TrialPad is an iPad-based courtroom presentation and exhibit-delivery app for litigators, not a core document-management system. The corroborating evidence consistently points to presenting exhibits at trial or mediation, annotating documents live, showing callouts and highlights to the fact finder, and running reliably in the courtroom without depending on internet access. While it touches documents and sits inside a broader Lit Software suite, the product’s primary job is live evidence presentation and impeachment support rather than repository governance, review workflows, or matter-centric document management, so this batch entry should be treated as a reviewed skip.
Capabilities
Spans 6 product areas: Trial , Presentation, Document Management, Case Management, Depositions and Hearings, Litigation Management and Trial Preparation.
Workflow Coverage
Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 5 workflow areas:
- Document Review & Management — Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention), Document Disposition Based on User Defined Rules, Version Control, Search Metadata, Classifications and Indexing (+7 more)
- Filing & Compliance — Timelines, Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention (+3 more)
- Communication & Collaboration — Integration with Microsoft Teams
- Client & Matter Lifecycle
- Research & Analysis
Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.
What We Haven’t Verified
This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.
Workflows
Based on practitioner evidence, Trialpad is used in these workflows:
What practitioners struggle with
Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Trialpad addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.
Criminal defense attorney needs to show the jury a 30-second clip from a 4-hour body cam recording, but clipping video, redacting faces, and creating a court-ready exhibit takes days with generic video editors — and one missed PII redaction could compromise the case
Defense attorney needs to show the jury exactly what happened in a 3-hour police interrogation but can't expect them to watch the whole thing — creating a 5-minute exhibit clip with the key admissions requires video editing skills nobody on the team has
Litigator preparing for cross-examination has 30 depositions and 200 exhibits spread across separate PDFs — toggling between documents in Adobe Acrobat or printing everything to paper, losing the connection between what a witness said on page 47 and the exhibit that contradicts it
Solo or small-firm litigator preparing for trial can't afford CaseMap's per-seat licensing and doesn't want a desktop-only tool — but the only alternatives are generic case management platforms that treat timeline building as an afterthought, not the core workflow
Where it fits in your workflow
Before Trialpad
eDiscovery review and trial preparation — exhibits identified and organized in review platforms, then loaded into TrialPad for courtroom presentation. TranscriptPad handles deposition transcript review/annotation.
After Trialpad
Courtroom presentation — live exhibit display for judge, jury, and opposing counsel. The persuasive visual narrative during trial, depositions, mediation, and arbitration.
Integrations & hand-offs
Works alongside TranscriptPad (deposition transcripts) and DocReviewPad (document review) in the LIT SUITE ecosystem. Evidence comes from review platforms; TrialPad is the last-mile presentation layer. Mac versions available at no extra cost for subscribers.
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