Convert Google Docs Legal Briefs to PDF

Legal briefs drafted in Google Docs have specific formatting requirements that vary by jurisdiction and court. Font size, line spacing, margin widths, page numbering, the table of contents, and the certificate of service all need to appear correctly in the filed PDF. Lawyers who write briefs in Google Docs need a conversion tool that uses Google's own rendering engine to guarantee that the formatting set in the document appears correctly in the PDF, without the re-rendering problems that third-party tools introduce.

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Court formatting requirements

Most courts specify 12-point font, double spacing, one-inch margins, and sequential page numbering. These settings are controlled in Google Docs and preserved exactly in the exported PDF. Some courts also require specific fonts like Times New Roman or Courier. If you have set the correct font in Docs, it appears correctly in the PDF.

Table of authorities and table of contents

Briefs include a table of contents and often a table of authorities. These are generated in the document as formatted text. The exported PDF preserves the formatting of both tables. Page numbers in the table of contents reflect the correct pages in the PDF output.

Filing deadline workflow

On a filing deadline, the conversion process needs to be fast and reliable. The extension converts the brief in a few seconds from the Docs editor. Open the document, click the extension icon, and the PDF is in your downloads folder. No navigating through menus, no uploading to a third-party site, no waiting.