Resources

If you want to learn more about writing in a professional context, the following resources can help:

Books

Stephen V Armstrong & Timothy P Terrell, Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer’s Guide to Effective Writing and Editing 3d ed (New York: Practising Law Institute, 2008).

Stephen Pinker, The Sense of Style (New York: Viking, 2014). William Strunk & E.B. White, The Elements of Style (New York: Bartleby, 1999), available free at http://www.bartleby.com/141/.

Joseph Williams & Gregory Colomb, Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace 12th ed (London, Ontario: Pearson, 2012).

Internet materials

University of Chicago Press, “Exercises from Legal Writing in Plain English (Bryan Garner),” available at http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/garner/.

University of Ottawa, “Hypergrammar,” available at https://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hypergrammar.

Purdue OWL, “Writing Lab,” available at https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html.

The law school offers academic support, including free and confidential tutoring services staffed by upper year students. For more information, visit https://www.law.utoronto.ca/student-life/academic-support.