Legal Writing Manual

The first edition of the Legal Writing Manual was made possible with funding from the University of Georgia’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost’s Affordable Materials Course Grant.

The second edition of this manual was made possible with funding from a Round 18 Affordable Learning Georgia Continuous Improvement Grant and the third edition was supported with a Round 21 Continuous Improvement Grant.

The 4th Edition updated and reorganized chapters and examples to align with current grading rubrics, improved formatting to meet accessibility requirements (screen readers), and verified correct hosting and student access in Manifold/OpenALG. Topics focus on legal writing processes and exemplar documents across appendices (e.g., memo, brief components), with revisions completed in collaboration with a student author.