Scholarly writing for law students : seminar papers, law review notes, and law review competition papers / by Elizabeth Fajans, Mary R. Falk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: scholarly writing in law school -- Inspiration: choosing a topic and developing a thesis --
The mostly research stage --The writing process: getting it down on paper --The writing process: revising and polishing --
Footnotes and the ethical use of borrowed materials --
Writing with care -- Writing with style --The law review process: evaluating and editing the work of others -- Getting mileage: winning awards, publishing your work, and joining the conversation -- Appendix A: Sample casenote/competition paper -- Appendix B: Answers to exercises -- Appendix C: Scholarly writing workshops and courses.

This book fills an important niche in legal-writing literature by teaching law students how to write scholarly papers for seminars, law reviews and law-review competitions. It helps novices and even more experienced scholars to write papers with a minimum of anxiety.