I’ll be speaking today with Blake Hawthorne at the UT State and Federal Appeals Conference about some recent changes in electronic briefing rules and what they mean for appellate advocacy.
The paper that goes with our presentation is posted here. It covers the big picture, as well as some practical tips for improving your electronic briefs. I’m also posting a PDF of the slides from our talk.
If you’re interested in a how-to guide, last week I posted a working paper about how to make simple electronic briefs. It offers my own suggested workflow through the major steps of the process, as well as some tips about redacting safely.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Kendall // Jun 4, 2010 at 9:24 am
Very informative presentation at the seminar.
2 Kris Monson // Jun 22, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Are there any examples of bookmarked pdfs on the Court’s website yet?
3 Don Cruse // Jun 22, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Here’s a recent reply brief that uses internal bookmarks as described in our paper:
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs//09/09039912.pdf
4 Call for questions about how e-briefs in Texas appellate courts are really used // Apr 28, 2011 at 5:20 pm
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