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# Undergraduate Legal Writing: an Open Resource (version 2)

Last updated: 4.14.26

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* [Nan L. Haynes, *Legal Writing Handbook for Clinical Students*](https://www.cali.org/books/legal-writing-handbook-clinical-students), published by CALI eLangdell® Press, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. CALI® and eLangdell® are United States federally registered trademarks owned by The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction.
* Brian N. Larson, [*Legal Argumentation Reasoning and Writing About the Law*](https://www.rhetoricked.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Legal-Argumentation-fall-2020-ed.-FINAL.pdf), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
* Jean Mangan, et. al., [*Legal Writing Manual*, 3d ed](https://alg.manifoldapp.org/projects/legal-writing-manual), CC BY-NC-SA 4.10 license.

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