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
Anonymous
Austen
Bach
Bogira
Bolt
Camus
Carter
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Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster
by
ISBN: 978-1250121974Publication Date: 2018-10-09
Dernbach
Desmond
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by
ISBN: 978-0553447453Publication Date: 2017-02-28
Douglass
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“The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery?”
by
Publication Date: 1860-03-26In a speech before the Scottish Anti-Slavery Society in Glasgow, Scotland, Frederick Douglass outlines his views on the American Constitution.
Recommended by: Faculty
Engel
Feinman
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Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law
by
ISBN: 978-0190866327Publication Date: 2018-08-08
Gader-Shafran
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The International Students' Survival Guide to Law School in the United States: Everything You Need to Succeed
by
ISBN: 978-0595278367Publication Date: 2003-05-07
Graeber & Wengrow
Goffman
Hallett
Harr
Humbach
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Whose Monet?: An Introduction to the American Legal System
by
ISBN: 978-1454873150Publication Date: 2016-01-18
Jordan
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The U. S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts about It
by
ISBN: 978-1891743153Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Kerr
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How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students
by
Publication Date: Autumn 2007
King
Lee
Lee
Lepore
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These Truths: A History of the United States
by
ISBN: 978-0393357424Publication Date: 2019-10-01ON ORDER
Recommended by: Long
Levit
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The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law
by
ISBN: 978-0195392326Publication Date: 2010-07-22
Llewellyn
McKinney
Melville
Monestier
Müller
Munir
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Struggling for the Rule of Law : The Lawyers’ Movement by Daud Munir
Middle East Report 251 (Summer 2009)
Recommended by: Faculty
Rothstein
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
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ISBN: 9781631494536Publication Date: 2018-05-01 -
Saunders
Sered
Shadel
Smith
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Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer 1844-1944
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ISBN: 978-0812216851Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Sotomayor
Strunk & White
Stuntz
Susskind
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Tomorrow's Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future
by
ISBN: 9780192679987Publication Date: 2017-05-25
Tiersma
Trounstein
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Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities
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ISBN: 978-1108454988Publication Date: 2018-11-15
Wilkerson
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
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ISBN: 978-0679444329Publication Date: 2010-09-07
Williams
Williams
Ziblatt & Levitsky
U.S. Supreme Court Case
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Marbury v. Madison
Publication Date: 1803Marbury v. Madison was the first case in which the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated a law passed by Congress. Chief Justice John Marshall’s opinion for the Court articulated and defended the theory of judicial review, which holds that courts have the power to strike down legislation that violates the Constitution.
Recommended by: Faculty