Lauritsen, a lawyer with experience in knowledge-system development who is also an educator and speaker on the uses of information technology in the legal profession, offers a guide for lawyers and other legal professionals in all settings to help them find and understand software tools that can be used to support their work. He addresses technologies like work product retrieval, document assembly, expert systems and artificial intelligence, online systems, decision support tools, and interactive checklists, as well as why and how to use them. He discusses their benefits and costs; technical, financial, and management issues; how to choose tools and develop systems; and financial benefits. He does not cover software like word processing or email, e-discovery, applications for the business side of law, or cutting-edge technology. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)