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Print Course Reserve Books: Fall 2023

Below is a list of print casebooks and course supplements organized by course number, course name, course instructor, and title of the book.

All physical course reserve materials are now located behind the library service counter and must be checked out before use. Books check out for two hours and are not permitted to leave the library.

Please note that these materials are for 2-hour use and cannot leave the library, even for final exams. This policy is for fairness to all students, and we are unable to make exceptions. 

NOTE: We are still receiving many course reserve books and will update this list as they arrive. If you do not see your professor's book here, please check back later.


LAW 404 (Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process - Simon):  In Doubt: The Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process, 2012 ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

LAW 497 (Legal Studies Capstone Project - Haddad): Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises, 2nd ed.

LAW 497 (Legal Studies Capstone Project - Haddad): On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. 7th ed.

LAW 502 (Procedure I - Craig): Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach, 6th ed.

LAW 503 (Contracts - Haas): Contract Law, Selected Source Materials Annotated, 2023 ed.

LAW 503 (Contracts - Haas): Studies in Contract Law, 9th ed.

LAW 503 (Contracts - Jimenez): Contracts, Cases and Materials, 10th ed.

LAW 503 (Contracts - Park): Contracts: Transactions and Litigation, 5th ed.

LAW 503 (Contracts - Rasmussen): Contracts: Cases and Comments, 11th ed.

LAW 503 (Contracts - Rasmussen): Contracts Texts: Restatement 2d Contracts, U.S. UCC Article 2 & the CISG, 6th ed.

LAW 504 (Criminal Law - Ferrentino): Criminal Law Roadmap, 7th ed.

LAW 505 (Legal Profession - Cadambi): Legal Ethics: A Guide for Future Practitioners, revised 1st ed.

LAW 509 (Torts I - Hernandez and Murillo): Torts: Cases and Problems, 4th ed.

LAW 509 (Torts I - Keating): Foundations of Tort Law, 2nd ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

LAW 509 (Torts I - Keating): Tort and Accident Law: Cases and Materials, 5th ed.

LAW 509 (Torts I - Keating): Torts, 1st ed.

LAW 520 (Introduction to U.S. Legal System - Webster): Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States, 6th ed.

LAW 532 (Constitutional Law: Rights - Brown): Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 7th ed. 

LAW 600 (Taxation - Nam): Federal Income Taxation: Principles and Policies, 9th ed.

LAW 602 (Criminal Procedure - Gruber): Criminal Procedure.

LAW 603 (Business Organizations - Chasalow): Acing Business Associations: A Checklist Approach to Business Associations, 2nd ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

LAW 603 (Business Organizations - Chasalow): Experiencing Business Organizations, 3rd ed.

LAW 603 (Business Organizations - Scotten): Business Organizations, 4th ed.

LAW 603 (Business Organizations - Webster): Business Associations, Cases and Materials on Agency, Partnerships, LLCs, and Corporations, 11th ed.

LAW 607 (Gifts, Wills, and Trusts - Murphy): Cases and Materials on Gratuitous Transfers: Wills, Intestate Succession, Trusts, Gifts, Future Interests, and Estate and Gift Taxation, 7th ed.

LAW 623 (Family Law - Altman): Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions, 9th ed.

LAW 647 (Bankruptcy: Debtors and Creditors I - Webster): Bankruptcy, 11th ed.

LAW 650 (Entertainment Law - Vranca and Sheffield): Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Talent Agreements for Film, TV, and Digital Media, 3rd ed.

LAW 652 (Computer Crime Law - Schroeder): Computer Crime Law, 5th ed.

LAW 652 (Computer Crime Law - Schroeder): Computer Crime Law, 5th ed., 2022 Supplement

LAW 658 (Mergers and Acquisitions - Barnett): Mergers and Acquisitions: Cases, Materials, and Problems, 5th ed.

LAW 666A (Trademark Moot Court - Yanni and Pearlman): Successfully Competing in U.S. Moot Court Competitions. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

LAW 680 (Mediation Theory and Practice - Goetz): Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, revised 3rd ed.

LAW 704 (Poverty Law - Pastore): The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

LAW 704 (Poverty Law - Pastore): Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, 1st ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

LAW 704 (Poverty Law - Pastore): Poverty Law, Policy, and Practice, 2nd ed.

LAW 708 (Contract Drafting, Analysis and Negotiation - Ciccone): Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do, 2nd ed.

LAW 708 (Contract Drafting, Analysis and Negotiation - Ciccone): The Elements of Contract Drafting with Questions and Clauses for Consideration, 5th ed.

LAW 708 (Contract Drafting, Analysis and Negotiation - Ciccone): Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You, 2nd ed.

LAW 708 (Contract Drafting, Analysis and Negotiation - Yamaguchi and Schwarz-Gondek): The Elements of Contract Drafting with Questions and Clauses for Consideration, 5th ed.

LAW 708 (Contract Drafting, Analysis and Negotiation - Yamaguchi and Schwarz-Gondek): Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You, 2nd ed.

LAW 709 (Contract Drafting and Negotiation - Curtis): The Elements of Contract Drafting with Questions and Clauses for Consideration, 5th ed.

LAW 712 (Negotiation Theory and Application - Peterson): Essentials of Negotiation, 7th ed.

LAW 715 (ADR Law and Policy: Mediation and Arbitration - Peterson): Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law, 3rd ed.

LAW 753 (Antitrust Law I - Barnett): Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation, Cases and Materials, 7th ed.

LAW 764 (International Business Transactions - Lebovitz): International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials, 5th ed.

LAW 771 (Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic I - Pearlman): Clearance & Copyright: Everything You Need to Know for Film, Television, and Other Creative Content, 5th ed.

LAW 771 (Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic I - Pearlman): Introduction to Transactional Lawyering Practice, 2nd ed.

LAW 789 (Race, Racism, and the Law - Pastore): In the Matter of Color: The Colonial Period, 1st ed.

LAW 789 (Race, Racism, and the Law - Pastore): Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process, 1st ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

LAW 789 (Race, Racism, and the Law - Pastore): What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America, 1st ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

LAW 789 (Race, Racism, and the Law - Pastore): When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America, 1st ed.

LAW 789 (Race, Racism, and the Law - Pastore): White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race, 1st ed. 

LAW 810 (Patent Law - Melnik): Patent Law, 6th ed.

LAW 811 (Health Law and Policy - Shah): Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems, 9th ed.

LAW 814 (Health Law and Policy - Keating): Tort and Accident Law: Cases and Materials, 5th ed.

LAW 821 (Trial Advocacy - Kerlin and Brazil): Materials in Trial Advocacy: Problems and Cases, 9th ed.

LAW 822 (Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause Drafting - Petrides): Arbitration Law, 4th ed.

LAW 842 (Partnership Taxation - Kelly): The Logic of Subchapter K, a Conceptual Guide to the Taxation of Partnerships, 6th ed.

LAW 845 (Negotiation Skills - Ray): Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People, 3rd ed.

LAW 845 (Negotiation Skills - Ray): Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, 2nd ed.

LAW 866 (Counterterrorism, Privacy and Civil Liberties - Stodder): National Security Law, 7th ed., and Counterterrorism Law, 4th ed.: 2022-2023 Supplement.

LAW 883 (Advanced Legal Writing for Business Lawyers - Penton): Transactional Lawyering Skills: Client Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation, 1st ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]


The following books are located behind the library service counter and are available by request:

Thinking Like a Lawyer: An Introduction to Legal Reasoning, 2nd ed. [NOTE: Available in print and ebook formats.]

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 21st ed.

The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 5th ed.