Fall 2023 1L Coursebook Guide: Home

Last Updated: Feb 19, 2024 11:50 AM

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This guide is updated as new information becomes available. If you do not see your course listed or you have a questions regarding the materials listed for your course, contact your Student Services Librarian, Austin Waters, with the contact link on the side of the page.

Textbooks by 1L Class

Course Number	Course Title	Instructor	Textbook Links
LAW 500	Professional Identity	Long, P.	1. Dennis J. Tonsing, 1000 days to the bar, but the practice of law begins now. 3rd edition. William S. Hein & Co, 2022. UB Bookstore *On Reserve Behind Service Desk and on 5th Floor*
LAW 501	Civil Procedure	Semet, A.	1. Richard D. Freer, Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials and Questions. 8th edition. Carolina Academic Press, 2020. Access Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions
LAW 501	Civil Procedure	Giammatteo, J.	1. Stephen C. Yeazell, Civil Procedure. 11th edition. Aspen Publishing 2023. Email with link will be sent. Contact if you did not receive.
LAW 503	Contracts	Wooten, J.	1. Spratt & Templin. Contracts: A Modern Coursebook. 3rd Edition, Aspen Publishing, 2018. Email with link will be sent. Contact if you did not receive. 2. Steven Burton. Contract Law, Selected Source Materials Annotated. 2023 Edition. West Academic, 2023. Find Contract Law, Selected Source Materials Annotated at West Academic
LAW 507	Property	Ayano, M	1. Thomas W. Merrill. Property: Principles and Policies. 4th Edition. West Academic, 2022. Find Property: Principles and Policies at West Academic
LAW 509	Torts	Fabra-Zamora, J.	1. John C. P. Goldberg, Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress. 5th edition, Aspen Publishing, 2021. Email with link will be sent. Contact if you did not receive.
LAW 509	Torts	Masterman, C.	1. Aaron D. Twerski, Torts: Cases and Materials. 5th edition, Aspen Publishing, 2021. Email with link will be sent. Contact if you did not receive.
LAW 515	LAWR 1	Rowan, K.	1. Harvard Law Review Association. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st edition, Harvard Law Review Association, 2020. UB Bookstore Amazon AbeBooks eCampus Textbooks.com for The Bluebook 2. Christine Nero Coughlin. A Lawyer Writes : A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2018. Access to A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis 3. Richard C. Wydick. Plain English for Lawyers. 6th edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2019. Access to Plain English for Lawyers
LAW 515	LAWR 1	Newell, P.	1. Bryan A, Garner. Black’s Law Dictionary, Pocket. 6th edition, West-Thomson Reuters, 2021. UB Bookstore 2. Tracy L. M. Norton, Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 2023 edition, LexisNexis, 2023. On Lexis
LAW 515	LAWR 1	McDuff, A.	1. Harvard Law Review Association. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st edition, Harvard Law Review Association, 2020. UB Bookstore Amazon AbeBooks eCampus Textbooks.com for The Bluebook 2. Christine Nero Coughlin. A Lawyer Writes : A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2018. Access to A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis 3. Richard C. Wydick. Plain English for Lawyers. 6th edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2019. Access to Plain English for Lawyers
LAW 515	LAWR 1	Schoenberger, C.	1. Harvard Law Review Association. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st edition, Harvard Law Review Association, 2020. UB Bookstore Amazon AbeBooks eCampus Textbooks.com for The Bluebook 2. Christine Nero Coughlin. A Lawyer Writes : A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2018. Access to A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis 3. Richard C. Wydick. Plain English for Lawyers. 6th edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2019. Access to Plain English for Lawyers
LAW 515	LAWR 1	Barth, F.	1. Harvard Law Review Association. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st edition, Harvard Law Review Association, 2020. UB Bookstore Amazon AbeBooks eCampus Textbooks.com for The Bluebook 2. Christine Nero Coughlin. A Lawyer Writes : A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis. 3rd edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2018. Access to A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis 3. Richard C. Wydick. Plain English for Lawyers. 6th edition, Carolina Academic Press, 2019. Access to Plain English for Lawyers

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