Legal Composition

Last updated: October 6, 2017

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Canada

1. Queen's Law Journal, Canadian Guide to Legal Style,
   (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2014)
   carswell.com
2. Cynthia L. Elderkin and Julia S. Shin Doi, Behind and beyond boilerplate: drafting commercial agreements
   3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011)
   KF 250 E42 2011
3. Eugene Meehan et al., Strategic legal writing : preparing persuasive documents
   (Toronto : Ontario Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 2011)
   KF 250 O583 2011
4. James C. Raymond, Writing for the court
   (Toronto : Carswell, 2010)
   KF 250 R395 2010
5. Stephen V. Armstrong et al., The 13th annual course on written advocacy
   (Toronto, Ont. : Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Professional Development, 2009)
   KF 250 W75 2009
6. Paul Salembier, Legal and legislative drafting
   (Markham, Ont. : LexisNexis, 2009)
   K 94 S24 2009
7. Kenneth A. Adams, Contract drafting : language and layout : a comprehensive and disciplined approach to drafting agreements
   (Toronto, Ont. : Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Professional Development, 2008)
   KF 807 A36 2008B
8. Thomas A. Cromwell, comp., Effective written advocacy
   (Aurora, Ont. : Canada Law Book, 2008)
   KF 250 C76 2008

United Kingdom

1. Rupert Haigh, Legal English
   3rd ed. (London: Routledge, 2012)
   K 94 H35 2012
2. Stacie I. Strong, How to write law essays and exams
   3rd ed. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010)
   KF 250 S77 2010
3. Steve Foster, How to write better law essays : tools and techniques for success in exams and assignments
   2nd ed. (Harlow, England : Pearson Longman, 2009)
   KF 250 F67 2009
4. Rupert Haigh, Legal English
   2nd ed. (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge-Cavendish, 2009)
   K 94 H35 2009

United States

1. Bryan A. Garner, Law Prose
   http://www.lawprose.org/blog/
2. Ken Adams, Adams on contract drafting
   http://www.adamsdrafting.com/blog/
3. Legal Writing Institute, Legal Writing eJournal
   (Social Science Research Network)
   http://www.ssrn.com/link/Legal-Writing.html
4. George W. Kuney and Donna C. Looper, Legal drafting in a nutshell
   4th ed. (St. Paul, MN: West Academic Publishing, 2016)
   KF 250 K86 2016
5. Bryan A. Garner, with Jeff Newman and Tiger Jackson, The redbook: a manual on legal style
   3rd ed. (St. Paul, MN: West Academic Publishing, 2013)
   KF 250 G375 2013 (Law Core)
6. Bryan A. Garner, Garner's dictionary of legal usage
   3rd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011)
   KF 156 G37 2011 (Law Core)
7. Marie Buckley, The lawyer's essential guide to writing : proven tools and techniques
   (Chicago : ABA, Law Practice Management Section, c2011)
   KF 250 B83 2011
8. Louis J. Sirico, Jr. and Nancy L. Schultz, Persuasive legal writing
   (Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2011)
   KF 250 S54 2011
9. Richard K. Neumann, Jr. and Sheila Simon, Legal writing
   (Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2011)
   KF 250 N484 2011 (Law Core)
10. Ross Guberman, Point made : how to write like the nations's top advocates
    (New York : Oxford University Press, 2011)
    KF 251 G83 2011
11. Terri LeClercq and Karin Mika, Guide to legal writing style
    5th ed. (Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2011)
    KF 250 L43 2011
12. Linda H. Edwards, Legal writing and analysis
    (Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2011)
    KF 250 E378 2011
13. Elizabeth Fajans and Mary R. Falk, Scholarly writing for law students : seminar papers, law review notes and law review competition papers
    4th ed. (St. Paul, MN : West, 2011)
    KF 250 F35 2011
14. Eugene Volokh, Academic legal writing : law review articles, student notes, seminar papers, and getting on law review
    4th ed. (New York : Foundation Press, 2010)
    KF 250 V65 2010
15. Marvin Garfinkel, Real world document drafting : a dispute-avoidance approach
    2nd ed. (Philadelphia, PA : ALI ABA, 2010)
    KF 250 G365 2010
16. Mary Barnard Ray and Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal writing : getting it right and getting it written
    5th ed. (St. Paul, MN : West, 2010)
    KF 250 R39 2010
17. John C. Dernbach et al., A practical guide to legal writing and legal method
    4th ed. (Austin, TX : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2010)
    KF 250 P72 2010
18. Elizabeth Fajans, Mary R. Falk and Helene S. Shapo, Writing for law practice
    2nd ed. (New York, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 2010)
    KF 250 F36 2010
19. Lenné Eidson Espenschied, Contract drafting : powerful prose in transactional practice
    (Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, 2010)
    KF 807 E84 2010
20. Linda H. Edwards, Legal writing : process, analysis, and organization
    5th ed. (Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2010)
    KF 250 E38 2010
21. Judith M. Stinson, The Tao of legal writing
    (Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, 2009)
    KF 250 S75 2009
22. David Mellinkoff, Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American legal usage
    (Eugene, Ore. : Wipf & Stock, 2009)
    KF 156 M45 2009 (Law Core)
23. Steven V. Armstrong and Timothy P. Terrell, Thinking like a writer : a lawyer's guide to effective writing and editing
    3rd ed. (New York : Practising Law Institute, 2009)
    KF 250 A73 2009
24. Lynn Bahrych, Legal writing in a nutshell
    4th ed. (St. Paul, MN : West, 2009)
    KF 250 S68 2009
25. Robert Barr Smith, The literate lawyer : legal writing and oral advocacy
    4th rev. ed. (Lake Mary, Fla. : Vandeplas Publishing, 2009)
    KF 250 S59 2009
26. Kenneth A. Adams, A manual of style for contract drafting
    (Chicago: ABA, Section of Business Law, 2004)
    KF 807 A33 2004
27. Kenneth A. Adams, Legal usage in drafting corporate agreements
    (Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2001)
    KF 250 A32 200
28. Bryan A. Garner, The elements of legal style
    2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002)
    KF 250 G37 2002

Other

1. Bhanuprasad Manilal Gandhi, Legal language, legal writing & general English
   (Lucknow : Eastern Book Co., 2009)
   KF 250 G36 2009

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