About the Book
ALWD Companion: A Citation Practice Book
Coleen M. Barger and Brooke J. Bowman
The Association of Legal Writing Directors
2010. 408 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-8929-2. With Teacher's Manual.
About the Book
The ALWD Companion: A Citation Practice Book helps students to master legal citation through a graduated variety of well-organized exercises that build fundamental citation skills and familiarity with the ALWD Citation Manual.
Offering hands-on citation practice in a concise workbook format, the ALWD Companion features the following:
- a variety of exercises, from simple learning drills to creating or correcting citations in context
- a consistent focus on how to avoid common errors in citation
- a logical four-part organization
- Part I: Understanding the Way Citations Work
- Part II: Citing Specific Sources of Primary Law
- Part III: Citing Secondary Sources and Practice Materials
- Part IV: Developing Proficiency in Alternate Formats - a detailed Teacher’s Manual with introductory material, guidance and tips for teaching, and answers to all of the exercises in the workbook
