Additional Navigation
Purchasing Your Books
- Order online at the Liberty University Barnes & Noble bookstore.
August Intensives
Professional Responsibility (LAW 565) – Prof. Thompson
Required:
Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, 3rd ed., by Lisa G. Lerman & Philip G. Schrag (Aspen, 2012), ISBN 9781454803010
Accounting and Finance for Lawyers (LAW 630) – Dean Todd
Required:
Introductory Accounting, Finance and Auditing for Lawyers, 7th ed., by Lawrence A. Cunningham (West Academic, 2017), ISBN 9781634604109
Trademark Law & Practice (LAW 783) – Prof. Connors
Required:
Trademarks and Unfair Competition: Law and Policy by Graeme B. Dinwoodie & Mark D. Janis (Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454871057
Also required is the free 2020 supplement, available using the link below:
Fall 2020
First-Year Law Students
A Top Hat subscription is required for all 1L students. It can be purchased at the campus bookstore in the fall, and the cost for one year is $54.30.
Foundations of Law I (LAW 501-001 and 501-002) – Prof. Martins (both sections)
Required:
God, Man, and Law: The Biblical Principles by Herbert Titus (Institute of Basic Life Principles, 1994), ISBN 9780916888176
Contracts I (LAW 505-001 and 505-002) – Judge Spinden and Prof. Rice
Required:
Contracts: A Contemporary Approach, 3rd ed., by Christina Lynn Kunz, Carol Lynn Chomsky, Jennifer S. Martin, & Elizabeth R. Schiltz (West Academic), ISBN 9781683288152
Torts I (LAW 511-001 and 511-002) – Prof. Mouly and Prof. Bell
Required:
Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz’s Torts, Cases and Materials, 13th ed., by William L. Prosser, John W. Wade, Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, & David F. Partlett (Foundation Press, 2015), ISBN 9781609304072
Recommended:
Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations, 5th ed., by Joseph Glannon (Aspen Law), ISBN 9781454850113
Property I (LAW 515-001 and 515-002) – Prof. Lucas (both sections)
Required:
Property and Lawyering, 3rd ed., by R. Wilson Freyermuth, Jerome M. Organ, & Alice M. Noble-Allgire (West Academic, 2011; American Casebook Series), ISBN 9780314210135
Estates in Land and Future Interests: A Step-by-Step Guide, 5th ed., by Linda H. Edwards (Aspen Law, 2017), ISBN 9781454886389
Civil Procedure I (LAW 521-001 and 521-002) – Prof. Hesch (both sections)
Required:
Civil Procedure, 9th ed., by Stephen C. Yeazell & Joanna C. Schwartz (Aspen Law), ISBN 9781454868347 (hardcover edition) or ISBN 9781454874355 (looseleaf edition).
[Note: Either the hardbound or the looseleaf version of this casebook is acceptable, but be sure to get Yeazell & Schwartz’s 9th.]
2020 Federal Civil Rules Booklet (available from LegalPub.com), ISBN 9781934852392.
[Note: You may also use another version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures booklet from other vendors. However, if you use the 2019 version of the rulebook, you are responsible to know when a rule was amended from 2019 to 2020.]
Lawyering Skills I (LAW 525-001, 525-002, 525-003, 525-004, 525-005) – Prof. Rost and other faculty
Required:
- The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 20th ed. (Harvard Law Review Association; www.legalbluebook.com), ISBN 9780692400197
- Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation by Tracy McGaugh Norton, Christine Hurt, & Jeffrey D. Jackson (LexisNexis, 2019 ed.), ISBN 9781522176077
- Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Other Lawyering Skills, 3rd ed., by Robin Wellford Slocum (LexisNexis, 2019), ISBN 9781422481561
- Core Grammar for Lawyers, 4th ed., Ruth Ann McKinney & Katie Rose Guest Pryal (Carolina Academic Press, 2019), http://www.coregrammarforlawyers.com (online subscription*)
*Note: An online subscription to Core Grammar for Lawyers is required, but subscriptions will be set up for new students during orientation, and the cost of those subscriptions will be covered by LU School of Law.
In addition, the following text is required for all 1L classes:
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE, 7th ed., by Steven L. Emanuel, (Aspen Publishers, 2019), ISBN 9781543805727
Second-Year Law Students
Constitutional Law I (LAW 531-001 and 531-002) – Prof. Tuomala
Required:
American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties, 6th ed., by Calvin Massey & Brannon P. Denning (Wolters Kluwer, 2019; Aspen Casebook Series), ISBN 9781543801484
Criminal Law (LAW 535-001) – Judge Spinden
Required: Criminal Law: Doctrine, Application, and Practice, 2nd ed., by Jens David Ohlin (Wolters Kluwer, 2018; Aspen Casebook Series), ISBN 9781454894919
[Note: There is a connected quizzing component that is also required; the ISBN for the bundle (a print copy of the casebook, and a code for quizzes) is 9781543814644.]
Evidence (LAW 545-001) – Prof. Bell
Required:
Evidence, 3rd ed., by George Fisher (Foundation Press, 2012; University Casebook Series), ISBN 9781609390609
Federal Rules of Evidence 2018–2019 Statutory & Case Supplement by George Fisher (Foundation Press), ISBN 9781640209398
2020 Federal Rules of Evidence Summary Trial Guide (Elex Publishers; available from elexpublishers.com, 800-546-3539)
Business Associations (LAW 561-001) – Prof. Rice
Required:
Closely Held Business Organizations: Cases, Materials, and Problems, 3rd ed., by Robert Ragazzo (West Academic, 2020), ISBN 9781683281818
Closely Held Business Organizations Cases, Materials and Problems, 3rd ed., 2020 Statutory Supplement by Robert Ragazzo (West Academic, 2020), ISBN 9781683281825
Taxation of Individuals (LAW 591-001) – Prof. Chrisman
Required:
Taxation of Individual Income, 12th ed., by J. Martin Burke & Michael K. Friel (LexisNexis, 2018), ISBN 9781531008727
Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations with Motro Tax Map, 2021 ed., by Daniel J. Lathrope (West Academic; available in July), ISBN 9781647081904
Lawyering Skills III (LAW 571-001) – Prof. Hesch, Prof. Thompson, & Prof. Chrisman
Required:
Pretrial, 9th ed., by Thomas A. Mauet & David Marcus (Aspen Law), ISBN 9781454856337
Third-Year Law Students
Wills, Trusts, and Estates (LAW 575-001) – Dean Todd
Required:
Wills, Trusts, and Estates, 10th ed., by Jesse Dukeminier & Robert H. Sitkoff (Aspen Law, 2017), ISBN 9781454876427
Uniform Trust and Estate Statutes, 2019–20 ed., by Thomas P. Gallanis (West Academic), ISBN 9781642429176
Lawyering Skills V: Trial Advocacy (LAW 595-001, 595-002, 595-003, 595-004) – Prof. Kline (sections -001 and -004) and Prof. Rost (sections -002 and -003)
Required:
Trial Techniques, custom 10th ed., by Thomas Mauet (Aspen Law/Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454892236
[Note: This is a custom book created for LUSOL; it contains the Mauet textbook (Trial Techniques and Trials, 10th ed.) plus selected exercises from Mauet, Wolfson, and Easton’s workbook, Materials in Trial Advocacy: Problems and Cases.]
2020 Federal Rules of Evidence Summary Trial Guide
(Elex Publishers; available from elexpublishers.com, 800-546-3539)
Electives
Advanced Criminal Procedure (LAW 542) – Prof. Tompkins
Required:
Criminal Procedure, 3rd ed., by Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurie Levenson (Aspen Law, 2018), ISBN 9781454876656
Criminal Procedure: 2020 Case and Statutory Supplement, ISBN 9781543820317 (available in July)
Children and the Law Seminar (LAW 605) – Prof. Beale
Required:
Children and the Law: Doctrine, Policy and Practice, 6th ed., by Douglas E. Abrams, Susan V. Mangold, & Sarah H. Ramsey (West Academic, 2017), ISBN 9781634604888
Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine, by Paul A. Offit (Basic Books, 2015), ISBN 9780465082964
Taxation of Estates and Gifts (LAW 615) – Dean Todd
Required:
There are no materials to purchase. However, students should retain, for use in this class, the tax statutes and regulations supplement used in income tax class.
Basic Uniform Commercial Code (LAW 637) – Prof. Chrisman
Required:
Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach, 7th ed., by Lynn LoPucki, Elizabeth Warren, Daniel Keating, Ronald J. Mann, & Robert M. Lawless (Wolters Kluwer, 2020), ISBN 9781543804492
Comprehensive Commercial Law: 2020 Statutory Supplement, by Ronald J. Mann, Elizabeth Warren, & Jay Lawrence Westbrook (Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781543820386
Bankruptcy (LAW 655) – Prof. Rice
Required:
Bankruptcy Law: Principles, Policies, and Practice, 4th ed., by Charles Tabb & Ralph Brubaker (LexisNexis, 2015), ISBN 9781630430818
Bankruptcy Code, Rules, and Official Forms, 2020 Law School Edition, by Charles Tabb (West Academic, 2020), ISBN 9781684679881
Intellectual Property (LAW 661) – Prof. Connors
Required:
Open Intellectual Property Casebook, 3rd ed., by James Boyle & Jennifer Jenkins (paperback; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016), ISBN 9781535598163
Note: The Boyle & Jenkins open casebook is also available as a free download from https://law.duke.edu/cspd/openip/
Recommended:
Intellectual Property Law: Legal Aspects of Innovation and Competition by Kurt M. Saunders (West Academic), ISBN 9781634596985
Intellectual Property Law Clinic (LAW 662) – Prof. Connors
No textbook required.
First Amendment Seminar (LAW 705) – Prof. Martins
No textbook required.
State and Local Government (LAW 721) – Prof. Kline
Required:
Cases and Materials on State and Local Government Law, 8th ed., by Richard Briffault & Laurie Reynolds (West Academic, 2016), ISBN 9780314285010
International Law (LAW 741) – Prof. Mantilla
Required:
International Law: Cases and Materials, 7th ed., by Lori F. Damrosch & Sean D. Murphy (West Academic, 2019; American Casebook Series), ISBN 9781640200678
Immigration Law (LAW 747) – Prof. Udobong
Required:
Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy, 8th ed., by T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura, & Maryellen Fullerton (West Academic, 2016), ISBN 9781634599283
Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms by T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura, Maryellen Fullerton, & Juliet P. Stumpf (West Academic, 2018), ISBN 9781640208858
Disability Law (LAW 779) – Prof. Lucas
Required:
Disability Law: Cases, Materials, Problems, 6th ed., by Laura Rothstein & Ann McGinley (Carolina Academic Press, 2017), ISBN 9781531002893
Disability Law Statutory Appendix: Federal Statutes and Regulations, 5th ed., by Laura Rothstein & Ann McGinley (Lexis Nexis, 2013), ISBN 9780769868851
Employment Law (LAW 781) – Prof. Tompkins
Required:
Employment Law, Cases and Materials, concise 8th ed., by Mark A. Rothstein & Lance M. Liebman (Foundation Press, 2015), ISBN 9781609304508
Land Use and Zoning (LAW 785) – Prof. Light
Required:
Land Use Regulation, 2nd ed., by Stewart E. Sterk, Eduardo M. Penalver, & Sara C. Bronin (Foundation Press, 2016), ISBN 9781628101294
Virginia Criminal Procedure (LAW 804) – Prof. Puckett
Required:
Virginia Criminal Benchbook for Judges and Lawyers, 2019–20, by The Benchbook Committee (LexisNexis), ISBN 9781522180777
Virginia Legal Aid Clinic I (LAW 810) – Prof. Smith
No textbook required.
Appellate Advocacy (LAW 831) – Prof. Thompson
Required:
A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy, 4th ed., by Mary Beth Beazley (Wolters Kluwer, 2014; Aspen Casebook Series), ISBN 9781454830962
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges by Antonin Scalia & Bryan Garner (Thomson West, 2008), ISBN 9780314184719
Advanced Appellate Advocacy (LAW 832-001 and 832-002) – Prof. Thompson
No textbook required.
Trial Team (LAW 833) – Prof. Bell
No textbook required.
Constitutional Litigation Clinic (LAW 851) – Prof. Martins
No textbook required.
Prosecution Clinic (LAW 855) – Prof. Tompkins
No textbook required.
Advanced Research and Writing (LAW 904) – Prof. Lindevaldsen
No textbook required.