International Law Students Resource Guide

Arizona Law Writing Center -- The Arizona Law Writing Center provides a collection of helpful resources on legal writing, grammar, style, punctuation, citation, appellate advocacy, general lawyering skills, and writing competitions.

• The site also provide a section for ESL students.
• The Center offers live and online writing support from peer tutors to students in all College of Law degree programs.
• Visit the website to schedule an appointment, view drop-in hours, and checks dates for workshops and presentations.

U.S. Legal Writing for International Lawyers and Law Students (Ann Piccard)

• This text covers aspects of legal writing usually taught in the first year of law school.
• Available in the library library at call number KF250 .P53 

U.S. Legal Practice Skills for International Law Students (Anne M. Burr & Howard Bromberg)

• This text, written for international law students, focuses on practice skills including drafting memoranda, contracts, and correspondence. It also explains distinctive elements of American common law as a dual court system, stare decisis, case synthesis, and case law reasoning.The text includes an extensive selection of sample documents, and a glossary of U.S. legal concepts, among other resources.
• Available in the law library at call number KF300.B872

U.S. Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Practice for International Lawyers (John Brendan Thornton)

• This text, written for international LL.M. students, introduces the common law system in the U.S. and contrasts it with the civil law system. It also teaches legal reasoning and writing skills including how to draft memos, contracts, emails, and letters to clients, opposing counsel, and colleagues. In addition, the text provides specific resources for second-language difficulties, including common grammar issues, legal English vocabulary, the use of plain English, and the rhetorical style of U.S. legal writing. It also provides writing samples of actual attorney work product.
• Available in the law library at call number KF386.T483

The Redbook (Bryan Garner)

• The Redbook has established itself as the go-to source for all questions of legal style (apart from citation form). The latest edition is available for 2 hour checkout, for use within the library. Earlier editions can be checked out of the library, and can also be accessed online through the library catalog.
• Available in the law library at call number KF250.G374

The Bluebook (Harvard Law Review; Columbia Law Review; University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Yale Law Review)

• The Bluebook prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the United States. 
• Available in the law library at call number KF245.U5 

Plain English for Lawyers (Richard C. Wydick & Amy E. Sloan)

• This text has been used by law students and lawyers for decades. It aims to improve the writing of lawyers and law students and to promote the modern trend toward a clear, plain style of legal writing.
• Available in the law library at call number KF250.W9

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Legal Information Institute (LII) -- Cornell Law)

• This open access resource guide on legal citation brings together relevant rules of appellate practice of federal and state courts, as well as the latest editions of the ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (2017), The Bluebook (2015), and The Supreme Court's Style Guide.

Bluebook Guide (Georgetown Law)

• This guide, prepared by the Georgetown Law Library, aims to introduce The Bluebook and basic concepts of legal citation to new law students.

The Indigo Book

• The Indigo Book is a free, open-source legal citation guide that implements the most commonly used citation rules of The Bluebook and offers extended guidance on how to cite to common legal materials.