Dear Legal Writer, Every associate should learn how to read and write the formal proofreading marks.

Before we had redlines, that’s how partners communicated their edits on our drafts—

(often with little notes scribbled in the margins, up on the side, and over onto the back page (and sometimes on to a side rider)).

Many lawyers still do things by hand.

💌 Amanda

#DearLegalWriter

P.S. When you edit, which team are you: red pen or redline?

Drop your answer below! 👇

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🩷💚 Personally, I’m on Team pink-and-green-pencil.

It makes my edits less obnoxious and more pleasant for the writer to receive.

Maybe you should switch teams, too?

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Four proofreading marks every junior lawyer should know—