Citation

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, by Peter W. Martin

 

Etymology

Online Etymology Dictionary

Take Our Word For It

Wordorigins.org

 

General Reference

Authors' Guide, by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Common Errors in English, by Paul Brians

Encyclopedia.com

Guide to Grammar and Writing, by Capital Community College

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices, by Robert A. Harris, VirtualSalt (web site) and The Virtual Salt (blog)

LibrarySpot.com

The Quotations Page

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

Writing Resources, by Trinity College's Center for Writing & Rhetoric

 

Judges

Jerry Buchmeyer

William W. Bedsworth

Mark Painter

Richard Posner

 

Typography

Fundamentals of Document Design for the Technical Writer, by Gary Bastoky

Painting with print, by Ruth Anne Robbins

Requirements and Suggestions for Typography in Briefs and Other Papers, by U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

The Web Style Guide, 2d edition, by Patrick J. Lynch & Sarah Horton

 

Google Help

FedEx tracking etc.

Google Cheat Sheet

Google Guide

Google Help Center

Googling Better, by Mary Ellen Bates

Maps with satellite photos (courtesy of Inter Alia)

Out-of-the-Box Ways to Use Google, by A.J. Levy

 

Search Engine Help

Finding Information: Search Engines, by Phil Bradley

 

Miscellany

Analytical Writing for Science & Technology, by Thomas M. Georges

Barger on Legal Writing

Fight the FOG, by the European Commission's Translation Service

Forget the Windup and Make the Pitch: Some Suggestions for Writing More Persuasive Factums, by Justice John I. Laskin, Court of Appeal for Ontario

Gender-Free Legal Writing, by the British Columbia Law Institute

Gender-Neutral Pronoun FAQ, by John Williams, Æther Lumina

How to Write a Good Appellate Brief, by Andrew L. Frey and Roy T. Englert, Jr.

Illinois Trial Practice Weblog: Legal Writing, by Evan Schaeffer

Joe Kimble on plain language

LegalWriting.Net, by Wayne Schiess

The Legal Writing Teaching Assistant, by Marc A. Grinker

Plain-Language Tools, by the Office of the Federal Register

Politics and the English Language, by George Orwell

Publications by Evan Schaeffer

Wordsmith Associates

Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please, by Joseph Kimble

Writing User-Friendly Documents, by the Plain Language Action & Information Network

 

Organizations

Legal Writing Institute

Plain Language Association International