Books and Articles on Legal Writing

Eugene Volokh, How to Write Good Legal Stuff (2nd ed. 2009)

Richard C. Wydick & Amy E. Sloan, Plain English for Lawyers (6th ed. 2019)

John C. Dernbach et al., A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method (7th ed. 2021)

Bryan A. Garner, Legal Writing in Plain English (3d ed. 2023)

Edward H. Levi, An Introduction to Legal Reasoning, 15 U. CHI. L. REV. 3 (1948)

Neil MacCormick , Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory (1978)

Frederick F. Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning (2009)

Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Ellie Margolis & Kathryn M. Stanchi, Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing (9th ed. 2021)

Eugene Volokh, Writing a Student Article, 48 J. LEGAL EDUC. 247 (1998)

Andrew Yaphe, Taking Note of Notes: Student Legal Scholarship in Theory and Practice, 62 J. LEGAL EDUC. 259 (2012)

Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk, Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Papers (5th ed. 2017)

Barry Friedman & John C.P. Goldberg, Open Book: Succeeding on Exams from the First Day of Law School (2d ed. 2016)

Richard Delgado, How to Write a Law Review Article, 20 U.S.F. L. REV. 445 (1986)

C. Steven Bradford, As I Lay Writing: How to Write Law Review Articles for Fun and Profit, 44 J. LEGAL EDUC. 13 (1994)

Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review (5th ed. 2016)

Martha Minow & Susannah Barton Tobin, Archetypal Legal Scholarship: A Field Guide, 2d ed, 71 J. LEGAL EDUC. 494 (2023)

Bryan A. Garner, The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts (3rd ed. 2014)

Joan M. Rocklin, Robert Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, and Sandy C. Patrick, An Advocate Persuades (2nd ed. 2016)

Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner, Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges (2008)

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (5th ed. 2022)

Fred Rodell, Goodbye to Law Reviews—Revisited, 48 VA. L. REV. 279 (1962)

Pierre Schlag, Spam Jurisprudence, Air Law, and the Rank Anxiety of Nothing Happening (A Report on the State of the Art), 97 GEO. L.J. 803 (2009)

Cass R. Sunstein, In Praise of Law Books and Law Reviews (And Jargon-Filled Academic Writing), 114 MICH. L. REV. 833 (2016)

Caprice L. Roberts, Unpopular Opinions on Legal Scholarship, 50 LOY. CHI. L. REV. 365 (2018)