by TypeLaw | Jun 14, 2024 | Briefing, compliant formatting, Federal court, Uncategorized
Different circuits, different rules So you’re filing a brief in federal circuit court. You might think that you just need to follow the rules and provisions as established by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) and your brief will be compliant. If only it...
by TypeLaw | May 9, 2024 | Briefing, citations, compliant formatting, Texas, Uncategorized
Formatting a brief for a Texas court Filing a compliant, well-formatted brief demonstrates your professionalism, establishes credibility with the court, and ensures that your brief won’t be rejected for technical errors—such as not adhering to specifications around...
by TypeLaw | Mar 26, 2024 | Briefing, citations, compliant formatting, Uncategorized
Brief rejections damage your reputation as an attorney It’s crucial for lawyers to steer clear of brief rejections in federal court to protect both their clients’ interests and their professional reputation. Rejected briefs not only cause frustrating...
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 Andrew B. | Oct 24, 2022 | compliant formatting, Uncategorized
Having helped format nearly 10,000 briefs, we’ve had the opportunity to be exposed to a vast sample of legal writing. One issue we often see in briefs is the incorrect placement of punctuation around parentheses. (This was something that I struggled with when we...
