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Useful LibGuides

Below is a list of some research guides that may be helpful. Most of the guides have been prepared and maintained by reference librarians at the UCLA Law Library.

Legal Research: An Overview
by Sherry Leysen Last Updated Oct 28, 2022 3548 views this year

Secondary & Practice Guides
by Jennifer Lentz Last Updated Jan 12, 2023 975 views this year

Supreme Court of the United States Research Guide
by Rachel Green Last Updated Jan 18, 2023 65 views this year

Federal Case Law
by Brian Raphael Last Updated Dec 28, 2022 152 views this year

Dockets and Court Documents in State and Federal Courts
by Rachel Green Last Updated Feb 1, 2023 1561 views this year

Guide to Using Court Listener (from the Library of Congress)

Court Rules
by Jennifer Lentz Last Updated Oct 18, 2021 24 views this year

Hate Crimes: State Statutes and Contacts
by Lynn McClelland Last Updated Apr 26, 2022 511 views this year
Legal Citations
by Donna Gulnac Last Updated Sep 21, 2022 1008 views this year

Advanced Terms & Connectors Searching
This video and set of slides on Terms & Connectors searching on Lexis and Westlaw was prepared by one of our Research Librarians, Elyse Meyers, for a workshop on Advanced Searching Techniques conducted in Fall 2020.

Books on Persuasive/Brief Writing

Adversarial Legal Writing and Oral Argument by Michael D. Murray & Christy Hallam DeSanctis
Call Number: KF250 .M88 2006
ISBN: 1587788993
Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Persuasive Argument by Robin Wellford
Call Number: KF250 .W436 2006
ISBN: 0820564753
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and the Appellate Courts by Bryan Garner
Call Number: KF251 .G37 2014 (Location: Reference Reading Room)
ISBN: 0199378355
Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Point Made: how to write like the nation's top advocates by Ross Guberman
Call Number: KF251 .G83 2014 (Location: Reserves)
ISBN: 0199943850
Publication Date: 2014-04-04
Just Briefs by Laurel Currie Oates; Anne Enquist; Connie Krontz
Call Number: KF251 .O18 2013 (Location: Reserve)
ISBN: 1454805544
Publication Date: 2013-01-10
Introduction to Advocacy: research, writing, and argument by The Board of Student Advisors, Harvard Law School
Call Number: KF281 .A2 I54 2013 (Location: Reserves)
ISBN: 1609303083
Publication Date: 2013-06-10
Examples and Explanations for Legal Writing by Terrill Pollman; Judith M. Stinson
Call Number: Online; Law Library Reserves KF250 .L398 2019
Publication Date: 2019-02-15
A Short and Happy Guide to Legal Writing by Deborah L. Borman
Call Number: Online Resource through West Study Aids Package (Law School Only)
ISBN: 1634599187
Publication Date: 2019-01-28
Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell by Lynn Bahrych; Jeanne Merino; Beth McLellan
Call Number: eBook available to UCLA Law students from West Study Aids
ISBN: 9781634602815
Publication Date: 2017-02-17

Selected Treatises on First Amendment Law

Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech by Rodney A. Smolla; Melville B. Nimmer
ISBN: 9780836610697
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Available on Westlaw
Advertising and Commercial Speech by Steven G. Brody; Bruce E. H. Johnson
ISBN: 9781402404511
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Available on the PLI Plus online platform.
The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech by David L. Hudson, Jr.
Available on Westlaw

Selected Treatises on Constitutional Law

Rotunda and Nowak's Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure, 5th ed. by Ronald D. Rotunda et al.
Call Number: KF 4550 .R63 2012
Available in print in the Law Library and on Westlaw
Modern Constitutional Law by William J. Rich
Available on Westlaw
American Constitutional Law, 3d by Laurence Tribe
Call Number: KF 4550 .T785 2000
ISBN: 9781566627146
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Available in print in the Law Library (Reserve Collection and Stacks)
State Constitutional Law by Jennifer Friesen
Call Number: KF 4750 .Z95 F75 2006
Available in print in the Law Library
Constitutional Law by John Nowak; Ronald Rotunda
Call Number: KF4550 .N6 2010
ISBN: 9780314195999
Publication Date: 2009-11-05
Available on the West Academic online study aids platform as well as in print in the Law Library (Reserve Collection)
Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies by Erwin Chemerinsky
Call Number: KF4550 .C427 2019
ISBN: 9781454895749
Publication Date: 2019-06-17
Available in print in the Law Library (Reserve Collection)

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