About
A small tool for the last hour before filing.
BriefAuthority is an independent tool that builds a Table of Authorities from a brief's final PDF, in the browser. It started from a pattern we kept seeing in paralegal and lawyer forums: the TOA is the last thing built, on the day the brief is due, and on a Mac the usual tool isn't there. Microsoft's own support page says Tables of Authorities aren't supported in Word for Mac or Word for the web; Pages and Google Docs have none.
“[Tables of Authorities] aren't supported in Word for Mac or Word for the web.”
People borrow Windows machines, pay per document, upload confidential briefs to chatbots, or search every citation by hand.
We're building the narrow thing that fixes that: read the PDF you're about to file, find the authorities and their printed pages, let you confirm every entry, and hand back a formatted table — without the brief leaving your computer. No add-in, no subscription.
Commitments
What we won't do
- i.
Claim accuracy we haven't measured.
Our only number is an internal test, published with its method and limits.
- ii.
Pretend to be a citator.
BriefAuthority indexes and formats; checking whether a case is good law is your citator's job.
- iii.
Upload your brief.
It is processed in your browser by design.
- iv.
Invent testimonials, user counts or press.
There are none yet; the product is in development.
Status and contact
BriefAuthority is in development; early access is open. Questions, a brief format we should support, or a court rule we should know about — write to us. A person answers.
Not a law firm; nothing here is legal advice.