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Some courts publish word processing templates for briefs; for example, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/court-for
by faccacta 10mo ago
Some courts publish word processing templates for briefs; for example, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/court-forms-fees/brief-templates https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/court-forms-fees/brief-template...
The Eighth Circuit gets really into this, publishing a typography guide for lawyers: https://federalcourt.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Eighth-Circuit-Checklist.pdf https://federalcourt.press/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Eighth...
Judges, particularly appellate judges, spend a lot of their time reading briefs. So, as you can see, some of them have strong opinions about brief typography. (Judges, as a group, have strong opinions about lots of things).
- Wistar 10mo agoI just read the complete Eighth Circuit guide and found it to an excellent reference. Thank you for the link.
- treetalker 10mo agoIndeed. I think what I'm imagining is something like Typst for courts and lawyers. Imagine if, nationwide, we lawyers could draft in plain text and never (or rarely) have to worry about court-specific typesetting rules or wrestling with Word!
- 2b3a51 10mo ago"The briefs, opinions of the district courts, essential parts of the appendices, and other required reading add up to about 1,000 pages per argument session. Reading that much is a chore; remembering it is even harder." That is a lot of reading. Depending on how long an 'argument session' is, retaining the detail must be a challenge.