Hyperlink in Briefs
- appellatetwitter: Has any court started requiring hyperlinks to case cites in briefs? Has any lawyer started putting them in voluntarily, just for the reader's convenience? Is this a bad idea?
10:06 PM · Jan 28, 2021·Twitter Web App View Tweet activity Eric Rasmusen @erasmuse · 36m Replying to @erasmuse It's interesting that two state courts are ahead of any federal court on this. Sean Marotta @smmarotta · 43m Replying to @erasmuse The New York Appellate Division requires it. (Or requires the cases to be compiled as an addendum to the brief, but hyperlinks are easier.) Doug Gladden @gladden_dallas · 44m Replying to @erasmuse I used to do it. When our office had Lexis, it was very easy to even include hyperlinks to pin cites. It's harder to do that with Westlaw, but it is possible. I stopped though, because I was told that the Texas Courts system automatically inserts hyperlinks. Eric Rasmusen @erasmuse · 35m Replying to @erasmuse The links wouldn't have to be Westlaw or Lexis. Better would be links to free public websites like Google Scholar or the Cornell site
