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BOOK SUGGESTIONS (SLU LAW= Library Holdings Indicated)

ABOUT LAW SCHOOL & STUDY STRATEGIES

Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams (SLU LAW)
May 1999, ISBN 0-89089-760-3  

Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School : Strategies for Success
by Rta K. Stropus and Charlotte D. Taylor ISBN 0-89089-945-2

Starting Off Right in Law School (SLU LAW)
by Carolyn J. Nygren ISBN 0-89089-877-4

1000 Days to the Bar--But the Practice of Law Begins Now (SLU LAW)
by Dennis J. Tonsing. ISBN 0-8377-3726-5

Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success 2d (SLU LAW)
by Helene S. Shapo and Marshall Shapo, ISBN 1-58778-187-5

Strategies and Tactics for the First Year Law Student (SLU LAW)
by Kimm Alayne Walton and Lazar Emanuel, ISBN 1-56542-577-4

Law, Law Study, and the Lawyer's Role (SLU LAW)
by James Moliterno and Fredric Lederer ISBN 0-89089-453-3

A Practical Guide to Writing Law School Essay Exams (SLU LAW)
by John C. Dernbach

Acing Your First Year of Law School : The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn In Class (SLU LAW)
by Shana Connell Noyes and Henry S. Noyes

LEGAL REASONING & ARGUMENTATION

Learning Law: The Mastery of Legal Logic (SLU LAW)
by Sheldon Margulies & Kenneth Lassen ISBN 0-89089-494-9

The Five Types of Legal Argument (SLU LAW)
by Wilson Huhn September 2002, ISBN 0-89089-107-9

Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style (SLU LAW)
by Richard K. Neumann Jr., ISBN: 0735520046

Tactics of Legal Reasoning (SLU LAW)
by Pierre Schlag & David Skover, ISBN 0-89089-309-8

LEGAL WRITING

Legal Writing by Design: A Guide to Great Briefs and Memos
January 2001, ISBN 0-89089-910-X

A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (SLU LAW)
by Marybeth Beazley, ISBN: 0735524068

Advanced Legal Writing (SLU LAW)
by Michael R. Smith, ISBN: 0735520143

Clear and Effective Legal Writing, Third Edition (SLU LAW)
by Veda R. Charrow, Myra K. Erhardt, Robert P. Charrow , ISBN: 0735519714

Just Briefs: From The Legal Writing Handbook (SLU LAW)
by Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist, ISBN: 0735537089

The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts (SLU LAW)
by Bryan A. Garner , 2nd ed. ISBN: 019517075X

Just Memos: From The Legal Writing Handbook (SLU LAW)
by Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist, ISBN: 0735537070

Persuasive Writing for Lawyers and the Legal Profession (SLU LAW)
by Sirico, Louis J. & Schultz, Nancy .

Tools of the Trade: Practical Legal Writing for the 21 st Century (SLU LAW)
by Jeffrey M. Ellinport

Writing to Win: The Legal Writer
by Steven D.Stark

Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style, Fourth Edition (SLU LAW)
by Richard K. Neumann, Jr. ISBN: 0735520046

Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy: In Trial and Appellate Courts (SLU LAW)
by Michael R. Fontham, David W. Miller, Michael Vitiello, ISBN: 0735524505

Writing ForThe Legal Audience
by Wayne Schiess, ISBN: 0-89089-109-5

Fajans, Falk, and Shapo's Writing For Law Practice: Advanced Legal Writing
by Elizabeth Fajans and Mary R. Falk  and Helene S. Shapo ISBN: 1-58778-512-9

Pleasing the Court: Writing Ethical and Effective Briefs 2005, (SLU LAW)
by Judith D. Fischer , ISBN 1-59460-045-7

Basic Legal Research Workbook, Second Edition (SLU LAW)
by Amy E. Sloan & Steven Schwinn, ISBN: 0735550379

LEGAL STYLE MANUALS

Just Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer (SLU LAW)
by Anne Enquist, Laurel Currie Oates, ISBN: 0735523266

Guide to Legal Writing Style, Third Edition (SLU LAW)
by Terri LeClercq, ISBN: 073554041

The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style (SLU LAW)
by Bryan A. Garner

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (SLU LAW)

ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation (SLU LAW)
by Darby Dickerson, ISBN 0-7355-3640-6

Seminar Papers, Competition, International Students, Other

Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review (SLU LAW)
2nd edition by Eugene Volokh, ISBN 1-58778-792-X

Fajans and Falk's Scholarly Writing for Law Students, 3d (American Casebook Series®) (SLU LAW)
by Elizabeth Fajans and Mary R. Falk

The Little Black Book: A Do-It Yourself Guide for Law Student Competitions
ISBN 0-89089-512-0

Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students (SLU LAW)
by Nadia Nedzel, ISBN: 0735535191

Culture to Culture A Guide to U.S. Legal Writing
by Jill J. Ramsfield, ISBN 0-89089-118-4

Essential Latin for Lawyers (SLU LAW)
by Russ VerSteeg , ISBN 0-89089-378-0

The United States Legal System: An Introduction
by Margaret Z. Johns & Rex R. Perschbacher , ISBN 0-89089-041-2

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