Law School

[kddani]

Originally Posted by LegallyBrunette

I never realized underlining was considered outdated. That's how I was taught in Legal Writing and that's what's expected at my firm. Then again, it doesn't shock me that Pittsburgh is behind the times on something.

Ditto for me, and I'm also at a Pittsburgh firm IMO, underlining is easier to read, so I personally prefer it, lol.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by kddani

Ditto for me, and I'm also at a Pittsburgh firm IMO, underlining is easier to read, so I personally prefer it, lol.

Funny how people's perceptions can differ isn't it? I think underlining is harder to read (as in disrupts the flow of reading). Ah well -- tomato, tomahto.

FWIW, I was taught in Legal Research and Writing to use italics if possible (and at the time, it usually wasn't unless you were having a printer was print your brief), otherwise underline. This was in the 1980s. When I clerked, we always underlined in opinions -- when the opinions were printed in the reports, of course, the underlining had been transformed to italics.