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BOOKS
FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
What
books will you use in your first year? Here is some information
about the books you'll need for your first year of law school, plus
a list of good books about how to succeed in law school.
CASEBOOKS:
In your classes you'll be reading from casebooks. Casebooks typically
include leading cases in a particular area of law. Sometimes they
include the entire case; sometimes they just include an excerpt
from the case. They do not usually include analysis of the case,
so you are left to figure out what the case stands for through your
class discussions or from other resources such as study guides or
hornbooks. The library does not purchase casebooks, but does have
a small collection of casebooks which have been donated to the library.
You can get the current casebooks for your classes from the
bookstore.
CASE
REPORTERS, STATUTES, DIGESTS, LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS, & SHEPARD'S:
These are the nuts and bolts of legal research; they will all be
discussed in great detail in your Legal, Writing & Research (LW&R)
classes. Federal caselaw and statues, California caselaw and statutes,
and most of the research tools needed for LW&R are available on
the library's 4th Floor of the LGold Reading Room.
HORNBOOKS
& STUDY GUIDES:
A hornbook is a one-volume statement of the law on a particular
subject. They can be a great place to find a clear explanation of
a point of law. The library has hornbooks on most subjects at the
4th floor circulation desk. Study Guides are student-friendly one-volume
books covering the basics of each of your first year courses. Study
guides are written to supplement your casebooks, and are intended
to help you understand the basic concepts from each case. Some students
love them, while others never use them. They are relatively inexpensive
and can be purchased at the bookstore. In addition, some of the
most popular study guides can be borrowed from the library. The
library has compiled a list of study
guides & hornbooks available in the library organized by
subject.
"HOW
TO SUCCEED IN LAW SCHOOL" BOOKS (Plus a few others about legal research
basics):
• Acing
Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't
Learn in Class
KF283 .N69 1999 (5th stacks)
by Shana Noyes & Henry Noyes
•
The
Bramble Bush: On Our Law and its Study
KF273 .L54 1960 (5th stacks)
by Karl N. Llewellyn
•
The
Complete Law School Companion: How to Excel at America's Most Demanding
Post-Graduate Curriculum
KF283 .D4 1992 (5th stacks & Course Reserve)
by Jeff Deaver
•
Expert Learning for Law Students
KF283 .S35 2005 (5th stacks)
by Michael Hunter Schwartz
•
Finding
the Law
KF240 .H61 2005 (Course Reserve)
by Robert Berring & Elizabeth Edinger
•
Fundamentals
of Legal Research
KF240 .J34 2002 (Course Reserve)
by Roy Mersky & Donald Dunn
•
Getting
to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams
KF283 .F47 1999 (5th stacks)
by Richard Fischl
•
How
to Find the Law
KF240 .H6 1989 (Circulation Desk & 5th stacks)
by Morris Cohen, Robert Berring & Kent Olson
•
Law
School Confidential: The Complete Law School Survival Guide: By
Students, for Students
KF283 .M55 2000 (5th stacks)
by Robert Miller
•
Law
School Survival Guide
KF283 .L375 2003 (5th stacks)
•
Law
School Without Fear: Strategies for Success
KF386 .S44 1996 (5th stacks)
by Helene Shapo
•
One
L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
KF373 .T88 A33 (5th stacks)
by Scott Turow
•
Reading Like a Lawyer: Time-Saving Strategies for Reading Law Like
an Expert
KF283 .M398 2005 (5th stacks)
by Ruth Ann McKinney
•
Succeeding in Law School
KF283 .R36 2006 (5th stacks)
by Herbert N. Ramy
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