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This information is correct as of 8/7/2008. All texts are required unless otherwise noted. Students should check CourseInfo for a complete list of all required course materials. Materials may be available through CourseInfo or FedEx Office - whether supplemental to the texts listed below or in lieu of a text.

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First Year Courses Book List
Fall 2008

Civil Procedure (Bone/Collins)
JD873 (A1)
Buffalo Creek Disaster, Stern (Vintage)
Cases & Materials on Civil Procedure, 9th Ed. – Revised 2008, Friedenthal (West Law)
Civil Procedure: Economics of Civil Procedure, Bone (West Law)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2008, Clermont (Foundation)

Civil Procedure (Farnsworth)
JD873 (C1)
The Legal Analyst, Farnsworth (Univ. of Chicago) Recommended
* Course materials available for purchase through FedEx/Kinko’s. *

Constitutional Law (Lahav)
JD810 (B1)
Constitutional Law, 2nd Edition, Chemerinsky (Aspen)
Constitutional Law - 2008 Supplement, Chemerinsky (Aspen)
Constitutional Law: Principles & Policies, 3rd Ed., Chemerinsky (Aspen) Recommended

Contracts (Caruso)
JD813 (B2)
Cases & Comments on Contracts, 9th Edition, Dawson (Foundation)
Death of Contract, 2nd Edition, Gilmore (Ohio State)
Contract Law: Selected Source Material, 2008 Edition, Burton (West Law)
Contracts: Examples & Explanations, 4th Edition, Blum (Aspen) Recommended

Contracts (Farnsworth)
JD813 (B1)
The Legal Analyst, Farnsworth (Univ. of Chicago Press) Recommended
* Course materials available for purchase through FedEx/Kinko’s. *

Contracts (Kull)
JD813 (A1)
* Course materials available for purchase through FedEx/Kinko’s. *

Contracts (Pettit)
JD813 (C1)
Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, 4th Edition, Barnett (Aspen)
Perspectives on Contract Law, 3rd Edition, Barnett (Aspen)
Contract Law: Selected Source Materials, 2008, Burton (West Law)

Criminal Law (Fisher)
JD946 (A1)
Criminal Law: Cases & Materials on Criminal Law, 4th Edition, Dressler (West Law)
Criminal Law Case Studies, 3rd Edition, Robinson (West Law)
Understanding Criminal Law, 4th Edition, Dressler (Lexis Law) Recommended:

Criminal Law (Leonard)
JD946 (A2)
Criminal Law, 2nd Edition, Bonnie (Foundation)

Property (Lawson)
JD876 (C1)
Property: Principles & Policy, Merrill (Foundation)

Research & Writing Seminar I (Volk)
JD884 (A1)
Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18th Edition, (Harvard Law Review)
Basics of Legal Writing, Ray (West)
Basic Legal Research: Tools & Strategies, 3rd Edition, Sloan (Aspen)
Elements of Style, 4th Edition, Strunk (Longman) Recommended

Torts (Simons)
JD892 (B1)
Torts: Cases & Questions, Farnsworth (Aspen)

Torts (Fleming)
JD892 (B2)
Tort and Accident Law, 4th Edition, Keeton (West Law)

Torts (Moore)
JD892 (C1)
Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress, 2nd Edition, Goldberg (Aspen)
Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations, 3rd Edition, Glannon (Aspen) Recommended

Torts (Silbaugh)
JD892 (C2)
Tort Law and Alternatives: Cases & Materials, 8th Edition, Franklin (Foundation)

Torts (Baxter)
JD892 (A1)
Tort Law and Alternatives: Cases & Materials, 8th Edition, Franklin (Foundation)

Torts (K. Hylton)
JD892 (A2)
Cases and Materials on Torts, 9th Edition, Epstein (Aspen)

Upper-Class Book List
Fall 2008

A-C | D-L | M-Z

Administrative Law (Lawson)
JD801 (A1)
Federal Administrative Law, 4^th Edition, Lawson (West Law)

Administrative Law (G. Seidman)
JD801 (S1)
Federal Administrative Law, 4^th Edition, Lawson (West Law)

Advanced ADR (Weiner)
JD955 (A1)
Dispute Resolution, 5^th Edition, Goldberg (Aspen)
Getting to Yes, 2^nd Edition, Fisher (Penguin)

Advanced Legal Writing Workshop (Browne/Volk)
JD874 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Advanced Trial Practice (W. Young)
JD976 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Golann)
JD881 (A1)
Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law, Folberg (Aspen)
Bargaining for Advantage, 2^nd Edition (revised 2006), Shell (Penguin)

Animal Law (Karfunkel)
JD865 (A1)
Animal Law, 3^rd Edition, Waisman (Carolina Academic)
Rattling the Cage, Wise (Perseus) Recommended

Appellate Advocacy (Berry)
JD969 (A1)
Appellate Courts, 2^nd Edition, Meador (Michie)
2008 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure with Commentaries (NITA) Recommended

Appellate Advocacy Program Director (Volk)
JD901 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Civil Litigation Program (Burdick et al)
Family, Housing, Disability and Employment Law
JD861 (A1), JD862 (A1), JD973 (A1)
Ethical Problems in Practice of Law, 2^nd Edition, Lerman (Aspen)
Law Governing Lawyers, 2008 Edition w/CD, Martyn (Aspen)
Essential Lawyering Skills, 3^rd Ed., Krieger & Neumann (Aspen)
Deposition Questioning Strategies and Techniques, Binder, Moore, Bergman (West)
Dixon vs. Providential Life – Technology File, Rothschild & Stein (NITA)
Trial Techniques, 7^th Ed., Mauet (Aspen
Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell, 4^th Ed., Bergman (West)
Recommended:
Getting to Yes, 2^nd Edition, Fisher & Ury (Penguin)
Evidentiary Foundations – softbound, 7^th Edition, Imwinkelried (Lexis Nexis)

Civil Litigation Program (Akram/Diamond)
Refugee and Asylum Law
JD861 (B1), JD862 (A1) (Burdick), JD973 (B1)
Ethical Problems in Practice of Law, 2^nd Edition, Lerman (Aspen)
Law Governing Lawyers, 2008 Edition w/CD, Martyn (Aspen)
Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell, 4^th Edition, Bergman (West Law)
Deposition Questioning Strategies and Techniques, Binder (West Law)
Essential Lawyering Skills- w/CD, 3^rd Edition, Krieger (Aspen)
Trial Techniques, 7^th Edition, Mauet (Aspen)

Civil Rights Litigation (Beermann)
JD877 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Commercial Law: Payments (Kull)
JD815 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Commercial Law: Secured Transactions (O’Rourke)
JD805 (A1)
Commercial Transactions, Secured Financing, 3^rd Edition, Nimmer (LexisNexis)
Practice Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 2008 Update, (ABA)
Recommended:
Secured Transactions: Examples and Explanations, 4^th Edition, Brook (Aspen)

Communication Law (Carter)
JD811 (A1)
The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate, 7^th Edition, Carter (Foundation Press)

Corporations (Marks)
JD816 (M1)
* No Text Required *

Corporations (Outterson)
JD816 (O1)
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization, 2^nd Edition, Allen (Aspen)

Criminal Procedure: Investigatory Process (Maclin)
JD821 (A1)
Basic Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments, Questions, 12^th Edition, Kamisar (West Law)
Recommended:
Understanding Criminal Law, 4^th Edition, Dressler (Lexis Law)
Criminal Procedure Stories, Steiker (Foundation Press)

Criminal Trial Practice I (Rossman et al)
JD982 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Criminal Trial Practice II (Rossman et al)
JD913 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Criminal Trial Practice/Issues in Criminal Justice
JD920 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Criminal Trial/Professional Responsibility (Wiebusch)
JD923 (A1)
Traversing the Ethical Minefield, 2^nd Edition, Martyn (Aspen)
2008 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility, Morgan (Foundation Press)

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Domestic Violence (Whitman)
JD829 (A1)
* No Text Required *

E-Commerce, IP & the Business Lawyer (Gurvits)
JD997 (A1)
Launching New Ventures, 5^th Edition, Allen (Houghton Mifflin) Recommended

Effective & Ethical Depositions (Diamond)
JD958 (A1)
Deposition Questioning Strategies and Techniques, Binder (West Law)
Polisi v. Clark & Parker & Gould, Plaintiff’s Material, 2^nd Edition, Bocchino (NITA)
Polisi v. Clark & Parker & Gould: Defendant’s Material, 2^nd Edition, Bocchino (NITA)
Deposition Rules, 4^th Edition, Malone (NITA)
Deposition Evidence, Bocchino (NITA) Recommended

Employee Benefit Plans (M. Hylton)
JD790 (A1)
Introduction to Employment Benefits Law, 2^nd Edition, Medill (West)

Entertainment Law (Neeff)
JD905 (A1)
Entertainment Law, 3^rd Edition, Simensky (Bender)

Environmental Law (Wexler)
JD833 (A1)
Mountains Without Handrails, Sax (University of Michigan)
Environmental Policy Law, 5^th Edition, Schoenbaum (Foundation Press)
2008-2009 Selected Environmental Law Statutes (West Law) Recommended

European Union Law (di Robilant)
JD880 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Evidence (Foley)
JD831 (F1)
Evidence, 2^nd Edition, Fisher (Foundation Press)

Evidence (Pettit)
JD831 (P1)
Evidence, 2^nd Edition, Fisher (Foundation Press)
2008-2009 Federal Rules of Evidence, Fisher (Foundation Press)

Federal Courts (Yackle)
JD836 (A1)
Federal Courts: Cases & Materials, Wells (West)
Federal Courts: Cases & Materials, 2008-2009 Supplement, Wells (West)

Feminist Jurisprudence (McClain)
JD990 (A1)
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?, Okin (Princeton)

Government Regulation of Financial Services (Roiter)
JD864 (A1)
Regulation of Financial Institutions, Jackson (West Law)

Health Law (F. Miller)
JD867 (A1)
Health Law, 6^th Edition, Furrow (West Law)

Historic Preservation (Freeman)
JD891 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Historical Perspectives on Law (Collins)
JD 846 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Housing Law (Winik)
JD961 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Immigration Law (McHaffey)
JD968 (A1)
Immigration and Refugee Law & Policy, 4^th Edition, Legomsky (Foundation Press)
Federal Immigration Laws & Regulations, 2008, West (West Law)

Intellectual Property (Meurer)
JD857 (A1)
Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age, 4^th Edition, Merges (Aspen)

International Business Agreements (Greiman)
JD959 (A1)
Global Negotiator, Salacuse (St. Martin)
Transnational Business Problems, 4^th Edition, Vagts (Foundation Press)

International Business Arbitration (Park)
JD980 (A1)
International Commercial Arbitration, Reisman (Foundation Press)
International Commercial Arbitration: Documentary Supplement, Reisman (Foundation)

International Intellectual Property (Zemer)
JD953 (A1)
International Intellectual Property Law and Policy, Dinwoodie (Lexis Law)
International Intellectual Property Law and Policy: Doc. Supplement, Dinwoodie (LexisNexis)

International Taxation I (Park)
JD781 (A1)
2008-2009 International Income Taxation Code & Regs, Selected Sections, Peroni (CCH)
Taxation of International Transactions, Gustafson (West Law)

Introduction to American Law (Wexler)
JD700 (A1) (LLM students only)
Law in the United States, Abernathy (West Law)

Introduction to Federal Income Taxation (Feld)
JD889 (A1)
Federal Income Taxation, 2nd Edition, Schmalbeck (Aspen)
2008-2009 Federal Income Tax Code and Regulations, Selected Sections, Dickinson (CCH)
Recommended:
Federal Income Taxation: A Guide for Law Students, 10^th Edition, Chirelstein (Foundation)

Introduction to International Law (Sloane)
JD927 (A1)
International Law Frameworks, 2^nd Edition, Bederman (Foundation Press)
International Law, 2^nd Edition, Dunoff (Aspen)

Jewish Law (Hecht)
JD835 (A1)
Text available for purchase only through Professor Hecht’s Office Assistant in Suite 1134.

Land Use (Ryckman)
JD855 (A1)
Land Use - Cases, 6^th Edition, Wright (West Law)

Law & Development (Seidman)
JD915 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Law & Economics Workshop (Marks/K. Hylton)
JD940 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Law & the Color Line (Lyons)
JD878 (A1)
Race Law Stories, Moran (West Law)

Law, Work, & Poverty (M. Hylton)
JD909 (A1)
Code of the Street, Anderson (Norton)
Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education, Bell (Oxford)
Worlds Apart, Duncan (Yale)
Promises I Can Keep, Edin (UCal Press)
Nickel & Dimed, Ehrenreich (Owl Books)
Big Squeeze, Greenhouse (Random)
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Kidder (Random)
What Money Can’t Buy, Mayer (Harvard)
Chutes & Ladders, Newman (Harvard)
Falling From Grace: Downward Mobility, Newman (UCal)
Cliff Walk, Snyder (Back Bay)
Two Income Trap, Warren (Basic Books)

Legal Externship Program (Knight)
JD924 (A1), JD925 (A1)
Legal Ethics: Law Stories, Rhode (Foundation Press)
Legal Ethics: Rules, Statutes, and Comparisons, 2008, Zitrin (Bender)

Legal Malpractice (Fortney)
JD912 (A1)
Legal Malpractice Law, Fortney (West)

Legal Writing Fellows (Volk)
JD986 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Legislative Counsel Clinic (Kealy)
JD786 (A1)
Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation, 3^rd Edition, Hetzel (LexisNexis)

Legislative Internship Program (Kealy)
JD937 (A1), JD938 (A1)
Introduction to Statutory Interpretation, Mikva (Aspen)

Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinic/Editor (Seidman)
JD818 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinics (Seidman)
JD817, JD783, JD784
Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change: A Manual for Drafters, Seidman
Text is available from Sue Morrison in Room 1120.

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Medical Research & the Law (Glazier)
JD910 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Mergers & Acquisitions (Nowill)
JD988 (A1)
Mergers & Acquisitions: Cases, Materials, & Problems, Maynard (Aspen)

Mutual Funds: Investment Companies (Frankel)
JD852 (A1)
Investment Management Regulation, 3^rd Edition, w/ 2007 supplement, Frankel and Kirsch
To order go to: www.teachmutualfunds.com

Negotiation & Theory (Ferrer)
JD921 (A1)
Getting to Yes, 2^nd Edition, Fisher (Penguin)
Dispute Resolution, 5^th Edition, Goldberg (Aspen)
Getting Past No, Ury (Bantam)

Philosophy of Law (Baxter)
JD853 (A1)
Concept of Law, 2^nd Edition, Hart (Oxford)
Law’s Empire, Dworkin (Triliteral)
Freedom’s Law, Dworkin (Triliteral)

Pretrial Advocacy: Civil and Criminal (Ball)
JD956 (A1)
Pretrial, 7^th Edition, Mauet (Aspen)
State v. Diamond: Problems & Case File, 4^th Edition, Seckinger (NITA)
Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance: Technology Case File, 2000 Revised Edition, Stein (NITA)

Problem Solving in International Law (K. Young)
JD989 (A1)
TBD

Professional Responsibility (Fortney)
JD984 (A1)
Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, 2^nd Edition, Lerman (Aspen)
2008 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility, Morgan (Foundation Press)

Prosecutorial Ethics (Breen)
JD806 (A1)
Prosecutorial Ethics, Cassidy (West)
Legal Ethics: Rules, Statutes, & Comparisons, 2008, Zitrin (Bender)

Real Estate Finance (Nessen)
JD914 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Representing Life Sciences Companies (Donohue)
JD907 (A1)
Recommended:
Biotechnology and Law, Wellons (ABA)
From Alchemy to IPO, Robbins-Roth (Perseus)
Building Biotechnology, 2^nd Edition, Friedman (Thinkbiotech)
Drugs: From Discovery to Approval, Ng (Wiley)

Research & Writing Seminar (LLM)
JD893 (A1)
Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18^th Edition (Harvard Law Review)
Basics of Legal Writing, Ray (West)
Basic Legal Research: Tools & Strategies, 3^rd Edition, Sloan (Aspen)
Elements of Style, 4^th Edition, Strunk (Longman) Recommended

Sentencing (Foley)
JD929 (A1)
Sentencing Law & Policy: Cases, Statutes, and Guidelines, 2^nd Edition, Demleitner (Aspen)

Taxation of Financial Instruments (Sims)
JD971 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Technology & Licensing (Elias)
JD960 (A1)
* No Text Required *

The Juvenile Court (Sandberg)
JD926 (A1)
* No Text Required *

Trial Advocacy (McNeil)
JD894 (A1)
Problems in Trial Advocacy, Revised 2007 Edition, Bocchino (NITA)
Trial Techniques, 7^th Edition, Mauet (Aspen)
2008 Federal Rules of Evidence-Summary Trial Guide, Eleazer (Elex Pub)
Please wait until after 1^st class to purchase one of the following :
State v. Diamond: Problems & Case File, 4^th Edition, Seckinger (NITA)
Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance: Technology Case File, 2000 Revised Edition, Stein (NITA)

Trial Advocacy (Del Vecchio)
JD894 (D1)
Evidentiary Foundations, 6^th Edition, Imwinkelried (LexisNexis)
Materials in Trial Advocacy: Problems & Cases, 6^th Edition, Mauet (Aspen)
Trial Techniques, 7^th Edition, Mauet (Aspen)

Trial Advocacy (Saylor)
JD894 (T1)
Problems in Trial Advocacy, Revised 2007 Edition, Bocchino (NITA)
Trial Techniques, 7^th Edition, Mauet (Aspen)
Please wait until after 1^st class to purchase one of the following two cases:
State v. Diamond: Problems & Case File, 4^th Edition, Seckinger (NITA)
Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance: Technology Case File, 2000 Revised Edition, Stein (NITA)
Recommended:
Evidentiary Foundations, 6^th Edition, Imwinkelried (LexisNexis)
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, Scalia & Garner (Thomson West)

Trial Evidence (Lu)
JD849 (A1)
Monique Adams v. Corr-Train, Inc., Curcio (NITA)
Trial Evidence (with CD), 3^rd Edition, Mauet (Aspen)

Trust & Honesty in Law, Business, & Public Policy (Frankel/Fagan)
JD965 (A1)
Trust and Honesty (2006), Frankel
Trust and Honesty in Real Life (2007), Fagan and Frankel
To order go to: www.teachinghonesty.com

Trust, Wills, & Basic Estate Planning (Hurwitz)
JD871 (H1)
Wills, Trusts, & Estates Casebook, 7^th Edition, Dukeminier (Aspen)
Uniform Trust & Estate Statutes, 2008-2009, Langbein (Foundation Press)

Trust, Wills, & Basic Estate Planning (Stewart)
JD871 (S1)
Wills, Trusts, & Estates Casebook, 7^th Edition, Dukeminier (Aspen)

Unfair Competition & Trademark Law (Gordon)
JD780 (A1)
Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, 4^th Edition, Ginsburg (Foundation Press)
2008 Supplement to Trademark and Unfair Competition, Ginsburg (Foundation Press)
Understanding Trademark Law (2005 soft cover), LaFrance (Lexis Nexis) Recommended

White Collar Crime (Wiebusch)
JD854 (A1)
Federal White Collar Crime: Cases & Materials, 3^rd Edition, O’Sullivan (West)

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