The Legal Writ­ing Insti­tute has awarded Matthew But­t­er­ick its 2012 Golden Pen Award for excel­lence in legal writ­ing.

“[But­t­er­ick] makes his case for the impor­tance of typog­ra­phy with crisp pre­ci­sion. Any lawyer who reads this book and con­tin­ues to ignore Butterick’s good advice is fool­ish … I wish this book had been around when I started prac­tic­ing … .”
—Ernie Sven­son, Ernie the Attor­ney

“The book is out­stand­ing. I can’t say enough good things about it.”
—Jay O’Keeffe, DeN­ovo: A Vir­ginia Appel­late Blog

“For lawyers and law stu­dents, I have two words of advice about this book: buy it.”
—Ray­mond Ward, The (New) Legal Writer

Some courts that own Typog­ra­phy for Lawyers:
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Canada
United States Court of Appeals, Sev­enth Cir­cuit
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Cir­cuit
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Cir­cuit
Col­orado Supreme Court
Utah Supreme Court

“[A]n excel­lent read … It is not just for lawyers, but for any­one who cares about how text looks, both in print and on the screen. … an infor­ma­tive and valu­able how-to guide for busi­ness typog­ra­phy and com­mu­ni­ca­tion.”
—Yves Peters, The Font­Feed

“I’m sorry, but it had to be done. I went ‘But­t­er­ick’ on you. His web­site and great new book are rais­ing the stan­dard for legal typog­ra­phy. … I have the book, and I highly rec­om­mend it to learn about what choices make for good typog­ra­phy.”
—Kendall Gray, The Appel­late Record

“The book is filled with nuggets, ratio­nales and mechan­ics to make our papers look bet­ter. … [O]ne to keep on hand for ref­er­ence, kinda like the Blue Book, the Essen­tial Chester Barnard and Strunk & White.”
—Scott Green­field, Sim­ple Jus­tice

“I’m order­ing copies of Typog­ra­phy for Lawyers for the lawyers I col­lab­o­rate with.”
—Mark Ben­nett, Defend­ing Peo­ple

“This book con­vinc­ingly explains why pre­sen­ta­tion mat­ters and it teaches you how to mas­ter the art. Every law stu­dent and lawyer should buy this book, read it, and fol­low it.”
—William Ruben­stein, Pro­fes­sor of Law, Har­vard Law School

“[I]ndispensable to any lawyer who cares about hav­ing every advan­tage in per­suad­ing a court … a unique resource that pro­vides clear advice on how to opti­mize the lawyer’s writ­ten prod­uct, includ­ing con­crete sug­ges­tions that, once you know them, will become an inte­gral part of the lawyer/writer’s prac­tice of law.”
—Kent Rich­land, Greines, Mar­tin, Stein & Rich­land LLP, Los Ange­les

“[I]gnore this book, if you wish. Oth­ers won’t. They’ll keep it within arm’s reach, next to Black’s, the Blue­book, the Red­book, and Gar­ner. And, in those cru­cial close cases, they will beat you.”
—Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson, Legal Writ­ing Pro­fes­sor, Uni­ver­sity of Col­orado Law School, and author of Telling Through Type: Typog­ra­phy and Nar­ra­tive in Legal Briefs

“If you are a lawyer who writes any­thing that ends up as typed text, you need to read this book. … [B]eautiful, an aes­thet­i­cally pleas­ing expe­ri­ence … .”
—Sue Liemer, Legal Writ­ing Prof Blog

“Typog­ra­phy for Lawyers is the full treat­ment with prac­ti­cal advice and a good index. This book should be on every legal writer’s book­shelf, right next to your Gar­ner books.”
—Rebecca Phalen

“I pur­chased and read Matthew Butterick’s fan­tas­tic book, Typog­ra­phy for Lawyers. … I am chang­ing the way I pre­pare briefs and plead­ings as I work with this book. … It has made a world of dif­fer­ence.”
—Scott Key