Managed properly, footnotes offer a useful tool, particularly in academic articles, yet among many in the judiciary, they are viewed as a distraction. An unending debate among legal writers centers on ...

In a decision recently designated as “informative” and addressing the issue of using footnotes to cite to a 200-plus-page declaration to support conclusory statements in an inter partes (IPR) review ...

Write enough academic papers and you learn to love footnotes. They can provide useful context and allow you to show your work, giving the reader access to, and an idea of, all the hours you spent ...

The proliferation of discursive footnotes in law review articles for as long as we can remember has been joined by a similar proliferation in briefs and judicial opinions over the past generation. The ...