by TypeLaw | Feb 16, 2024 | Briefing, compliant formatting, editing, News, Podcast
When preparing a legal brief, it’s easy to get caught up in the many small (but vital!) formatting details and end up wasting valuable time — time that you could have spent sharpening your argument. Why legal brief formatting takes so long To dig into why it takes so...
by TypeLaw | Dec 11, 2023 | Briefing, compliant formatting, tables, Uncategorized
Efficiency and precision are both vital when crafting a legal brief, but attorneys can get bogged down in the details and end up wasting valuable hours on formatting minutiae. It’s a tricky balance to get right. You need to focus your time on sharpening your...
by TypeLaw | Nov 2, 2023 | Briefing
When writing a legal brief, every word you choose, every section you include, every case you cite, they all have a specific purpose—and that purpose is to be persuasive. Each element of your brief must work hand-in-hand with all the others to create a powerfully...
by TypeLaw | Oct 23, 2023 | Briefing
You don’t have to be a lawyer to understand the significance of applying your signature to a contract. But signatures serve as an essential component of many other types of legal documents, including pleadings, motions, and legal briefs. Whether you’re a lawyer or a...
by TypeLaw | Aug 24, 2023 | California, hyperlinking, Uncategorized
The purpose of any legal brief is obviously to convince the reader (the court) to adopt your argument. One way to make your argument easier to follow and adopt is by hyperlinking your citations to authority and the record. Courts across the country, at both the State...
