This article appears in full in the Illinois Bar Journal.

Lawyers are pitched expensive software every day; artificial intelligence (AI) tools are just the latest and priciest. Yet some of the highest-return software purchases I make each year cost less than a monthly streaming subscription.

Each of the 13 products listed below costs me less than $10 per month—often substantially less. They are unglamorous. But collectively, these utilities save me hours every month and eliminate tiny frustrations that would otherwise distract me from serving clients…

Members can read the full article on the Illinois State Bar Association site.