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Many of the programs are shareware. This means that you can try them out and if you decide to continue to use them you're obliged to pay the folks who developed them. However, almost all are fully functional - none are demos or too crippled to be useful.
We check each program for virus' and general functionality, but you should read the information, advice, warnings & disclaimers in our Accuracy / Quality of Legal Material FAQ before using legal material from anywhere - including the Library! Our techie staff determined that if you don't read the FAQ there's a 97.648% chance (+/- 97.649%) that your computer will either explode or not explode. (They've never been right, but Read the Damn Thing Anyhow!)
Most of the programs are for IBM compatable computers running DOS or Win 3.x, though they should run fine under Win 95/8. Just a few are specifically for Win 95/8 (more are on the way) and they DO NOT run under DOS or Win 3.x. None are Mac programs since we don't have a Mac to evaluate them, but there's an extensive list of Mac software at: http://www.mother.com/~randy/index.html
Almost all programs are zipped or self-executing compressed files. If you don't know what this means, read our FAQ About Zipped Files. And here's the PKUNZIP.EXE program mentioned in the FAQ.
A number of the programs are exclusively available to our GoldCard Program Members. They are identified by a
You can click on them to find out all about becoming a member.
LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT
BILLTIME, 301k Shareware version 4.4
THE CASE MANAGER v7.0, 971k Appointments, commitments, callbacks, statements, revenues\expenses, collections, graphics, free-form data search...
CASEKEEPER FOR MS ACCESS v2, 397k Timekeeping, case management, billing program for small law offices & other service firms
COURT SCHEDULER v2.0, 285k Case management database by date, defendant, judge, etc.
LEGAL TIME & BILLING, 288k Maintains time billing system for unlimited # of lawyers & other service providers whether solo, group or firm
LO+MAS, 289k Easy to use program for attorneys, accountants, architects, consultants, etc., that bill for their time...
LEGAL CASE MANAGEMENT, 238k Complete caseload mgmnt... track court schedules, generate "Conflict" docs & reports, track litigation and non-lit cases...
TIMETRACKER, 172k Simple, easy-to-use Windows time-tracking program
FORMS & LETTERS
100 FORM LETTERS, 57k Collection of commonly used business letters in text that can be tailored to your individual needs
CYBERNETIC ATTORNEY v1.00D, 69k Custom legal form generator w/ database of general, real estate, landlord, employer, small business legal forms
EZ-FORMS PLUS v e.3x, 232k Forms generation and management system... create, revise, fill-in, file, save & print all kinds of forms
LEGAL11, 122k A number of boilerplate legal forms
LEGAL FORMS, 110k Money, real estate, business, employment, biz management & misc. legal forms
MORFORM, 485k Complete forms management system
PC-FORMS, 378k Document assembly system contains libraries of legal forms
SOFTFORM, 33k Collection of do-it-yourself legal forms
BUSINESS - LAW & MISC.
B/PLAN DEVELOPER v3.8, 202k Write a business plan like a pro. An online guide to creating a investor-centered proposal
BUSINESS PLAN MASTER v1.2, 154k Helps you create a professional biz plan
HARASSMENT, 161K Training about sexual harassment and behavior in the workplace
IMMIGRATION LAW COMPLIANCE v1.1, 120k Everything you need to complete and print the I-9 form the Immigration Reform and Control Act requires
MYOEH, 315k Compiles and produces all the elements of an in-depth employee handbook
SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR v98.3, 887k Tax/legal consultant-on-a-disk advises on business, legal/tax issues. 600+ pages of federal & state info.
GENERAL LEGAL PROGRAMS
ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION CALCULATOR v2.0, 208k Windows based accident calculator for traffic accident investigators & reconstructionists
ACCORDING TO LAW v1.0, 152k Understand common terms for auto, divorce, civil law/tort, financial, older people, real estate/renting... forms & tables...
DEPOSITION SUMMARY PROGRAM, 127k Summarize depositions, print and index the summary
LEGAL EAGLE v2.0, 626k Create wills, contracts, notes, and most any legal doc you'll need - like having a lawyer on your desk (Holy Moly! Be careful!)
PARA MASON BAR REVIEW, 188k Covers multi-state law subjects areas of contracts, sales, torts, criminal law, prof responsibility, real prop & evidence...
RESEARCH, 128k Store research, prepare chronologies & reports, keep track of evidence, scan depositions...
TMPLATES v3.0, 201k Trademark forms templates for lawyers and business owners. * Word for Windows Format *
LEGAL EDUCATION & INFO
ADA, 40k Windows help file w/ Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act
BANKRUPTCY HELPER™, 408k Well done, 7/98, Freeware Win '95 help file w/ Bankruptcy related U.S. Codes, Court Rules & Directory, etc.
BATTLING The BILL COLLECTORS v1, 309k Knowledge and tools to deal with bill collectors... prevent falling into they're traps
BEATING BILL COLLECTORS & CREDIT BUREAUS, 35k Win help file with lots of useful advice on your rights when dealing with pesky credit folks, incl. relevant laws
CREDIT RESQ, 218k Win help file with info re credit problems, etc... heavily crippled but still has lots of info
ETHICS, 70k Calif. legal ethics learning program
FRAP11, 118k Win help file w/ Fed Rules of Appellate Procedure, 11th Cir. Rules & Internal Operating Procedures
HYPERTAX, 352k Text of the IRS Code & Regulations in an electronic 'hypertext book'
LIBERTY, 120k The U.S. Constitution... history w/ key events, leaders, convention process & ratification... important Supreme Court cases
RIGHT TO KEEP & BEAR ARMS, 105k Legal definitions of weapons, text of Brady Bill, etc.
WE THE PEOPLE, 140k Win E-book explores democracy through Magna Carta, U.S. Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, etc.
EXCLUSIVE E-TEXTS
All are plain text compatable with any text viewer or word processor.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary by John Bouvier, 1856, 2 Volumes
FOUNDATIONS OF LAW & POLITICS
The Republic by Plato, 360 B.C., 250k
The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, 1515, 65k
The Code of Hammurabi, circa 1780 B.C., 40k
An Essay On the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner, 1852, 184k
The History of the Common Law of England by M. Hale, 1713, 121k
Sun Tzu On The Art of War Trans w/Intro & Notes by L. Giles, 1910, 118k
U.S. LEGAL & POLITICAL HISTORY
Democracy In America by Alexis De Toqueville, 1835, 2 Volumes
Thomas Jefferson by E. S. Ellis, & other Essays, etc., 100k
Henry Clay on the Expunging Resolutions, 1837 & the Seminole War, 1819, 17k
Abraham Lincoln by James Russell Lowell, 54k
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 Volumes
Inaugural Addresses of the U.S. Presidents - Washington to Clinton, 275k
CRIMINAL LAW RELATED
Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri, 165k
A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H.B. Irving, 200k
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology Vol 10, 1915-16, 352k
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, 216k
INTERNATIONAL LAW & POLITICS
International Law, Lectures by Henry Sumner Maine, 1887, 110k
The State and Revolution by Vladmir I Lenin, 1918 [in html], 85k
POWERDESK, 2,873k Not too long ago we switched from Win 3.11 to Win 95, and while we like some of 95's improvements, none of which we understand, we're not exactly happy with how complicated it is. At least when 3.x broke, our techies could usually fix things within a month of returning from Cal Tech with a few more degrees. But the only 'person' we've found capable of fixing 95 is some weirdo Bill Gates geek who we discovered sleeping in our dumpster. And we're a little sick of him being here constantly... and having to listen to his idiotic business suggestions. Like the little nerd knows anything about making money... Right!
But, with all the file management we constantly need to screw-up, our biggest single complaint was 95's less-than-useless 'Explorer'. Then we discovered PowerDesk from Mijenix Corp. Their "Suggested Short Description" says:All we'll add is:PowerDesk Utilities is a powerful suite of tools for Windows 95 and NT 4.0. It includes ExplorerPlus, the best Windows File Management program; a customizable toolbar with quick access to programs, documents, and system functions; a feature-rich file finder; and a program for examining disk space usage. Ver.1.1 won the SIC/SIA Best New Product award. Ver.2 is greatly enhanced.
A. PowerDesk 2 was better than they claimed;
B. We have Version 4 - and IT'S EVEN BETTER - TRY IT!, and;
C. We weren't paid to recommend it - or any of these programs - though we did get a free copy.
Note: If there's a problem here you can also get it at * www.mijenix.com *
PLUG-IN, 480k We used it with Win 3.x. The authors say it "fills the holes in Win3.1", barely hinting at its cool features... like clocks in your title bars, custom cursors, a great quick-start program, changing the ugly program mngr icons and lots more. Highly recommended! But only for Win3.x... since many of it's best features are part of, or don't work under, '95.
One other program we prefer and recommend is the NetScape Navigator web browser, but not because it far surpasses Microsoft's Explorer or because we're Gates bashers -- we use and like Word and various other MS products, and their customer service has always treated us superbly. (We can even see how someone sane could find Bill sorta cute... in a nerdy kind of way.)
It's just a matter of power being dangerous, especially when a lot is concentrated in one place. The only ones that can be trusted with power are those who won't accept it in the first place; who understand in their guts what that "Power corrupts and absolute... " cliche really means. They know power's a poison brewed by denizens of the dark side; the apple that got us kicked out of the garden. The more dispersed it is, the safer, but - like plutonium, wild tigers, or lawyers - power is never really safe... except, of course, with us.
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