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Recommended Readings

1. Bryan A. Garner, The Redbook:  A Manual on Legal Style (2d ed. 2006), ISBN: 0-3141-6891-5 

2. Anne Enquist & Laurel Currie Oates, Just Writing:  Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer (2d ed. 2005), ISBN: 0-7355-4955-9

3. Nadia E. Nedzel, Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students (2004), ISBN:  0-7355-3519-1

4. Terri LeClercq, Guide to Legal Writing Style (4th ed. 2007), ISBN 0-7355-4041-1

5. William Strunk, Jr. & E.B. White, The Elements of Style (3d ed. 2000), ISBN 0-205-30902-X

6. Mary Barnard Ray & Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing: Getting It Right and Getting It Written (4th ed.  2005), ISBN 0-314-23807-7

7. Richard Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (1998), ISBN 0-89089-994-0

8. Rutka K. Stropus & Charlotte D. Taylor, Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School (2001), ISBN  0-89089-945-2

9. Helene Shapo & Marshall Shapo, Law School Without Fear (1996), ISBN  1-56662-428-2

10. Richard Michael Fischl & Jeremy Paul, Getting to Maybe (1999), ISBN  0-89089-760-3

11. A Handbook of Basic Law Terms (Bryan A. Garner, ed., 1999), ISBN  0-314-23382-2

12. Steven J. Burton, An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning (2d ed. 1995), ISBN 0-316-11489-8

13. David S. Romantz & Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Legal Analysis, The Fundamental Skill (1998), ISBN 0-89089-905-3