Three months ago, I reviewed U.S. Code, a free app from Law Professor Shawn
Bayern that contains the
entire text of the U.S. Code. Because the app relies upon the most recent official electronic version of the U.S. Code — which does not include the very latest statutes adopted by Congress — if you use this app you need to be sure that you are always looking at the very latest version of the law. Nevertheless, it is very useful to have the entire text of the U.S. Code in a single iPhone app. Considering that this app is free, it is an app that I encourage every lawyer to download to his or her iPhone.
Prof. Bayern wrote me last night to tell me that the app has been updated to version 1.0.1. From the number alone, that doesn't sound like much of an update, but the latest version brings full iPad support. If you use an iPad in court, even if you don't have Wi-Fi or 3G Internet access, with this app you can still have the entire U.S. Code at your fingertips. And whether you are using this app on an iPhone or an iPad, the latest version of the app also updates some of the content. (Be warned, however, that the app is 200 MB, so it takes a while to download from the App Store and transfer to your iPhone. This is currently the second largest app on my iPhone, behind Dragon's Lair, an app that is full of video.)