Know Your Writes

Write on

From PDFs to smartphones, technology is changing the way we view and consume information. With the Wisconsin Supreme Court implementing a transition to mandatory e-filing in the Badger State, legal documents are joining the move to the electronic age. Are your legal writing skills up to the challenge?

Know Your Writes: Next Level Legal Writing is full of practical, easily-implemented tips designed to help novice and experienced lawyers alike transform their legal writing for the digital era.

The word is not enough

This is your chance to glean practical guidance on crafting compelling motions and briefs for online reading and e-filing. Did you know that when reading on a screen, people tend to follow an F-shaped pattern, focusing on the top and left side of the screen? Or that screen readers seek headings and summaries, read the first paragraph the most closely, and read a paragraph’s first sentence but skim the rest? ¹

That’s just a sampling of the many useful insights you’ll discover at Know Your Writes. Learn what fonts and formatting options are best for screen readers. Explore how effective use of white space and images can improve your document.

And, while good formatting is essential in electronic pieces, the most persuasive briefs are still the well-written ones. Find advice on how to make your legal writing organized, accurate, precise, and concise.

Write and wrong

Of course, no conversation about writing for electronic media would be complete without mentioning email. Know Your Writes reviews legal writing issues unique to email. Whether it’s a simple message or a more complex communication, know how to make your emails the ones that actually get read.

Plus, understand the ethical concerns that come along with handling electronically stored information contained in legal documents.

The write stuff

Bring your legal writing into the Digital Age and ensure your documents are at home on electronic devices with the tips and techniques you’ll find in Know Your Writes: Next Level Legal Writing.