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LLM Common Law Research & Writing Resources

A bibliography to help LLM students understand the U.S. Common Law system

Online Resources

Anatomy of Basic Legal Citation
A short, illustrative guide of U.S. legal citations created by Berkeley Law.
Bluebook Guide
A research guide created by Georgetown Law to help students navigate Bluebook citations.
Guide to the Delaware Rules of Legal Citation
A guide to the Delaware rule governing legal citations and style.
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
An introduction to U.S. legal citations provided by the Legal Information Institute.

Research Guides

Northern Illinois University: Guide to Basic Legal Research
A comprehensive guide on legal research in the U.S., with an excellent section on legal citations.
Boston College Law Library: Reading Legal Citations
A research guide dedicated to the different types of legal citations found in U.S. legal documents.

Resources Available in the Library

Legal Writing Manauls
Legal Citation Manuals

Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers by Deborah E. Bouchoux
Call Number: KF250 .B68 2021
ISBN: 9781543809213
Publication Date: 2021
Legal Writing: process, analysis, and organization by Samantha A. Moppett; Linda H. Edwards
Call Number: KF250 .E38 2022
ISBN: 9781543839463
Publication Date: 2022
Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell by Lynn Bahrych; Jeanne Merino; Beth McLellan
Call Number: KF250 .B34 2017
ISBN: 9781634602815
Publication Date: 2017
Legal Writing Exercises by E. Scott Fruehwald
Call Number: KF250 .B68 2021
ISBN: 9781627228923
Publication Date: 2015
The Legal Writing Handbook by Laurel Currie Oates; Anne Enquist; Jeremy Francis
Call Number: KF250 .O28 2021
ISBN: 9781543830415
Publication Date: 2021
Legal writing in plain English: a text with exercises by Bryan A. Garner
Call Number: KF250 .G373 2023
ISBN: 9780226816548
Publication Date: 2023
Plain English for Lawyers by Richard Wydick; Amy Sloan
Call Number: KF250 .W93 2019
ISBN: 9781531006990
Publication Date: 2019
Pleasing the Court by Judith Fischer
Call Number: KF250 .F53 2011
ISBN: 9781594608964
Publication Date: 2011
The Redbook: a manual on legal style by Bryan Garner
Call Number: KF250 .G375 2023
ISBN: 9781642421439
Publication Date: 2023
Successful Legal Analysis and Writing by Bradley G. Clary; Pamela Lysaght
Call Number: KF250 .C53 2010
ISBN: 9780314908049
Publication Date: 2010
Writing and Analysis in the Law by Helene S. Shapo; Marilyn R. Walter; Elizabeth Fajans
Call Number: KF250 .S5 2013
ISBN: 9781609302726
Publication Date: 2013
The Complete Legal Writer by Alexa Chew; Katie Rose Pryal
Call Number: KF250 .C46 2020
ISBN: 9781531019426
Publication Date: 2020

ALWD Guide to Legal Citation by Carolyn V. Williams; Association of Legal Writing Directors Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: KF245 .A45 2021
ISBN: 9781543807776
Publication Date: 2021
The Bluebook by Harvard Law Review Association (Compiled by); Columbia Law Review (Compiled by); University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Compiled by); The Yale Law Journal (Compiled by)
Call Number: KF245 .U56 2020
ISBN: 9780578666150
Publication Date: 2020
Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook by Linda Barris
Call Number: KF245 .B37 2020
ISBN: 9781531019150
Publication Date: 2020
Users Guide to the Bluebook by Alan L. Dworsky
Call Number: KF245 .D853 2020
ISBN: 9780837741406
Publication Date: 2020
Legal Citation in a Nutshell by Larry Teply
Call Number: KF245 .T47 2021
ISBN: 9781647087487
Publication Date: 2021
Prince's Bieber Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations by Mary Miles Prince
Call Number: KF246 .B46 2009
ISBN: 9780837716251
Publication Date: 2009
Princes Dictionary of Legal Citations by Mary Miles Prince
Call Number: KF246 .P73 2021
ISBN: 9780837741673
Publication Date: 2021