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Admitted Students - University at Buffalo School of Law: Recommended Reading

Recommended Summer Reading

These books have been recommended by the UB School of Law faculty.  Some books may be of particular interest to newly accepted students, international students, and others.
 
UB School of Law students and faculty alike are encouraged to leave comments and make suggestions for additional books to be added.
This is NOT mandatory reading!

Anastaplo

Austen

Bach

Bogira

Carpenter

Carter

Dernbach

Desmond

Engel

Feinman

Gader-Shafran

Graeber & Wengrow

Goffman

Hallett

Harr

Humbach

Jordan

Kerr

"How to Read a Legal Opinion by Orin S. Kerr"

"This essay is designed to help new law students prepare for the first few weeks of class. It explains what judicial opinions are, how they are structured, and what law students should look for when reading them."

Recommended by: Faculty

Lee

Lee

Lepore

Levit

Llewellyn

Lipson

McKinney

Monestier

Müller

Rothstein

Sered

Shadel

Smith

Sotomayor

Strunk & White

Stuntz

Susskind

Tiersma

Trounstein

Wilkerson

Williams

Williams

Ziblatt & Levitsky