Updated February 12, 2007

	Dictionaries
	Drafting
	English as a Second Language
	Formatting Documents
	Grammar, Style, Composition
	Inspiration and Reference
	Letter Writing
	Paraphrasing
	Persuasive Brief-Writing
	Plagiarism Avoidance
	Plain English

	Merriam-Webster online dictionary for words in English
	OneLook-- a search engine for dozens of specialized on-line dictionaries, from baby names to ballet to finance to medicine to military science to philosophy to sports to weather. If it has a lexicon on the web, it's probably here.
	Duhaime's Law Dictionary for words in legal English, including Legalese

	Drafting Legal Documents -- sensible advice from the National Archives and Records Administration, in its quest "to help agencies produce clear, enforceable regulatory documents"
	The Value of Multiple Drafts -- Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence

	Count and Non-Count Nouns illustrated by St. Cloud State University.
	Rules for Using the Word "The", from the University of Toronto.
	Self-Study Grammar Quizzes, from the Internet TESL Journal.

Painting with Print -- Judges in the Seventh Circuit liked Prof. Ruth Anne Robbins's article so much, they put it on the court's web site.

	Twelve Common Errors: An Editing Checklist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
	Excellent advice for de-cluttering your legal writing from Professor Wayne Schiess: Writing a Brief the George Orwell Way.
	Professor Mark Grinker delivers The Law Student's Guide to Good Writing.
	Eschew, Evade, and/or Eradicate Legalese  -- Prof. Eugene Volokh's recommended substitutions for those awkward words and phrases
	Hypergrammar at the University of Ottawa
	Guide to Grammar and Writing from Capital Community College
	Professor Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style
	OWL-- Purdue University's On-line Writing Lab
	William Strunk's Elements of Style (the original!)
	Touro Law School's Writing Resources Center has good advice for legal writers at all stages of writing, from getting started to revising and editing.
	Professor Paul Brians' Common Errors in English
	The online site for Prof. Diana Hacker's Rules for Writers (exercises require use of Macromedia Flash; download link available)

	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (10th ed. 1919)
	Encyclopaedia Brittanica
	Infoplease Alamanacs
	Roget's Thesaurus
	Stumped by a foreign phrase?  Use Alta Vista's BabelFish, a language translator.

	"A Few Tips on Writing to Opposing Attorneys"--Gary Blake writes for the International Risk Management Institute.
	Attorney David Lee reveals the underlying "gotcha" tactics behind most letters of confirmation and provides guidelines for writing their more civil and professional replacements.
	Guide to Basic Business Letters provides a guide to English-as-second-language writers for the basic elements of a business letter.
	James W. Martin, How to Write Letters Nonlawyers Will Read--very readable!

	Putting things in your own words isn't necessarily easy to do. Here is excellent guidance from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
	Quoting and Paraphrasing sources, from the University of Wisconsin--Madison.

	Barger's own Persuasive Strategies for Appellate Brief-Writing
	The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog addresses all kinds of legal writing problems and strategies.
	Analogizing Your Case to a Precedent, by David L. Lee
	David L. Lee demonstrates Emphasis and De-Emphasis
	David L. Lee's Writing the Statement of Facts
	Wisconsin Judge William Eich tells lawyers how to write a persuasive brief.

	The Legal Writing Institute's plagiarism brochure, which UALR distributes to all One-Ls
	Citing Responsibly: A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism, from George Washington University Law School -- a comprehensive handbook with many examples of what not to do

	The SEC's Plain English Handbook (download; requires Adobe Acrobat)
	The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) explains how to write better documents using Plain English.
	For some great practice in writing Plain English, try the exercises from Bryan Garner's Legal Writing in Plain English.