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Writing for how People read on Screen

Understand how legal text is read on screens and learn effective e-writing techniques. Explore the advantages and constraints of e-reading and valuable tips for presenting legal content digitally.

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Writing for how People read on Screen

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  1. Writing for how People read on Screen Douglas Wm. Godfrey Chicago-Kent College of Law

  2. 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

  3. Lawyers use various Platforms • Kindles • Ipads • Laptops • PCs • Smartphones 3

  4. Some Traits of Reading on Screens Read more Slowly Skim More Subject to Distraction Screen rolling is Distracting 4

  5. 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

  6. Data from Eye Tracking Study 6

  7. Advantages of E-reading • Embedding material • Animations • Research easily • Manipulate text • Move Text • Color • Graphics • Annotate 7

  8. Constraints • Court Rules • Preservation • Security • Conservative Audiences But think how material is now presented at Trial PowerPoint Flipcharts Animations Photographs 8

  9. 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

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