm not in court that often.) I would absolutely LOVE if I could get the practice guides we use all the time in e-book form, but sadly, LexisNexis hasn't seen fit to publish them that way, so I get a new 5 or 6 pounds of dead trees every year instead. Heck, I'd even pay the same $125/year our main practice guide costs for the e-book, just to reduce the amount of paper I have to carry around.