Legal Research Guide: Writing and Citation Guides

The Bluebook

User's Guide to the "Bluebook" by Alan L. Dworsky; David Tomenes This User's Guide is written for practitioners (law students, law clerks, lawyers, legal secretaries and paralegals), and is designed to make the task of mastering citation form as easy and painless as possible. To help alleviate the obstacles faced when using proper citation form, this text is set up as a how-to manual with a step-by-step approach to learning the basic skills of citation and includes the numbers of the relevant Bluebook rules under most chapter subheadings for easy reference when more information is needed.

Legal Writing Citation in a Nutshell by Larry Teply

Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell

Legal Persuasion: A Rhetorical Approach to the Science by Linda L. Berger and Kathryn M. Stanchi

Legal Writing by Lisa Webley

Legal Writing by Ray; Mary Barnard Ray; Jill J. Ramsfield

The Elements of Legal Style by Bryan A. Garner

Objective Legal Writing and Analysis by Michael D. Murray; Christy Hallam DeSanctis

Legal Writing by David Thomson; Amanda Martinsek (Editor)

The Pocket Guide to Legal Writing by West Legal Studies Staff; William H. Putman

The Literate Lawyer: Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy by Robert Barr Smith

Black's Law Dictionary by Bryan A. Garner

Dictionary of Legal Terms by Steven H. Gifis

Burton's Legal Thesaurus by William C. Burton