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1. Mandatory Textbooks

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass'n et al. eds., 19th ed. 2010)

LW&R Student Handbook (available at the Bookstore) 

2. Recommended Textbooks

Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2d ed. 2007).

Christina L. Kunz et al., The Process of Legal Research (Aspen Law and Business, 7th ed. 2008).

Amy E. Sloan, Basic Legal Research (4th ed. 2009).

Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (Carolina Academic Press, 5th ed. 2005).

3. Additional LW&R Textbooks

ALWD Citation Manual (4th ed. 2010).

Charles R. Calleros, Legal Method and Writing (5th ed. 2006).

Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing (6th ed. 2009).

Laure Curry Oates & Anne Enquist, Just Memos (2d ed. 2006).

Laurel Curry Oates & Anne Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook (5th ed. 2010)

Helene Shapo, Marilyn Walter & Elizabeth Fajans, Writing & Analysis in the Law (5th ed. 2008).

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