Legal Research and Writing (B542)
Fall 2011 - All Sections
Booklist

Required Texts for Fall 2011 and Spring 2012

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 (Please buy the edition specified, unless otherwise indicated.):

1. Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (3d ed. 2011) [The second edition is acceptable also]
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., 19th ed. 2010)
4. Tracy L. McGaugh et al., Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (2011)
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. For these optional texts only, editions other than the one listed 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)
• 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)

. . . On Legal Academic Writing

• Jessica L. Clark & Kristen E. Murray, Scholarly Writing: Ideas, Examples, and Execution (2010)
• Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk, Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes and Law Review Competition Papers (4th ed. 2011)
• Wes Henricksen, Making Law Review: The Expert's Guide to Mastering the Write-On Competition (2008)
• Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review (4th ed. 2010)

. . . On Persuasive Legal Writing

• Steven D. Stark, Writing to Win: The Legal Writer (1999)

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