Monthly Archives: April 2008

The Latest MacHeist Bundle

William Gamble sent me a note about the most recent MacHeist bundle. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, MacHeist packages several apps into a bundle and sells the bundle at a steep discount over what the apps would cost if purchased individually. The current incarnation contains twelve apps, including three games and [...]

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California Bar Exam Mac Requirements

Michael Katz has put together an excellent summary of the computer requirements for the California bar exam. If you’re thinking of taking the exam on a Mac, be sure to take a look at this document he prepared for the University of San Francisco Law Mac User Group: Taking the California Bar Exam on an [...]

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Anyone Know of a System for Case Markup?

Tom, a 1L at the University of Wisconsin, made this inquiry:
I am envisioning some set of abbreviations, marks, symbols, etc., that are traditionally used to markup a case or other legal material. I have been sort of developing my own system to label facts, holdings, arguments for both sides, policies of the court, etc., but [...]

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A Student’s Review of the MacBook Air + Setup

Brad Gardner, a 1L at John Marshall Law School, has provided us a writeup of his Mac law school setup. Brad also tucked in a review of the MacBook Air, which he uses as his primary machine at school. Check out Brad’s Mac Law School Setup.
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Excellent Review of the Things GTD App

Jeff Krabbe has posted an in-depth review of Things. This is the first of four GTD apps Jeff is going to review, so I highly recommend bookmarking his Apple Briefs site. If you’re new to GTD (Getting Things Done), it’s a technique for managing time and tasks. More GTD items can be found on MLS [...]

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