Why? Because many third-party-online publishers leave images out from the original decision. Imagine footnotes like these being dropped into a judicial decision: [Proposed new footnote:] To help future readers who may read this decision in a third-party, text-only format that left out the image, Figure 1 is a black-and-white portrait photograph of Prince taken in…
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Large font is better (really!), including for footnotes and endnotes
There is no opinion shortage about the U.S. State Department’s announced shift from the Times New Roman font to Calibri (A font feud brews after State Dept. picks Calibri over Times New Roman) This post, however, is about font size and not type. The “controversial” State Department cable also directs future written communications to use…
The MSC trends continue with the end of the 2020-21 term: fewer filings, slower decisions on argued cases, and growing differences
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…
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…