Paralegal Resources

If you need to follow the Chicago Manual of Style in your paper, refer to this website. It includes the popular Chicago Style Q&A.

Choose from categories including Grammar, Misused Words, Punctuation, and Style for short articles that can help you write more clearly.

Strunk & White's most widely read and employed English style manual. In the GTC Library, PE1408 .S772 2009

Open access, can be downloaded.

If you need help with your paper, visit the Greenville Tech Writing Center.

The home page lists 50 principles to help you write clearly and concisely. Click on a principle for examples of what not to do.

Georgetown University Law School offers these tips for correct punctuation.

Guides covering a variety of research and writing topics.

More quick tips on legal writing from the American Bar Association.

Short and simple legal writing tips from a University of Miami law professor.

A video on writing using the IRAC method for legal analysis. IRAC stands for Issue, Rule, Analysis and Conclusion.

On this edition of The Paralegal Voice podcast, host Vicki Voisin speaks with legal writing educator Gary Kinder to discuss how paralegals can improve their writing skills.

Georgetown University's law school provides this guide to the Bluebook. While the guide is meant to be used in addition to the Bluebook, citation guidelines and tips are listed in the guide itself.

This site will generate a citation from information you enter into a form. It's a good idea to check the citations the engine generates to make sure they are correct.

Peter Martin of Cornell University creates this searchable guide to legal citations. The home page includes videos on creating basic citations. Use the menu to the left to find answers to specific citation questions.