In this recent article, published on March 29, 2010, I discuss how I envision lawyers using the iPad

Many …attorneys…have expressed frustration at having to carry around large stacks of documents while commuting or traveling, and have indicated the iPad would hold far more appeal if they could annotate and edit documents on it.

For that group of lawyers, the ability to reduce the amount of paperwork and quickly and easily edit and annotate documents, as if writing on an electronic document, would be a deal breaker.

Those lawyers do not envision creating documents on the iPad, but rather marking up a pleading or contract, making notations in the margins to a draft appellate brief, or commenting on an internal memorandum. Such tasks, currently, are not accomplished easily while on the road, since neither lap- tops nor smart phones are well suited to those types of document annotations.

In the article I mention a number of apps, including two promising apps for annotating .pdfs: Zosh and Aji. I recently advised by Zosh’s CEO that an iPad app is in the works and that they’ll soon be adding additional annotation features, including the ability to highlight documents. And, Josh Barrett of the Tablet Legal blog just advised me on Twitter of this new app, WritePad, which allows you to annotate any document on Twitter using a stylus or your finger.

I just learned of a great tool (via Finis Price in a post at MILO) that will make annotating documents on the iPad all the more easier—the Pogo Sketch—a stylus designed to be used on iPhones and iPads. Seems to me this would work perfectly for most lawyers in this context.

Although it normally costs ~$20 at the product website, I discovered a different website that offers it for only $9.95.