Fall 2015 Book List
Revised: May 11, 2015
FIRST YEAR REQUIRED BOOKS:
Coleen Barger
RWA I - Day
Laurel Currie Oates & Anne Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook (Wolters Kluwer, 6th
ed. 2014), ISBN: 9781454841555 RQ
Laurel Currie Oates & Anne Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook Practice Book
(Wolters Kluwer, 6th ed. 2014), ISBN: 9781454847199 RQ
ALWD & Coleen M. Barger, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (Wolters Kluwer, 5th ed
2014), ISBN: 978-1-4548-2875-4 RQ
Pollman, Examples & Explanations: Legal Writing (Wolters Kluwer, 2nd ed. 2014),
ISBN: 9781454869313 RC
Terri Beiner
Civil Procedure I – Day
Hess, Beiner & Bauries, Civil Procedure: A Context & Practice Casebook, (Carolina, 1st
ed.), ISBN: 978-1-61163-546-1 RQ
Friedenthal, Miller et al, 2015-2016 Civil Procedure Supplement (West, 2015 ed.) RQ
Terrence Cain
RWA I - Day
Coleen M. Barger, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 5th
ed), ISBN: 978-145-482-875-4 RQ
Anne Enquist & Laurel Curric Oates, Just Research: Preparing for Practice (Wolters
Kluwer Law & Business, 4th ed.) ISBN: 978-145-483-100-6 RQ
Anne Enquist & Laurel Curric Oates, Just Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for
the Legal Writer (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 4th ed.), ISBN: 978-145-482-698-9
RQ
Helene S. Shapo, Marilyn R. Walter, & Elizabeth Fajans, Writing and Analysis in the
Law (Foundation Press, 6th ed.), ISBN: 978-160-930-272-6 RQ
Matthew Butterick, Typography for Lawyers: Essential Tools for Polished & Persuasive
Documents (Jones McClure Publishing), ISBN: 978-1-59839-077-3 RC
Lyn Entrikin
RWA I - Day
Neumann, Entrikin & Simon, Legal Writing (Aspen/Wolters-Kluwer Law & Business, 3rd
ed. 2015), ISBN: 978-1-45483-097-9 RQ
Amy Sloan, Basic Legal Research (Aspen/Wolters-Kluwer Law & Business, 6th ed.
2015), ISBN: 978-1-45485-040-3 RQ
Amy Sloan, Basic Legal Research Workbook (Aspen/Wolters-Kluwer Law & Business,
4th ed. 2015), ISBN: 978-1-45485-041-0 RQ
McKinney & Pryal, Core Grammar for Lawyers (electronic media) (Carolina Academic
Press, 2nd ed or newest), ISBN: 978-1-61163-584-3 RQ
ALWD & Coleen Barger, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (Aspen/Wolters-Kluwer Law
& Business, 5th ed. 2014), ISBN: 978-1-4548-2875-4 RQ
Norton, Hurt & Jackson, Interactive Citation Workbook for ALWD eBook (LexisNexis,
2015 ed.) RQ
Kenneth J. Vandevelde, Thinking Like a Lawyer: An Introduction to Legal Reasoning
(Westview Press, 2nd ed. 2010), ISBN: 978-08-1334-464-5 RQ
Lynn Foster
Property I – Day
Nelson, Whitman, Medill & Saxer, Contemporary Property (4th ed.), ISBN: 978-0-31492704-0 RQ
Lindsey Gustafson
RWA I – Day
Oates, The Legal Writing Handbook (Aspen, 6th ed.), ISBN: 9781454869313* RQ
Oates, The Legal Writing Handbook: Practice Book (Aspen, 6th ed.), ISBN:
9781454847199 RQ
Pollman, Examples & Explanations: Legal Writing (2nd ed.), RQ
Barger, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (Aspen, 5th ed), ISBN: 978-1-4548-2875-4 RQ
**The ISBN number for the Legal Writing Handbook is a bundle number that
includes the Pollman book. The total for both books should be $125.
Sarah Jenkins
Contracts I – Day
John Edward Murray, Jr., Contracts: Cases and Materials (LexisNexis, 6th ed.) ISBN:
9781422425831 RQ
Steven J. Burton & Melvin A. Eisenberg, Contract Law: Selected Source Materials
(West Law School, 2012-2014 ed.) RQ
John Edward Murray, Murray on Contracts (LexisNexis, 5th ed.) RC
Clickers
**Older editions of the Steven J. Burton & Melvin A. Eisenberg resource, Contract
Law: Selected Source Materials, is acceptable.
Nicholas Kahn-Fogel
Torts – Day
Best & Barnes, Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes & Problems (4th ed.), ISBN: 978-1-45484936-0 RQ
George Mader
RWA I - Night
Coughlin, Malmud Rocklin and Patrick, A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal
Analysis (Carolina Academic Press, 2nd ed.) ISBN: 9781611633979 RQ
Amy E. Sloan, Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies (Wolters Kluwer - Law &
Business, 5th ed. unless the 6th ed. comes out over the summer) ISBN: 978-1-4548-0847-3
RQ
Richard Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (Carolina Academic Press, 5th ed.), ISBN:
978-1-5946-0151-4 RQ
Barger & ALWD, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (Wolters Kluwer / Law & Business, 5th
ed), ISBN: 978-1-4548-2875-4 RQ
Philip Oliver
Torts – Night
Henderson, Pearson & Kysar, The Torts Process (Aspen 8th ed. 2012), ISBN: 978-14548-0615-8 RQ
Joshua Silverstein
Contracts I – Night
Knapp, Crystal & Prince, Problems in Contract Law, Cases and Materials (Aspen
Publishers, 7th ed.), ISBN: 978-0-7355-9822-5 RQ