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1L Tool Kit

Basic library resources for first-year students.

Great advice

Advice from Professor Margolis
Professor Margolis appeared on a recent episode of the Law to Fact podcast, "How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in Legal Research..." Get her essential tips for success in LRW.

Rule #1: Clarity!

Plain English for Lawyers by Richard C. Wydick; Amy E. Sloan
Call Number: KF250 .W9 2019

The title says it all --

Online Tools

Organize your research

PowerNotes
PowerNotes helps you organize your web research. Grab excerpts online and paste them into a research project that saves the web links and can be exported to word processing software. Use your @temple.edu email to create an account and download the browser plug-in.

Research Texts

These basic legal research texts can be found on reserve at the library desk. Request them by call number.

Legal Research in a Nutshell by Kent C. Olson; Morris L. Cohen
Call Number: KF240 .C54 2016
Principles of Legal Research by Kent C. Olson; Morris L. Cohen
Call Number: KF240 .O57 2009
Legal Research by Linda L. Berger; Jeanne Frazier Price
Call Number: KF240 .P65 2017
Basic Legal Research by Amy E. Sloan
Call Number: KF240 .S585 2015
Researching the Law, 2d ed. by Amy E. Sloan
Call Number: KF240 .S586 2017
Pennsylvania Legal Research by Barbara J. Busharis; Catherine M. Dunn; Bonny L. Tavares; Carla P. Wale
Call Number: KFP75 .B87 2017

Writing Texts

These legal writing texts can be found on reserve at the library desk. Request them by call number.

Legal Writing for Legal Readers, 2d ed. by Mary Beth Beazley; Monte G. Smith
Call Number: KF250 .B39 2019
Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers, 4th ed. by Deborah E. Bouchoux
Call Number: KF250 .B68 2017
The Complete Legal Writer by Alexa Z. Chew; Katie Rose Guest Pryal
Call Number: KF250 .C46 2020
Legal Writing and Analysis, 5th ed. by Linda Edwards
Call Number: KF250 .E378 2019
Examples and Explanations for Legal Writing by Terrill Pollman; Judith M. Stinson; Elizabeth Pollman
Call Number: KF250 .L398 2019
The Legal Writing Companion, 2d ed. by Kristen E. Murray; Jessica Lynn Wherry
Call Number: KF250 .M865 2019
Legal Research and Writing by Kristen Murray and Ellie Margolis, Professors of Law, Temple University's Beasley School of Law
Call Number: KF250 .M868 2015
Legal Writing by Richard K. Neumann Jr.; J. Lyn Entrikin; Sheila Simon
Call Number: KF250 .N484 2019
Legal Writing by Mary Barnard; Jill Ramsfield; Mary Ray
Call Number: KF250 .R39 2018
Academic Legal Writing by Eugene Volokh
Call Number: KF250 .V65 2016