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Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals
Best Websites for Legal Research, Legal Writing, and Legal Citation FormLegal Research Sites
* Georgetown Law Library provides excellent research guides and tutorials at its site at http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/index.cfm.
* Cornell University Law School’s Legal Information Institute is one of the best-known and reliable sites for information on legal topics and links to cases, statutes, and other legal authorities. http://www.law.cornell.edu.
* MegaLaw is a well-known general purpose legal website that provides excellent information and links to hundreds of sources.
http://www.megalaw.com.
* The Virtual Chase is a well-known website that provides information about research strategies for finding the law. http://www.virtualchase.com/howto/index.html
Legal Writing Sites
* Portions of The Elements of Style, the classic reference on clear writing, can be found at http://www.bartleby.com/141.
* Website with numerous resources for research and writing by Professor Colleen M. Barger of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. http://www.ualr.edu/cmbarger.
* Exercises from Legal Writing in Plain English by Bryan A. Garner. This site provides numerous writing exercises and tips on effective legal writing. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/garner/
* Legal Writing Tips from Professor Michael Froomkin of the University of Miami’s School of Law. http://osaka.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/writingtips.html.
Citation Sites
* Lexis’s Interactive Citation Workstation 2006 provides information and exercises to help master both Bluebook and ALWD citation form. http://www.lexisnexis.com/icw.
* Introduction to Basic Legal Citation by Professor Peter W. Martin of Cornell University Law School provides excellent information and examples of both Bluebook and ALWD citation form. http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation.
* Information about the ALWD Citation Manual, appendices, and charts is available at the website of the Association of Legal Writing Directors at http://www.alwd.org/cm.
