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Legal Information Resources (STA): Writing

This subject guide profiles legal information resources that are available via The Alma Jordan Library (AJL), Campus Libraries, The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus (STA).

Writing: Introduction

The Alma Jordan Library's (AJL) collection includes books in print and electronic format that offer guidance on legal writing.

Writing: Selected Titles (AJL)

Academic legal writing : law review articles, student notes, seminar papers, and getting on law review / by Eugene Volokh ; with foreword by Alex Kozinski.
Acing the LLB : capturing your full potential to improve your grades / John McGarry.

See "Understanding Essay Questions and Problem Questions" (Chapter 5), "Answering Coursework Questions" (Chapter 6), and "Dissertations" (Chapter 9).

 

The elements of legal writing / Martha Faulk and Irving M. Mehler.

The elements of legal writing / Martha Faulk and Irving M. Mehler.

 

Glanville Williams : learning the law / by Glanville Williams, QC, LL.D., F.B.A., Honorary and Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge: Honorary Bencher Of the Middle Temple: formerly Professor of Public Law and Quain Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of London, and Rouse Bll Professor of English Law in the University of Cambridge.

See "Answering Essay Questions" (Chapter 9).

How to write law essays & exams / SI Strong
How to write better law essays : tools and techniques for success in exams and assignments / Steve Foster.

 

The insider's guide to legal skills / Emily Allbon & Sanmeet Kaur Dua.

See "Legal Writing . . ." (Chapter 5).

The law student's handbook / Steve Wilson & Phillip Kenny.

See "Preparing Written Work" (Chapter 8).

Learning legal rules : a students' guide to legal method and reasoning / James Holland, LLB, PhD, Barrister (Middle Temple), Emeritus Professor of Employment Law, University of the West of England, Bristol, Julian Webb, BA, LLM, LLD, FRSA, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia ; foreword to the first edition by the Rt Hon. Lord Templeman MBE

See "From Reading to Writing" (Chapter 4).

Learning legal skills and reasoning / Sharon Hanson, Tobias Kliem and Ben Waters

See "Writing Law Essays (Including Referencing)" (Chapter 10) and "Answering Legal Problem Questions" (Chapter 11).

Legal English : how to understand and master the language of law / William R. McKay, Helen E. Charlton, and Grant Barsoum.

See "Academic Writing" (Chapter 1).

Legal reasoning and legal writing / Richard K. Neumann (Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University), Ellie Margolis (Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law), Kathryn M. Stanchi (E.L. Cord Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law).
Legal skills / Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski.

See "Essay Writing" (Chapter 14), "Answering Problem Questions" (Chapter 15), and "Dissertations" (Chapter 17).

Legal writing / Lisa Webley.

 

Legal writing skills : a guide to writing essays and answering problem questions / Dr. Steve Foster, principal lecturer in law Coventry Law School, Coventry University.

 

 

etters to a law student / Nicholas J. McBride ; Jason N.E. Varuhas.

See chapters on "How to Write an Essay," "Writing a Dissertation," "Top 10 Metaphors, Allusions, and Phrases," and "How to Write a Problem Answer."

Skills for law students / Helen Carr.

See "Writing Essays" (Chapter 25), "Writing Extended Essays and Dissertations" (Chapter 26), and "Answering Problem Questions" (Chapter 27).

Successful legal writing / Edwina Higgins, Laura Tatham.
Thinking critically about law : a student's guide / A.R. Codling.

See "Thinking Critically About Assessments" (Chapter 5), which includes "Writing Critical Essays" (Section I).

Writing for law / by Dave Powell, Emma Teare

Do refer to your academic supervisor/lecturer for guidance regarding the requirements of a specific writing assignment/task.

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