Smart lecterns are obsolete.
You can stand in front of the class, and write on a board while controlling multimedia presentations by simply touching the board itself. You can hand write over anything being displayed on the board, and save, publish or print out the notes at the end of each class. The law professor can use the most sophisticated technology in the same way that teachers have used black boards for decades. Power and simplicity at the touch of a finger. I have been using two interactive white board systems for the last few weeks and will present the results of my testing at the 1998 CALI conference.