document design

Career Tools: Typography for Lawyers

As much as I thought law school and legal education was all about crafting a coherent argument that compellingly synthesizes law and facts, my legal writing course quickly taught me that, for many lawyers, the challenge in creating a convincing document to file has as much to do with the crafting the argument as it does in making sure the document you ultimately create isn’t riddled with typographical errors and ungodly sans-serif fonts that seem to be the default on Word nowadays.

Thankfully, someone out there has created a typography site that is both: (1) aimed directly at lawyers; and (2) easy to follow.

Here it is: Typography for Lawyers