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Why Signatures Matter in a Legal Brief
Whether you’re a lawyer or a party to a legal dispute, you should understand the significance of signing a legal brief. This post explains why signatures matter and how they impact the validity, enforceability, and accountability of legal documents.
A Guide to Citation Hyperlinking Requirements in State and Federal Courts
Courts across the country, at both the State and Federal levels, are increasingly expressing their preference for hyperlinked briefs—and in some cases, requiring them. Since it can be difficult to remember which courts require what, we’ve summarized it for you in this handy guide.
How to Write a Strong Legal Brief Introduction and Closing
Whether you file a handful of briefs each year or over 100, these tips will help you write more compelling briefs by sandwiching your brilliant argument between a strong intro and conclusion.
The Perfect Balance of Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence
In recent years, the legal world has experienced a remarkable transformation through the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). With its continued growth in the legal profession and integration into an expanding number of legaltech tools, it’s important for attorneys to embrace AI and learn...
The Next Generation of AI Legaltech
By Chris Dralla, Esq. When we started TypeLaw nearly 10 years ago, our goal was to help fellow attorneys use their time more productively by automating one of the most frustrating, tedious parts of the job: formatting briefs, motions, and other docs. As a solo practitioner, I dreaded the...
California Style Manual vs. Bluebook Case Citations
Writing a legal document for a federal court instead of a California court (or vice versa)? There are many key case citation distinctions between the California Style Manual and Bluebook that you should be aware of. This article provides some helpful examples so you can get it right when preparing...
Legal Writing Tip: Punctuation Around Parentheses
Placing punctuation around parentheses correctly can be tricky, but it’s important that lawyers get it right if they want the court to view them as credible and professional. These tips will help when preparing a brief in any California state court.
Hyperlinked Briefs and Why They Matter
Most courts have now fully transitioned to e-filing, which presents an opportunity to significantly improve the way a judge interacts with your briefs. See a side-by-side comparison that demonstrates why you should be hyperlinking citations to authority and the record in your briefs.
Why Tables Can be the Worst Part of Creating a Brief
Creating an accurate, local-rules compliant table of contents and table of authorities is a chore. But you don’t have to DIY. Learn how you can save significant time and frustration by using technology to create and automatically update the tables in your next brief.
How We Made Legal Brief Editing Better
As any brief writer knows, after you’re done drafting your brief, you’re never done. Often, you’re editing up to the deadline— which can make pagination and table formatting particularly frustrating. See how TypeLaw improves the brief editing process.
How Does TypeLaw Save Attorneys Time?
The more time you spend sharpening your argument, the more compelling it will be. Learn how TypeLaw’s appendix and brief formatting service helps attorneys focus their time where it matters most.
How Legal Brief Formatting Software Boosts Staff Productivity
Whether you’re a solo attorney working alone or at a Biglaw firm with a complete staff, TypeLaw’s AI-driven automated brief formatting and hyperlinking makes the briefing process more efficient and accurate, saving you and your team valuable time.
How Continuous Digital Brief Innovation Helps you Make your Case
Learn how TypeLaw helps attorneys focus on crafting a compelling argument, instead of the frustrating minutiae of formatting briefs to meet local court rules.
TypeLaw Customer Testimonial: Charles Dell’Ario
See how TypeLaw helps noted Certified Appellate Specialist, Alan Charles “Chuck” Dell’Ario, handle multiple high-level appellate cases and produce accurate briefs that meet all local rules of court—without the need for a support staff.
Why Most Brief Formatting Software Prevents you from Making the Best Possible Argument
Attorneys and paralegals turn to legal software to automate manual processes and save time on administrative tasks. But some legaltech falls short, preventing you from making the strongest argument. Learn what to look for when choosing brief formatting software.
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