The Michigan Supreme Court’s 2020-21 term ended on July 31. MCR 7.301(B). August becomes a major holiday for court-data nerds: the time to see where the case data has settled. (SCOTUS doesn’t deserve all the attention!) Measures and trends are sometimes tricky. It’s probably best to start with how I approach the effort. First, I…
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Understanding and using Word’s Styles and templates to format legal briefs (a guide)
If I had a dollar for each time I’ve read or heard a well-intentioned person say, “Lawyers (or law students) need to learn how to use Styles and templates when writing their legal briefs . . .” And, yet, for all of those who encourage, “You should,” I’ve never seen someone also point to a…