Legal Writing Institute - Resources

Resources for Teaching International Students

Online Resources

• Audio Activities from NPR's Justice Talking website
• Article on materials adaptation for Legal English classes
• Stoller, F. L. & Reilly, K. (1999). Rules and Laws: Language and Civil Society: Civic Education. English Teaching Forum Online. U.S. Department of State. http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/civ6background.htm
• Stoller, F. L. & Reilly, K. (1999). Individual Freedoms, Freedom of Expression. Language and Civil Society: Civic Education. English Teaching Forum Online. U.S. Department of State. http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/civ2background.htm
• The Global Legal Writing Listserv is devoted to sharing information and discussing issues about advancing legal writing skills globally, including teaching legal writing to international law students, teaching abroad, and conferences focusing on relevant topics. Those interested in subscribing to the listserv should contact the listserv administrator, Cynthia Adams, cmadams@iupui.edu.

Articles

• Teresa Kissane Brostoff, Using Culture in the Classroom: Enhancing Learning for International Law Students, 15 Mich. St. J. Intl. L. 557 (2007).
• Teresa Brostoff, Ann Sinsheimer, and Megan Ford, English for Lawyers: A Preparatory Course for International Lawyers, 7 Leg. Writing 137 (2001).
• Matthew A. Edwards, Teaching Foreign LL.M. Students About U.S. Legal Scholarship, 51 J. Leg. Educ. 520 (2001).
• Christine A. Beer Feak, Susan M. Reinhart, and Ann Sinsheimer, A Preliminary Analysis of Law Review Notes, 19 English For Specific Purposes 197 (2000).
• Jill J. Ramsfield, Is "Logic" Culturally Based? A Contrastive, International Approach to the U.S. Law Classroom, 47 J. Leg. Educ. 157 (1997).
• English for Legal Studies, ESP for Law Students, English for Specific Purposes: Case Studies in TESOL Practice (TESOL 2002).

Textbooks

• Teresa Brostoff and Ann Sinsheimer, An Introduction to the American Legal Language and Culture of the United State (Oceana Publications 2000).
• Debra S. Lee, Charles Hall, & Susan M. Barone, American Legal English: Using Language in Legal Contexts (2d ed., U. Mich. Press 2007).
• Deborah H. McGregor & Cynthia M. Adams, The International Lawyer's Guide to Legal Analyis And Communication in the United States (Aspen Publishers forthcoming March 2008).
• Nadia E. Nedzel, Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Students (Aspen Publishers 2004).
• Laurel Oates and Anne Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook (Aspen Publishers 2006).
• Susan M. Reinhart, Strategies for Legal Case Reading and Vocabulary Development (U. Mich. Press 2007).
• John M. Swales & Christine A. Beer Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (2d ed., U. Mich. Press 2004).
• Mark Wojcik, Introduction to Legal English: An Introduction to Legal Terminology, Reasoning, and Writing in Plain English (2d ed., Intl. L. Inst. 2001).

Other Books

• John Gibbons, Forensic Linguistics: An Introduction to Language in the Justice System (Blackwell Publishing 2003).

Reference Materials

• ALWD & Darby Dickerson, ALWD Citation Manual (3d ed., Aspen Publishers 2006).
• Bryan A. Garner, The Redbook: A Manual of Legal Style (West 2002).
• Bryan A. Garner, Legal Writing in Plain English (U. Chicago Press 2001).
• Bryan A. Garner, The Elements of Legal Style (2d ed., Oxford U. Press 2002).
• Ann Hogue, The Essentials of English: A Writer's Handbook (Pearson Educ. 2003).
• Ken Hyland, English for Academic Purposes, An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge 2006).
  

Dictionaries

• Bryan A. Garner, Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed., West 2004).
• Henry Saint Dahl, McGraw-Hill's Spanish and English Legal Dictionary, Diccionario Jurídico Inglés-Español (McGraw-Hill, 2004).