Last LLB Legal App Post of 2011

Come to think of it, I don't believe I post very often about apps, at least not in a positive light. But I kind of like this one. Its WolframAlpha's Lawyers Professional Assistant App for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. At $4.99, I might even buy it for quick answers to reference questions. (Note to self: does the app's output cite to official sources for some of the law-related and government information used for generating calculations?)

Here's the app's features list:

• A dictionary of legal terms; statutes of limitations for each US state; and information about visa types, including requirements, common issues, and extensions and limits
• Calendar computations to quickly determine the end date of a specific term
• Financial computations, including fee calculations, settlement calculations, current interest rates, historical value of money, and federal US tax rates
• Crime rates and histories for specific crimes, as well as state and national average comparisons
• Demographics of population and economy for specific cities and international information about currency, country economies, and languages spoken, as well as time zone conversions
• Investigative information, including weather, company information, IP lookup, and blood alcohol calculator
• Damages and estate-planning computations for occupational salaries, costs of living, life expectancies, and present or future values
• Real estate law, including mortgage calculations, closing cost estimation, information on square footage, home sales price, and utility prices

Hat tip to Bob Ambrogi's LawSites post by way of Greg Lambert's retweet of Patric DiDomenico tweek. [JH]