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The authors of this guide are former BLS faculty. There are three copies of this book in BLS Library's 1st floor Reserve collection & one circulating copy in the Main collection. The authors wrote this 5th ed. in 2017 -- this book does not address AI-assisted legal research issues.
Includes chapters on: Introduction: Scholarly Writing in Law School -- Exploration: Choosing and Narrowing a Topic -- Inspiration: Finding and Developing a Thesis -- The Mostly Research Stage -- The Writing Process: Getting It Down on Paper -- The Writing Process: Revising and Polishing -- Footnotes and the Ethical Use of Borrowed Materials -- Writing with Care -- Writing with Style -- Getting Mileage: Winning Awards, Publishing Your Work, and Joining the Conversation.
The author published this 5th ed. in 2016 -- this book does not address AI-assisted legal research issues. There is 1 copy of this book in BLS Library's 1st floor Reserve collection.
Includes chapters on: Finding What to Write About (The Claim) -- Test Suites: Making Prescriptive Claims More Sound -- Writing Strategy -- Writing the Introduction -- Writing the "Background" Section -- Writing the Proof of the Claim -- The Conclusion and After the Conclusion -- Finishing the First Draft, and the Zeroth Draft -- Editing: General principles -- Writing: Logical Problems to Watch for -- Writing: Paragraph-Level Problems to Watch for -- Writing: Sentence/Clause Problems to Watch for -- Writing Seminar Term Papers -- Entering Writing Competitions -- Academic Ethics.
There are multiple print copies of this citation manual in BLS Library's 1st floor Reserve collection.
There is 1 copy of this noted legal style manual in BLS Library's 1st floor Reserve collection.
Includes chapters on grammar, usage and editing. Also includes chapter: Scholarly Writing: Student Research Papers and Law-Review Notes.
Some faculty in Brooklyn Law School's Legal Writing Program have recommended this writing guide to students. There is 1 copy of this book in BLS Library's 1st floor Reserve collection.
Contents: Part One. Style as Choice -- Lesson One. Understanding Style -- Lesson Two. Correctness -- Part Two. Clarity -- Lesson Three. Actions -- Lesson Four. Characters -- Lesson Five. Cohesion and Coherence -- Lesson Six. Emphasis -- Part Three. Clarity of Form -- Lesson Seven. Motivation -- Lesson Eight. Global Coherence -- Part Four. Grace -- Lesson Nine. Concision -- Lesson Ten. Shape -- Lesson Eleven. Elegance -- Part Five. Ethics -- Lesson Twelve. The Ethics of Style.
There is 1 copy of this book in BLS Library's 1st floor Reserve collection.
Contents: Exploring Topics and Establishing a System -- Diving into Research -- Crafting Your Thesis -- Developing Critical Legal Analysis -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Taking Notes Carefully and Attributing Properly -- Writing, Revising, and Proofreading -- Law Review and Law Journal Articles -- Seminar Papers and Capstone Projects -- Bar Journal Articles -- Policy Papers (White Papers ) -- Op-Eds -- Social Media and Blogs -- Creative Works -- Submitting and Publishing Your Work.
This is a recently revised guide to the scholarly writing process. 2 print copies (call # KF250 .C528 2025) are on Reserve.
Contents: Introduction to scholarly writing -- Thinking: finding your topic and developing your thesis -- Preparing: developing horizontal and vertical knowledge -- Executing: writing the draft -- Refining: evaluating and revising your draft -- Refining: taking and incorporating feedback -- Finishing: polishing the final product -- Finishing: publishing your paper.