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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: typos are a frequent source of frustration, and sometimes you might even need to write a new paragraph, or delete an entire section. At this point, you’ve probably...
How Does TypeLaw Save you Time?
Using your time wisely is one of the most important aspects of brief writing—the more time you can spend on your actual argument, the better it will be, and the greater chance you'll have to get your argument across to your reader. One of the main goals of TypeLaw is to save you time in three...
How Legal Brief Formatting Software Boosts Staff Productivity
Whether you're a solo attorney working on a case by yourself or you have a complete staff and want to speed up the brief writing process, TypeLaw's AI-driven automated brief formatting and hyperlinking can help you make the brief writing process more efficient and save you valuable time. How...
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.
Why the Table of Contents is the Most Important Part of your Brief
If you view a brief as the map to a case, the table of contents (TOC) is the navigation point that directs readers to the information they need to reach your ultimate destination. This article details the factors that will help make your TOC more effective.
How Do Bookmarks in Digital Legal Briefs Help the Court?
Bookmarks provide an automated link between citations in a legal brief and key materials of record for a case. Learn why many states, including California, now require bookmarks in briefs and other electronic documents, to help the court navigate complex cases more easily.
Making Better Digital Legal Briefs with Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks are a small, but mighty feature of digital briefs. They can either be internal (link to a different section of the same brief PDF), or external (link to a case authority, on a website like CaseText/Westlaw/LexisNexis, or to the record). All relevant documents one click away Using...
The Case for Digital Legal Briefs
The legal world has been evolving towards digitization for the past 30 years. Legal documents have transitioned into an almost fully digitized space, starting with the approval of PACER in 1988, opening electronic records to the public and moving into the current practice of mandatory e-filing...
Video: How TypeLaw brief formatting works
TypeLaw can quickly transform your draft legal brief into a compliant, hyperlinked, ready-to-file PDF. See a before & after example of a brief we prepared for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Video: How TypeLaw automatically hyperlinks citations
In this video, Attorney Madison Boucher shares an example of a formatted, hyperlinked brief that TypeLaw helped prepare for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. See how easy it is to hyperlink citations to authority and to the record.
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