buses. Moreover, the technology cuts arraignment time from hours to minutes, and enables it to record proceedings. When used to conduct remote arraignments, a video screen is often divided into quadrants. The prisoner appears in one quadrant, the district attorney in a second, the judge in a third, and the date, time, case number and information appear in the fourth quadrant for archival. On the other side of the bench, clients are not always satisfied with local legal resources; they want the best-qualified attorney to represent them. Although communications by telephone, voice mail, email, and fax bridge much of this gap, they do not supplant face-to-face meetings. One law firm that serves large high- profile clients links 120 lawyers in six U.S. cities through personal video communication, which also simplifies taking depositions over distance. Legal Image Network Communications (LINC) provides attorneys with an opportunity, through video communication, to obtain depositions that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive. The visual component of a deposition is critical to attorneys who are skilled at reading body language and facial expressions. The service is available in more than twenty U.S. cities. Video communication also allows remote and sensitive witnesses (e.g., children or battered or mentally abused victims) to testify without being physically present in the courtroom. Many legal and judicial applications require large monitors, as well as VCRs, faxes, and flatbed scanners. Many legal applications rely on video communication public rooms to provide distant-end facilities. By using video communication, attorneys collaboratively draft documents in real time, interactively discuss legal briefs, and conduct face-to-face meetings despite the thousands of miles that separate them. SURVEILLANCE Video surveillance enables remote location monitoring. Surveillance applications often incorporate lower-quality cameras and monitors. Applications include Video Communication Applications monitoring parking lots,