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Free legal research articles

The following articles are available for free, to help you improve your own legal research.

• Troy Simpson, "Persuading Judges in Writing: Tips for Lawyers" (updated 4 October 2007)
   
• Write Better English,  "101 Tips on Writing Essays, Articles, and other Documents: Tip Sheet 3, Word Choice" (pdf, 79 KB) (preview) (full set of tips are available from Write Better English as a free download for members; joining the site is also free)

• Research One, 'A Short Guide to Australian Legal Research' (last modified 04 November 2005)
   
• Research One, 'Australian Legal History Resources' (last modified 25 April 2005)
   
• Bryan Horrigan, 'Client-Focused Legal Research — Lessons From The Trenches', edited transcript of a guest lecture for the QUT Legal Practice Course on Client-Focused Legal Research, 14 March 2000, Part I (edited by Research One, copyright Bryan Horrigan and QUT, reprinted with permission)
   
• Felix Frankfurter, 'The Conditions for, and the Aims and Methods of, Legal Research', 15 IOWA L REV 129 (1930) (reprinted with permission)
   
• Roy M Mersky and Jonathan Pratter, 'Comparative Observations on Doing Legal Research in Australia and the United States' (1999) 7(3) Australian Law Librarian 175 (reprinted with permission)
   
• Gary D Meyers and Nerida Gilbert, 'Primary Sources: A "Not-So-Anonymous" Review of US Legal Research Materials and Sources' (2003) 11(1) Australian Law Librarian 12 (reprinted with permission)