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A (Legal) Writer’s Bookshelf:

Bernstein, Theodore M. Dos, Don’ts, & Maybes of English Usage. New York: Times Books, l977.

-- The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage. New York: Atheneum, l979.

Dworsky, Alan L. The Little Book on Legal Writing. Colorado: Fred B. Rothman & Co., l992

Ellinport, Jeffrey M. Tools of the Trade: Practical Legal Writing for the 21st Century. San Francisco: Austin & Winfield, l997.

Faulk, Martha & Mehler, Irving M. The Elements of Legal Writing: A guide to the principles of writing clear, concise, and persuasive legal documents. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994.

Fischl, Richard Michael & Paul, Jeremy. Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams. North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 1999.

Garner, Bryan A.  Legal Writing in Plain English: a text with exercises.  Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1999
    (note: this comes with an interactive CDRom and a workbook is also available.)

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

LeClercq, Terri. Guide to Legal Writing Style. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, l995.

Maisel, Eric. Deep Writing. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1999.

O’Connor, Patricia T. Woe is I. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996.

Siegal, Allan M. and Connolly, William G. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage. New York: Times Books, 1999.

Sirico, Louis J. & Schultz, Nancy. Persuasive Writing for Lawyers and the Legal Profession. New York: Matthew Bender & Company, l995.

Stark, Steven D. Writing to Win: the legal writer. New York: Doubleday, 1999.

 

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