Legal Humor

Lawyer Amy Jackson of the Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake City, Utah, was discussing a family law case with her paralegal one day in 1993. The client had filled out an application with the legal aid society that stated she wanted "soul" custody.

Seeing the error, the paralegal remarked, "I'm not sure we can get jurisdiction."

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Coming Updates

Regular Update Shipments

December
We'll release our 2007 legislative update in December. You'll receive updates for all ProDoc forms that have been updated due to 2007 legislative changes.

January
In January, or early February, you'll receive a second update from us containing the January 1, 2008 updated Judicial Council forms. By spring we expect to receive approval for the Judicial Council to provide us the form changes prior to the effective date. This will enable us to provide you the changed forms prior to the forms' effective date.

2008 Planned Enhancements

New Volumes
In the first half of 2008 we intend to release five new volumes comprised of the Judicial Council Forms for these areas of law: Criminal, Conservatorships and Guardianships, Litigation, Juvenile, and Landlord/Tenant.

We also expect to introduce a major update to the Family Law volume by adding another 114 Judicial Council Forms. The new forms will cover areas such as adoption, name change, emancipation of minor, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

Effective with this update, we will include every Judicial Council Form in ProDoc.

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ProDoc Customer Support: Adding Custom Headers and Footers to ProDoc-Generated Documents

It is quite easy to create custom headers and footers that are automatically inserted into your ProDoc-generated documents. You can even specify whether this is done in all documents you generate in ProDoc, only in documents you draft from specific ProDoc volumes, or only in specific documents.

View "Adding Custom Headers and Footers to ProDoc-Generated Documents" >>

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Trial Tips: Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Here's a great resource containing ideas for Jury selection, proving damages, opening statement, direct examination, communications, cross examination, trial exhibits, final argument, and more. It is written by Paul N. Luvera, named by The National Law Journal, The American Lawyer and The Washington Journal as one of the nation's best trial lawyers. In 2005 Lawdragon Magazine named him as one the leading 500 lawyers in America, describing him as "The dean of the plaintiff's bar for all the Northwest." The American Board of Trial Advocates, Washington Chapter, selected him as the Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1999.

View Paul Luvera's Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips blog >>

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Tech Tip: Use Your Treo® for More than Just Phoning and Emailing, Part 4

If you're a mobile lawyer and you use a Treo, here are some great programs you'll want to check out:

• Palm® VNC - Using this product, you can remotely control your desktop computer from anywhere you have Internet access using your Treo.
• Flight Status 2.00 - This product enables you to get up to the minute flight status on most airlines through your Treo. All you need is the airline and flight number. This program is free.
• VolumeCare Pro - This program enables you to increase the maximum volume for the handset, wired handsets, and the speakerphone. It also enables you to boost the volume of the pickup microphone.

Several of the products featured in this section are also available for other PDA operating systems. Look around the product web site for more details.

To be continued next month. If you have some favorite Treo software programs you want to let others know about, your information to Tom Schoolcraft.

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Tech Tip: Let Your Clients Schedule Themselves in Your Calendar

iPolipo® is a subscription-based online service that accelerates the process of scheduling meetings. iPolipo enables you to selectively share your iPolipo calendar with your contacts and eliminate the time-consuming back-and-forth process required to set up meetings with your colleagues and clients. The iPolopo calendar integrates with your Outlook calendar so there is no data entry needed on your part when appointments are entered by your clients.

Learn more about iPolipo >>

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Tech Tip: Scan, Copy and Fax Using Your Cell Phone

When you're in a bind and need to fax, scan, or copy a document—and the usual equipment is not available—ScanR™ enables your cell phone camera or digital camera to come to your rescue. You simply shoot a picture of the document, send the image to ScanR, and wait for digital copies of the images to be emailed back to you. This service is free.

Learn more about ScanR >>

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Come By and Meet Us

Come by and visit us if you'll be attending — we'd love to see you!
* Ronald L. Lipman, author of our Lipman's Wills & Trusts volume will attend this event - come by and meet him.

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Vent—Tell Us What's on Your Mind

This is your opportunity to what's on your mind. Email us your suggestions and other feedback.

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