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Recommended Summer Reading: Recommended Reading

Last Updated: Feb 21, 2024 11:05 AM

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

Bach

Bogira

Carpenter

Dernbach

Engel

Feinman

How to Read a Legal Opinion

"How to Read a Legal Opinion" by Orin S. Kerr: http://www.volokh.com/files/howtoreadv2.pdf ("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.")

Gader-Shafran

Goffman

Humbach

Jordan

Lee

Lee

Levit

Lipson

McKinney

Shadel

Sotomayor

Stuntz

Susskind

Tiersma

Williams