Textbooks

Legal Research Intensive (LAW 526-010, -020, -030) – Prof. Thompson
Required:

• Researching the Law: Finding What You Need When You Need It by Amy Sloan (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer, 2014), ISBN 9781454842514
• Basic Legal Research Workbook, 5th ed., by Amy Sloan, Steven D. Schwinn, & John D. Edwards (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454881407

Statutory Interpretation (LAW 580-001) – Judge Spinden
Required:

• Interpreting Law: A Primer on How to Read Statutes and the Constitution by William N. Eskridge, Jr. (West Academic, 2016), ISBN 9781634599122

Contracts II (LAW 506-001 and 506-002) – Judge Spinden & Prof. Rice
No new texts required.

Torts II (LAW 512-001 and 512-002) – Profs. Mouly & Bell
No new texts required.

Property II (LAW 516-001 and 516-002) – Prof. Lucas
No new texts required.

Legal Methods (LAW 520-001 and 520-002) – Prof. Lindevaldsen & Prof. Scott Thompson
Required:

• A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, 6th ed., by John C. Dernbach, Richard V. Singleton II, Cathleen S. Wharton, Joan M. Ruhtenberg, & Catherine J. Wasson (Wolters Kluwer, 2017), ISBN 9781454880813
• Legal Analysis: 100 Exercises for Mastery, 2nd ed., by Cassandra L. Hill & Katherine T. Vukadin (Carolina Academic Press, 2017), ISBN 9781632849472

Civil Procedure II (LAW 522-001 and 522-002) – Prof. Hesch
No new texts required.

Lawyering Skills II (LAW 526, sections -001 through -006) – Prof. Thompson & other faculty
No new texts required.

Criminal Law (LAW 535-001) – Judge Spinden
Required:

• Criminal Law: Doctrine, Application, and Practice, 2nd ed., by Jens David Ohlin (Wolters Kluwer, 2018), ISBN 9781543814644 (textbook and online formative assessment; both are required)

Constitutional Law II (LAW 532-001, 532-002) – Prof. Tuomala
No new texts required:

Criminal Procedure (LAW 541-001 & 541-002) – Prof. Tchividjian & Prof. Tompkins
Required:

• Criminal Proceudre, 3rd ed., by Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurie L. Levenson (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454876656
• Criminal Procedure: Case and Statutory Supplement, 2019, by Erwin Chemerinsky& Laurie L. Levenson (Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781543809367

Recommended (for section 1 only; readings from this text will not be assigned):

• Understanding Criminal Procedure, Vol. 1: Investigation, 7th ed., by Joshua Dressler & Alan C. Michaels (LexisNexis, 2017), ISBN 9781611639360

Evidence (LAW 545-001) – Prof. Kline
Required:

• Courtroom Evidence Handbook, 2019-20 Student Edition, by Steven J. Goode & Olin Guy Wellborn III (West Academic), ISBN 9781642427738
• Evidence, 3rd ed., by George Fisher (University Casebook Series; Foundation Press, 2013), ISBN 9781609300609
• 2018-19 Statutory and Case Supplement to Fisher’s Evidence, 3rd ed., by George Fisher (Foundation Press), ISBN 9781640209398

Professional Responsibility (LAW 565-001) – Prof. Thompson
Required:

• Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, 3rd ed., by Lisa G. Lerman & Philip G. Schrag (Aspen), ISBN 9781454803010

Lawyering Skills IV (LAW 572-001) – Prof. Hesch
Required:

• Pretrial, 9th ed., by Thomas Mauet & David Marcus (Aspen), ISBN 9781454856337

Taxation of Individuals (LAW 591-001) – Dean Todd
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, 2020 ed., by Daniel J. Lathrope (West Academic), ISBN 9781684673179

**No e-books allowed; computer/electronics-free classroom**

Lawyering Skills V Trial Advocacy (LAW 595-001) – Prof. Bell 
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.)
• Students will also need the Federal Rules of Evidence book used in Evidence class and the Federal Rules of Evidence Summary Trial Guide (to purchase, visit elexpublishers.com).

Law and Economics (LAW 582-001) – Prof. Chrisman
Required:

• Economic Analysis of the Law, 9th ed., by Richard A. Posner (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454833888
• Law and Economics: A Christian Perspective, 1st ed., by Rodney D. Chrisman (Logia Press, LLC, 2016), ISBN 9781937479060

Legal History (LAW 6585-001) – Prof. Tuomala
Required:

• Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition by Harold J. Berman (Harvard University Press, 1983), ISBN 9780674517769
• Law and Revolution II: The Impact of the Protestant Reformations on the Western Legal Tradition by Harold J. Berman (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003), ISBN 9780674022300

Family Law (LAW 601-001) – Prof. Lindevaldsen
Required:

• Contemporary Family Law, 5th ed., by Douglas Abrams, Naomi Cahn, et al. (American Casebook Series; West Academic, 2019), ISBN 9781640205918

Adoption Law (LAW 608) – Prof. Rachel Thompson
Required:

• Adoption Law: Theory, Policy, and Practice, 2nd ed. by Cynthia R. Mabry & Lisa Kelly (William S. Hein & Co., 2010), ISBN 9780837738444

Recommended:

• The International Adoption Sourcebook by Dan H. Berger, Carine L. Rosalia-Marion, Amanda Shipley, & Irene A. Steffas (American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2008), ISBN 9781573701426

Note: This recommended textbook is only available in digital form. Please see Prof. Thompson for the code and the download instructions.

Child Abuse and the Law (LAW 610-001) – Prof. Tchividjian
Required:

• Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse, 3rd ed., by APRI National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse (SAGE Publications, 2004), ISBN 9780761930907
• Predators, Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders by Anna C. Salter (Basic Books, 2003), ISBN 9780465071739
• This Little Light: Beyond a Baptist Preacher Predator and His Gang by Christina Brown (ForemostPress.com), ISBN 9780981841830
• On This Rock by Victor Vieth (Wipf and Stock, 2018), ISBN 9781532649998
• Handouts: Various materials from State v. Stigall 95-941 CFAWS

Recommended:

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. (Penguin Books, 2015), ISBN 9780143127741
• In God’s House by Ray Mouton (Head of Zeus, 2013), ISBN 9781908800510

Estate Planning (LAW 621-001) – Prof. Manns
Required:

• Estate Planning: Principles and Problems, 4th ed., by Wayne M. Gazur & Robert M. Phillips (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454849483

Accounting/Finance for Lawyers (LAW 630-001) – Dean Todd
Required:

• Introductory Accounting, Finance and Auditing for Lawyers, 7th ed., by Lawrence A. Cunningham (West Academic, 2017), ISBN 9781634604109

Financial Planning Survey (LAW 632-001) – Dean Todd
Required:

• Fundamentals of Financial Planning, 6th ed., by Michael A. Dalton (Money Education, 2019), ISBN 9781946711649

Taxation of Businesses (LAW 641-001) – Prof. Manns

• Fundamentals of Business Enterprise Taxation: Cases and Materials, 6th ed., by Stephem Schwarz, Daniel J. Lathrope, & Brant J. Hellwig (Foundation Press/West Academic), ISBN 9781634596039

Note: Students will also use the tax code and regulations supplement from their income tax course.
Mergers and Acquisitions (LAW 643-001) – Prof. Rice
Required:

• Mergers and Acquisitions Law by William Sjostrom (2019 paperback printing of the casebook published in 2014 by Carolina Academic Press), ISBN 9781531015787

Securities Regulation (LAW 644-001) – Prof. Chrisman
Required:

• Securities Regulation: Cases and Materians, 9th ed., by James D. Cox, Robert W. Hillman, Donald C. Langevoort, Ann M. Lipton, & William K. Sjostrom (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer, 2019), ISBN 9781543810646

Recommended:

• Securities Regulation: Selected Statutes, Rules, and Forms, 2019 Supplement, by James D. Cox, Robert W. Hillman, Donald C. Langevoort, Ann M. Lipton, & William J. Sjostrom (Wolters Kluwer, 2019), ISBN 9781543812756

Business Planning (LAW 645-001) – Dean Todd
Required:

• Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises, 5th ed., by Dwight J. Drake (West Academic), ISBN 9781640209701
• Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business by Wayne Grudem (Crossway, 2003), ISBN 9781581345179
• The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas Stanley m& William Danko (Taylor Trade Publishing; reissue edition, 2010; any newer edition is also acceptable), ISBN 9781589795471

Note: Students will also need a recent version of the Internal Revenue Code, such as Daniel J. Lathrope’s Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations. The one used in tax classes should be fine.
Intellectual Property Clinic II (LAW 663-001) – Prof. Connors
No textbook required.

Real Estate Transactions (651-001) – Prof. Light
Required:

• Real Estate Development Law, 2nd ed., by Richard C. Daley (West Academic, 2017), ISBN 9781683281269

Federal Jurisdiction (LAW 711-001) – Prof. Lucas
Required:

• Federal Courts: Context, Cases, and Problems, 2nd ed., by Michael P. Allen, Michael Finch, Caprice L. Roberts (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454822660

Conflict of Laws (LAW 715-001) – Prof. Hesch
No textbook required.

Race and the Law (LAW 732-001) – Prof. Tompkins
Required:

• Race and Races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America, 3rd ed., by Juan F. Perea, Richard Delgado, Angela P. Harris, Jean Stefancic, & Stephanie M. Wildman (American Casebook Series; West Academic, 2014), ISBN 9780314285485

International Human Rights (LAW 743-001) – Prof. Mantilla
Required:

• International Human Rights: Problems of the Law, Policy and Practice, 6th ed., by Hurst Hannum et al., (Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454876663

International Business Transactions (LAW 745-001) – Prof. Mantilla
Required:

• International Business Transactions: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook, 13th ed., by Ralph H. Folsom et al. (West Academic), ISBN 9781640202566

Administrative Law (LAW 771-001) – Judge Spinden
Required:

• Administrative Law: A Context and Practice Casebook by Richard Henry Seamon (Carolina Academic Press, 2013), ISBN 9781594606762

Remedies (LAW 801-001) – Prof. Mouly
Required:

• Modern American Remedies: Cases & Materials, concise 5th ed., by Douglas Laycock (Aspen Casebook Series; Wolters Kluwer, 2018), ISBN 9781454891260

Recommended:

• Remedies: Examples and Explanations, 4th ed., by Richard Hasen (Wolters Kluwer, 2017), ISBN 9781454881292

Virginia Practice (LAW 802-001) – Prof. Lindevaldsen
No textbook required.

Virginia Civil Procedure (LAW 803-001) – Judge Yeatts
Required:

• Bryson on Virginia Civil Procedure, 5th ed., by W. Hamilton Bryson (LexisNexis), ISBN 9781522139263

Insurance Law (LAW 805-001) – Prof. Light
Required:

• Insurance Law and Regulation: Cases and Materials, 6th ed., by Kenneth S. Abraham & Daniel Schwarcz (Foundation Press/West Academic, 2015), ISBN 9781609304010

Virginia Legal Aid Clinic II (LAW 811-001) – Dir. Smith
No textbook required.

Law Office Management (LAW 815-001) – Dean Faulkner
Required:

• The Power of Legal Project Management: A Practical Handbook by David A. Rueff, Jr. & Susan Raridon Lambreth (ABA Book Publishing, 2014), ISBN 9781627224628
• Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future by Richard Susskind (Oxford University Press, 2017), ISBN 9780198796633

Mediation (LAW 805-001) – Prof. Connors
Required:

• Mediation: The Roles of Advocate and Neutral, 3rd ed., by Dwight Golann & Jay Folberg (Aspen Publishers, 2016), ISBN 9781454852056

Advanced Trial Advocacy (LAW 825-001, 825-002) – Profs. Kline and Rost
Required (these differ by section):

• Section 1 (Kline):
  • McElhaney’s Trial Notebook, 4th ed., by James W. McElhaney (American Bar Association, 2005), ISBN 9781590315033
  • Courtroom Evidence Handbook, 2019-20 Student Edition, by Steven J. Goode & Olin Guy Wellborn III (West Academic), ISBN 9781642427738
• Section 2 (Rost):
  • Evidentiary Foundations, 8th ed., by Edward Imwinkelried (LexisNexis), ISBN 9780769848990 (9th edition is also acceptable: ISBN 9781632815460)
  • Trial Notebook, 4th ed., by James McElhaney (American Bar Association), ISBN 9781590315033

Advanced Appellate Advocacy (KAW 832-001, 832-002) – Prof. Scott Thompson
No textbook required.

Trial Team (LAW 833-001) – Prof. Bell
No textbook required.

Constitutional Litigation Clinic (LAW 851-001) – Prof. Martins
No textbook required.

Advanced Bar Studies (LAW 901-001) – Various faculty
Required:

• Clearing the Last Hurdle: Mapping Success on the Bar Exam, 2nd ed., by Wanda M. Temm (Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454892250
• Strategies & Tactics for the MBE, 6th ed., by Kimm Walton & Steve Emanuel (Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781454873129