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Legal Writing & Legal Drafting: Guide to Resources

Legal Writing Treatises

Kenneth A. Adams, A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (3d ed., 2013). Print: Law Library Stacks KF807 .A33 2013. 

Lynn Bahrych, Jeanne Merino and Beth McLellan, Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell, (5th ed., 2017).  Ebook:  West Academic Study Aids. 

Deborah E. Bouchoux, Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers: A Practical Reference, (4th ed., 2017).  Print: Law Class Reserve KF250.B68 2017. 

Veda R. Charrow, Myra K. Erhardt and Robert P. Charrow, Clear and Effective Legal Writing, (4th ed., 2007). Print: 

John C. Dernbach et al, A Practical Guide to Legal Writing & Legal Method, (3d ed., 2007). Print: Law Library Stacks KF250 .D47 2007.

Bryan A. Garner, Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage, (3d ed., 2011). Print: Law Reference K156 .G367 2011. 

Bryan A. Garner, The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts, (3d ed., 2014). Print: Law Class Reserve KF251.G3764 2014. 

C. Edward Good, Mightier than the Sword, (1989). Print: Law Library Stacks KF250.G64 1989.

George W. Kuney and Donna C. Looper, Legal Drafting in a Nutshell, (4th ed., 2016). Ebook: West Academic Study Aids.

Megan McAlpin, Beyond the First DraftEditing Strategies for Powerful Legal Writing, (2014). Print: Law Library Stacks K94.M35 2014.

Helen S. Shapo, Marilyn R. Walter abd Elizabeth Fajans, Writing and Analysis in the Law (Rev. 4th ed., 2003). Print: Law Reserve KF250 .S5 2003.