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 offerings fall short. Why locally compliant is key Not all legal software takes into account all court jurisdictions and their […]
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, court staff, legal […]
A bookmark provides an automated link between citations in a brief and key materials of record for a case. Bookmarks and internal hyperlinks work together to provide access to resources related to a case with a simple, direct link for the user within the brief. Many states, including California, require bookmarks for navigation in court […]
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 internal and external hyperlinks, one digital brief […]
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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 across all federal and most state courts. The logical […]