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Writing for how People read on Screen. Douglas Wm. Godfrey Chicago-Kent College of Law. More Legal Text is Read on Screen. Courts are requiring e-filing of pleadings Lawyers conduct document review on screen Parties exchange documents via email
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Writing for how People read on Screen Douglas Wm. Godfrey Chicago-Kent College of Law
More Legal Text is Read on Screen • Courts are requiring e-filing of pleadings • Lawyers conduct document review on screen • Parties exchange documents via email • Lawyers communicate with each other electronically 2
Lawyers use various Platforms • Kindles • Ipads • Laptops • PCs • Smartphones 3
Some Traits of Reading on Screens Read more Slowly Skim More Subject to Distraction Screen rolling is Distracting 4
People read in a Pattern F 1st – Horizontal sweep across the top 2nd – Horizontal sweep across the middle 3rd – Vertical movement – readers take more time with this 5
Advantages of E-reading • Embedding material • Animations • Research easily • Manipulate text • Move Text • Color • Graphics • Annotate 7
Constraints • Court Rules • Preservation • Security • Conservative Audiences But think how material is now presented at Trial PowerPoint Flipcharts Animations Photographs 8
Tips about E-writing • Headline Message • Use Bullet points • Employ sans serif fonts • Use more White Space • No more than 132 characters per line • Think about size of font: • 12 point – People read faster but less accurately • 10 point – People read more slowly but more accurately 9