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Last Updated: Jan 29, 2024 10:54 AM

Textbooks by 1L Class

Course Number

Course Title

Instructor

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LAW 503 Contracts Monestier, T.

1. Knapp, Problems in Contract Law: Cases & Materials. 10th edition. Aspen Publishing, 2023.

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LAW 505 Criminal Law Binder, G.

1. John Kaplan, Criminal Law: Cases and Materials. 9th Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2021.

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LAW 505 Criminal Law Boucai, M

1. Joshua Dressler & Stephen P. Garvey, Criminal Law: Cases and Materials. 9th Edition, West Academic, 2022.

Find Criminal Law at West Academic

LAW 507 Property Braverman, I.

1. Sprankling & Coletta, Property: A Contemporary Approach. 5th Edition, West Academic, 2021.

Find Property: A Contemporary Approach at West Academic

LAW 511

Constitutional Law

Gardner, J.

1. James Gardner. Legal Argument: The Structure and Language of Effective Advocacy. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2020.

Access to Legal Argument: The Structure and Language of Effective Advocacy

2. Erwin Chemerinsky. Constitutional Law. 6th Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2020.

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LAW 512

Fed Courts Judicial Research & Writing

Stark, R.

1. Aliza Milner. Judicial Clerkships: Legal Methods in Motion. 1st Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2011.

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2. Jill Barton. So Ordered: The Writer's Guide for Aspiring Judges, Judicial Clerks, and Interns. 1st Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2017.

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LAW 512 Research Lab Cascio, N.

1. Amy E. Sloan. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies. 8th Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2021.

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LAW 512 Research Lab Waters, A.

1. Amy E. Sloan. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies. 8th Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2021.

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LAW 512 Research Lab Walsh, T.

1. Amy E. Sloan. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies. 8th Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2021.

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LAW 512 Research Lab Detweiler, B.

1. Amy E. Sloan. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies. 8th Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2021.

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LAW 516 LAWR 2 Rowan, K

1. Rocklin et. al. An Advocate Persuades. 2nd Edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2022.

Access to An Advocate Persuades

2. Ross Guberman. Point Made : How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2014.

Access to Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates

3. Richard C. Wydick. Plain English for Lawyers. 6th Edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2019.

Access to Plain English for Lawyers

LAW 516

LAWR 2 McDuff, A.

1. Rocklin et. al. An Advocate Persuades. 2ndedition, Carolina Academic Press, 2022.

Access to An Advocate Persuades

2. Ross Guberman. Point Made : How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2014.

Access to Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates

 

3. Elizabeth Adelman. New York Legal Research. 4th edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2020.

Access to New York Legal Research

4. Harvard Law Review Association. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st edition, Harvard Law Review Association, 2020.

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LAW 516 LAWR 2 Newell, P.

1. Rocklin et. al. An Advocate Persuades. 2nd Edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2022.

Access to An Advocate Persuades

2. Tracy L. M. Norton. Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 2023 edition, LexisNexis 2023.

Access to Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook

3. Bryan A. Garner. Black’s Law Dictionary, Pocket Edition. 6th edition, West-Thomson Reuters, 2021.

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LAW 516 LAWR 2 Schoenberger, C.

1. Rocklin et. al. An Advocate Persuades. 2ndedition, Carolina Academic Press, 2022.

Access to An Advocate Persuades

2. Ross Guberman. Point Made : How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2014.

Access to Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates

3. Richard C. Wydick. Plain English for Lawyers. 6th Edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2019.

Access to Plain English for Lawyers

4. Harvard Law Review Association. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st edition, 2020.

UB Bookstore

5. Christine Nero Coughlin,  A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2020.

Access to A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

LAW 516 LAWR 2 Dinsmore, E.

1. Christine Nero Coughlin,  A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2020.

Access to A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

2. Rocklin et. al. An Advocate Persuades. 2ndedition, Carolina Academic Press, 2022.

Access to An Advocate Persuades

3. Elizabeth Adelman. New York Legal Research. 4th edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2020.

Access to New York Legal Research

4. Ross Guberman. Point Made : How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2014.

Access to Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates

 

5. James Gardner. Legal Argument: The Structure and Language of Effective Advocacy. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2020.

Access to Legal Argument: The Structure and Language of Effective Advocacy

6. Harvard Law Review Association. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st edition, 2020.

UB Bookstore

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