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Legal Writing

Ms. Daghe

Legal Research and Writing - Prof. Daghe

Booklist

Required Texts for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010

In both semesters of of the course (B542 and B543), the following five titles (available at the IMU and TIS book stores) are the required texts:

  1. Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2d ed. 2007)
  2. Christina L. Kunz et al., The Process of Legal Research (7th ed. 2008)
  3. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass'n et al. eds., 18th ed. 2005)
  4. Tracy L. McGaugh et al., Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (2009)
  5. Anne Enquist & Laurel Currie Oates, Just Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer (3d ed. 2009)
Other Titles of Interest

The following books are not required but are useful additional resources for this and other courses. Some are available at the bookstore; others you would have to order. The edition listed is the latest edition, but -- for these optional texts only -- earlier editions are just as good.

. . . On the Law-School Experience and Law-School Studying
  • Richard Michael Fischl & Jeremy Paul, Getting to Maybe: How To Excel on Law School Exams (1999)
  • Wes Henricksen, Making Law Review: The Expert's Guide to Mastering the Write-On Competition (2008);
  • Ruth Ann McKinney, Reading Like a Lawyer: Time-Saving Strategies for Reading Law Like an Expert (2005)
  • James E. Moliterno & Fredric I. Lederer, An Introduction to Law, Law Study, and the Lawyer's Role (2d ed. 2004)
  • Carolyn J. Nygren, Starting Off Right in Law School (1997)
  • Helene Shapo and Marshall Shapo, Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success (2d ed. 2002)
  • Scott Turow, One L (1998)