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Monday, 12 July 2004
Get with the times, Law and Order!

Went over to the courthouse today to help set up one of our reporters on a realtime trial. The courtroom looked pretty much like the ones shown on the plethora of legal dramas populating the television networks, with one huge difference.

Computers were everywhere. On the bench. At the bailiff's desk. A cart with an astonishing array of computers, monitors and PDAs sat in the area between the bar tables and the bench. The bar tables themselves were studded with the attorneys' laptops. Long narrow tables were crammed into the first row of the gallery, covered with the paralegals' laptops.

I couldn't help thinking it would make for an awesome LAN party.

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