Texts
Legal Research and Writing
I
Fall
2008
Texts used in Legal
Research and Writing I and II
Students taking the course will use the following texts, which are available at the Law School Bookmart. The price of the Citation Handbook also covers some of the duplication costs for the documents that you will receive in your LR&W classes throughout the year.
You will use all
four required texts in both the fall and spring Legal Research and
Writing courses. Please be sure to save them
for the spring semester.
Mary Barnard Ray, The Basics of Legal Writing (revised 1st ed. 2008).
Robert C. Berring
& Elizabeth A. Edinger, Finding the Law (12th ed.
2005).
Mary Ann Polewski, Citation Handbook 2008-2009.
The Bluebook: A
Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass=n et al. eds., 18th ed. 2005).
Texts that are recommended
in some sections of Legal Research and
Writing
Your LR&W
teacher may recommend the book(s) listed below.
During the first class, your teacher will tell you which,
if any, additional book(s) he or she will use.
All of these books are available on Reserve in the Law
Library.
Linda H. Edwards,
Legal Writing and Analysis (2003).
Ten copies of this book are on LR&W Course Reserve.
Laurel Currie Oates & Anne Enquist, Just Memos (2d ed. 2007).
Two copies of the book are on LR&W Course
Reserve.
Mary Barnard Ray
& Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing: Getting It Right and
Getting It Written (4th ed. 2005).
Two copies of this book are on permanent Reserve.
This book may be purchased at the Law School Bookmart.
William Strunk Jr.
& E.B. White, The Elements of Style (4th ed.
2000).
Two copies of this book are on LR&W Course Reserve.
This book is available in the General Books department of the University Bookstore and in commercial bookstores.
Richard C. Wydick,
Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005).
One copy of the 5th edition is on permanent Reserve.
One copy of the 4th edition is on LR&W Course Reserve.
The 5th edition may be ordered through the Law School Bookmart.
Ring Binder or Accordion
File
Throughout the semester,
you will receive handouts that explain various legal research and
writing tasks. You will benefit from keeping
all of the handouts in a binder or folder.
Eventually, this binder or folder will become an extremely useful
resource for you to use in later semesters of law school and in
your law-related jobs.