The Redbook
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Since first appearing in 2002, Bryan Garner's The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style has established itself as the go-to source for all questions of legal style (apart from citation form). The book isn't just one talented man's effort: Garner has two experienced coauthors plus a hands-on team of 54 editorial advisers, most of whom have long and valuable experience teaching LRW. The book is a one-of-a-kind resource--the legal writer's equivalent of The AP Stylebook or The Chicago Manual of Style. The brand-new fourth edition has lots of new material, including an especially helpful new chapter on handling quotations. The two exhaustive indexes (word and subject), plus the detailed table of contents, make it easy to find authoritative guidance within seconds, whatever the question might be. The author, Bryan Garner, is now the most frequently cited author in opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court. It's true: last term, four of his books were cited a total of 14 times (in the somewhat fewer than 90 cases decided). This term the count is on a similar pace. In American appellate decisions generally, Garner is at the top end of sources relied on. You can rely on him, too, in the most comprehensive, nitty-gritty resource available for legal writers: The Redbook. Don't leave home without it.
In Search of the Read Footnote: Techniques for Writing Legal Scholarship and Having it Published
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The tips found in this article will help scholarly writers to become more productive and fulfilled. The article also offers ideas that will enable deans and promotion and tenure committees to establish reasonable and achievable writing schedules for all faculty. The benchmarks, mentoring support, and other worthwhile suggestions will aid faculty in quest of achievement, scholarship, promotion, and professional satisfaction. Last but not least, student law journal writers and law students engaged in scholarly writing for seminars should find this article useful.
How to Write a Law Review Article
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Richard Delgado, How to Write a Law Review Article, 20 U.S.F. L. Rev. 445 (1985).
The author wrote this article to explain in simple fashion some rules, conventions, and shortcuts he learned over the years as a legal writer. He explains the various steps one ought to consider in writing a law review article, the types and genres of such articles, and a few tips having to do with submission and marketing of one's work.
Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks
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Each week, readers learn a particular feature of strong articles and work on revising theirs accordingly. At the end of twelve weeks, they send their article to a journal. This invaluable resource is the only guide that focuses specifically on publishing humanities and social science journal articles.
The Elements of Style
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Writer's Market
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A Guide to Publishing for Academics
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