A little over a year-and-a-half ago, I posted about the impact that the increasing use of e-readers could have on the debate about whether citations should be in the text or in footnotes. Basically, I argued that footnotes are kind of a pain on e-readers, so it could lead to a bigger push to put citations in the text.
Today, Ray Ward has a really interesting post over at his excellent Louisiana Civil Appeals blog. From the annual appellate advocacy seminar sponsored by the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Ray reports on the increasing use of e-readers at the Fifth Circuit. He also reports on a handy new tool that the clerk's office uses to insert hyperlinks to cases (and eventually to the record) into briefs before they are sent to the court. And Ray suggests that the hyperlinks will be much more useful in the text than in footnotes. Check out the post and Ray's blog.
-- Rich Phillips, Thompson & Knight
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