The Texas Law Review Manual on Usage & Style is a pocket-sized guide to style and usage for legal writing—a convenient and accessible reference tool used by many lawyers and law students. Called MoUS for short, it contains rules on topics including:
- punctuation
- capitalization
- numbers and symbols
- italicization
- grammar
- word choice
- spelling
- quotations
- composition
- editing
The MoUS is currently available in its eleventh edition through our online store (opens in new window).
Alternatively, you may contact Paul Goldman with the UT Law Publications Office to order copies of theMoUS:
Phone: (512) 232-1149
Fax: (512) 471-6988
Publications -at- law.utexas.edu
The Eleventh Edition of the MoUS brings you the traditional utility of our pocket-sized usage and style guide for legal writing, now with clearer language, simpler organization, a more intuitive layout, and an improved index.