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Podcast: The Anatomy of a Legal Brief
Watch LawNext's Bob Ambrogi and TypeLaw Co-founder & CEO, Chris Dralla, discuss why formatting a brief takes so much time, and how AI automation can help.
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
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 mind-numbing task of...
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...
TypeLaw Tip: Punctuation Around Parentheses
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 first started TypeLaw.) Here is a...
Hyperlinked Briefs and Why They Matter
As most courts have now fully transitioned to e-filing, litigators are presented with an opportunity to significantly improve the way a judge interacts with their briefs, in turn making it easier for the judge to adopt their position. What is a hyperlinked brief/ebrief? A hyperlinked brief...
Why Tables Can be the Worst Part of Creating a Brief
Creating tables is a chore. Hyperlinking each authority to specific pages in your brief—only to have to start over when you add a new paragraph and all the page numbers shift—just feels like a waste of time. Getting your formatting just right and updating all citations to their proper form can...
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
With a prestigious career spanning nearly 50 years and counting, certified appellate specialist Alan Charles “Chuck” Dell’Ario has witnessed many changes in the legal field and the growing presence of technology in traditional legal practices. Going solo Not one to shy away from a challenge,...
Why Most Brief Formatting Software Prevents you from Making the Best Possible Argument
As digital transformation reached the legal field, many types of brief formatting software came to market with the promise of improving work product or providing attorneys greater efficiency, but there are many reasons why those legaltech offerings fall short. Why locally compliant is key Not all...
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 is the navigation point that directs readers to the information they need to reach your ultimate destination. A good TOC saves readers time A good table of contents is key for everyone interacting with the brief—attorneys, judges,...
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...
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