Listed below are some resources at the Taggart Law Library to assist you with questions you may have about writing in general and legal writing specifically. Click on the links to access more information about a particular resource.

Style Guides and Citation Manuals

ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation, 3rd ed. Association of Legal Writing Directors and Darby Dickerson. KF 245.A45 2006—Law Reference (multiple copies)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18th ed. Harvard Law Review Association. KF 245.U54 2005—Law Reserve and Law Reference (multiple copies)

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. University of Chicago Press. Z 253.U69 2003—Law Reference and Law North (multiple copies)

The Elements of Legal Style, 2nd ed. Bryan A. Garner. KF 250.G37 2002—Law North and Law Reference

The Elements of Style, 4th ed. William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White. PE 1408.S772 2000—Law Reference, Law Reserve, and Law North (multiple copies)

Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations. New York University School of Law. K 89.G85 2009 —Law Reference and Law North

Guide to Legal Writing Style, 4th ed. Terri LeClercq. KF 250.L3913 2007--Law Reserve and Law North

The Lawyer's Editing Manual. Joan Ames Magat. KF 250.M24 2009--Law Reference and Law North

The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 2nd ed. Bryan A. Garner. KF 250.G375 2006--Law Reserve and Law Reference

Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook: A Guide for Students and Practitioners. Linda J. Barris. KF 245.B37 2007—Law Reference

User’s Guide to the Bluebook, rev. for the 18th ed. Alan L. Dworsky. KF 245.D85 2006—Law Reserve and Law Reference

Writing Guides

Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review, 2nd ed. Eugene Volokh. KF 250.V6 2005—Law Reserve (multiple copies)

Clear and Effective Legal Writing, 3rd ed. Veda R. Charrow, Myra K. Ehrhardt, and Robert P. Charrow. KF 250.C45 2001—Law North

Effective Lawyering: A Checklist Approach to Legal Writing and Oral Argument. Austen L. Parrish. KF 250.P37 2007--Law North

Effective Legal Writing: For Law Students and Lawyers, 5th ed. Gertrude Block.KF 250.B6 1999—Law Reserve

Elements of Legal Writing. Martha Faulk and Irving M. Mehler. KF 250.F38 1994—Law North (also available as an e-Book in POLAR)

The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well, 2nd ed. Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman. KF 250.G65 2002--Law North

Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style, 5th ed. Richard K. Neumann, Jr. KF 250.N48 2005—Law Reserve

Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students, 2nd ed. Nadia E. Nedzel. KF 240.N43 2008—Law Reserve and Law North (2004 ed.)

Legal Writing: A Systematic Approach, 4th ed. Diana V. Pratt. KF 250.P73 2004--Law Reserve

Legal Writing by Design: A Guide to Great Briefs and Memos. Teresa J. Reid Rambo and Leanne J. Pflaum. KF 250.R355 2001--Law Reserve

Legal Writing for International Students: A U.S. Legal Writing Textbook for ESL/ESP Students and Practitioners of Law and Business. Susan Reid. KF 250.R43 2005—Law North

Legal Writing: Getting it Right and Getting it Written, 4th ed. Mary Barnard Ray and Jill J. Ramsfield. KF 250.R39 2005--Law North

Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization, 4th ed. Linda H. Edwards. KF 250.E39 2006--Law North

Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Papers, 3rd ed. Elizabeth Fajans and Mary R. Falk. KF 250.F35 2005—Law Reserve, Law Reference, and Law North

Writing Resources

Style Guides and Citation Manuals

Writing Guides