Top Legal Research and Writing Textbooks

1. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, Fifth Edition (Aspen Coursebook Series) by Amy E. Sloan.

2. Legal Writing & Analysis, 3rd Edition (Aspen Coursebook) by Linda Holdeman Edwards.

3. Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do by Tina L. Stark.

4. Black’s Law Dictionary, Pocket Edition, 4th by Bryan A. Garner.

5. Legal Writing: Examples & Explanations (The Examples & Explanations Series) by Terrill Pollman – Judith Stinson – Jr. Richard K. Neumann – Elizabeth Pollman.

6. Just Writing, Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer, Fourth Edition (Aspen Coursebook) by Anne Enquist – Laurel Currie Oates.

7. Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System (Introduction to Law Series) by Professor John Humbach.

8. Legal Research & Writing for Paralegals, 6th Edition (Aspen College Series) by Deborah E. Bouchoux.

9. The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 3d by Bryan A. Garner.

10. The Process of Legal Research: Authorities and Options, Eighth Edition by Christina L. Kunz – Deborah A. Schmedemann – Matthew P. Downs – Ann Bateson – Mehmet Konar-Steenberg.

11. Legal Analysis: The Fundamental Skill by David S. Romantz – Kathleen Elliott Vinson.

12. Impeccable Research, A Concise Guide to Mastering Legal Research Skills (American Casebook) by Mark K. Osbeck.

13. Federal Legal Research (Carolina Academic Press Legal Research) by Mary Garvey Algero – Spencer L. Simons – Suzanne E. Rowe – Scott Childs – Sarah E. Ricks.

14. American Legal Systems: A Resource and Reference Guide by Toni M. Fine.

15. Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing (Legal Research and Writing) by Deborah A. Schmedemann – Christina L. Kunz.

16. Just Research, Third Edition by Laurel Currie Oates – Anne Enquist.

17. Legal Drafting (Coursebook) by Jane Rutherford – Laurel A. Vietzen – Susan Brody – John C. Dernbach.

18. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies by Amy E. Sloan.

19. The Five Types of Legal Argument, Second Edition by Wilson R. Huhn.

20. Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students, Third Edition (Aspen Coursebook) by Nadia E. Nedzel.