Carolina Academic Press has recently published The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing by professors Catherine J. Cameron and Lance N. Long.  As a supplemental text for a first-year legal writing course, or as a primary text for an advanced legal writing course, this book provides the evidence — besides saying “because I told you so” — for requiring students to follow many common legal writing conventions. As the first comprehensive compilation of research addressing legal writing, The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing provides a much-needed resource to legal writing professionals.