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
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
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by ISBN: 978-0553447453Publication Date: 2017-02-28
Engel
Feinman
Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law by ISBN: 978-0190866327Publication Date: 2018-08-08
Gader-Shafran
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
Whose Monet?: An Introduction to the American Legal System by ISBN: 978-1454873150Publication Date: 2016-01-18
Jordan
The U. S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts about It by ISBN: 978-1891743153Publication Date: 2012-06-01
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
Succeeding As an International Student in the United States and Canada by ISBN: 978-0226484785Publication Date: 2008-04-15
McKinney
Monestier
Müller
Rothstein
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by ISBN: 9781631494536Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Sered
Shadel
Smith
Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer 1844-1944 by ISBN: 978-0812216851Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Sotomayor
Strunk & White
Stuntz
Susskind
Tiersma
Trounstein
Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities by ISBN: 978-1108454988Publication Date: 2018-11-15
Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by ISBN: 978-0679444329Publication Date: 2010-09-07
