Textbooks

Please see information above about purchasing a Top Hat subscription, which is now required for all LUSOL students. It can be purchased at the campus bookstore in the fall (in person or on the bookstore website), and the cost for a four-year access code is $81.61. (Please contact the bookstore for the one-year price.)

Foundations of Law (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) – Prof. Lindevaldsen and Prof. Rice
Required:
Cases and Materials on Contracts, 9th ed., by E. Allan Farnsworth, Carol Sanger, et al. (Foundation Press, 2019), ISBN 9781640205185. [This ISBN is for the Casebook Plus text that includes access to online quizzing.]

Contract Law: Selected Source Materials Annotated, 2022 expanded ed., by Steven J. Burton and Melvin A. Eisenberg (West Academic, 2022), ISBN 9781636599069

Torts I (LAW 511-001 and 511-002) – Prof. Rost and Prof. Bell
Required:
Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz’s Torts, Cases and Materials, 14th ed., by Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, & David F. Partlett (Foundation Press, 2020), ISBN 9781684674077

Recommended:
Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations, 6th ed., by Joseph Glannon (Aspen Law), ISBN 9781543807691

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, 6th ed., by Linda H. Edwards (Aspen Law, 2021), ISBN 9781543826371

Civil Procedure I (LAW 521-001 and 521-002) – Prof. Hesch (both sections)
Required:
Civil Procedure by Stephen C. Yeazell & Joanna C. Schwartz, 10th ed. (Aspen Law); ISBN 9781543808650 (hardcover edition).

Note: There are many used books of this edition available online—simply search by the ISBN number. But be sure it is the 10th edition textbook by Professor Yeazell and published by Aspen Law. (There is an 11th ed. of this same textbook available from the vendor, but they changed the font size and made it smaller. If you incorrectly buy the 11th ed the page numbers are different and some of the cases and readings are different.)

2023 Federal Civil Rules Booklet, ISBN-13: 9781934852460

Note: The Rulebook is available from www.LegalPub.com and is dated Dec. 1, 2022. The price is $27. You may use another version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures booklet from other vendors, but if you use a prior version (other than 2023) of this or another rulebook you are responsible to know when a rule was amended prior to the latest edition, because each year there are some minor changes to the rules. I highly recommend the 2023 version.

Lawyering Skills I (LAW 525, sections -001 through -010) – Profs. Thompson, Johnson, Rhoads, Patrick, Kontaxes, Vorberger, TBD, TBD
Required:
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 21st ed. (Harvard Law Review Association; www.legalbluebook.com), ISBN 9780578666150

Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation by Tracy L. M. Norton (LexisNexis, 2022), ISBN 9781663340351

Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Other Lawyering Skills, 3rd ed., by Robin Wellford Slocum (LexisNexis, 2019), ISBN 9781422481561

Core Grammar for Lawyers, 4th ed., by Ruth Ann McKinney & Katie Rose Guest Pryal (Carolina Academic Press, 2019), https://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.

Constitutional Law I (LAW 531-001 and -002) – Dean Martins and Prof. Lindevaldsen
Required:
American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties, 7th ed. (connected e-book), by Calvin Massey & Brannon P. Denning (Wolters Kluwer, 2023; Aspen Casebook Series), ISBN 9781543856439

American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties 2022 Case Supplement, 6th ed., by Calvin Massey & Brannon P. Denning (Wolters Kluwer, 2022), ISBN 9781543809459

Criminal Law (LAW 535-001) – Prof. Johnson
Required:
Criminal Law: Cases, Controversies, and Problems, 2nd ed., by Joseph E. Kennedy (American Casebook Series; West Academic), ISBN 9781636596815

Note: This ISBN is for the Casebook Plus text that includes access to online quizzing (required for the course). The textbook and online resources may be purchased separately. The ISBN for the textbook alone is 9781636592794, and the ISBN for the CasebookPlus Learning Library is 9781636596846.

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 2020–21 Statutory & Case Supplement (Evidence, 3rd ed.) by George Fisher (Foundation Press, 2020), ISBN 9781642429411

Recommended:
Federal Rules of Evidence Summary Trial Guide with Evidentiary Objections by William Eleazer (Elex Publishers; available from elexpublishers.com, 800-546-3539)

Business Associations (LAW 561-001, -002) – 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, 13th ed., by J. Martin Burke & Michael K. Friel Carolina Academic Press, 2022), ISBN 9781531025076 [Note: Either the looseleaf or the hardback edition is acceptable.]

Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations with Motro Tax Map, 2024 ed., by Daniel J. Lathrope (West Academic; available July 10, 2023), ISBN 9798887863160

Lawyering Skills III (LAW 571-001) – Prof. Hesch, Prof. Thompson, & Prof. Chrisman
Required:
Students may purchase either the 9th, 10th, or 11th editions of the Mauet text:

Pretrial, 9th ed., by Thomas A. Mauet & David Marcus (Aspen Law, 2014), ISBN 9781454856337

Pretrial, 10th ed., by Thomas A. Mauet & David Marcus (Aspen Law Connected Casebook, 2019), ISBN 9781543805024

Pretrial, 11th ed., by Thomas A. Mauet & David Marcus (Aspen Law Connected Casebook, 2022), ISBN 9781543857979

Wills, Trusts, and Estates (LAW 575-001) – Dean Todd
Required:
Wills, Trusts, and Estates, 11th ed., by Robert H. Sitkoff & Jesse Dukeminier (Aspen Law, 2021), ISBN 9781543824469

Uniform Trust and Estate Statutes, 2023–24 ed., by Thomas P. Gallanis (Foundation Press), ISBN 9798887860435

Lawyering Skills V: Trial Advocacy (LAW 595-001, 595-002, 595-003, 595-004) – Prof. Rost, Prof. Kline, Judge Burnette, Prof. Kline
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.

Federal Rules of Evidence Summary Trial Guide
(Elex Publishers; available from elexpublishers.com, 800-546-3539)

Advanced Criminal Procedure (LAW 542) – Prof. Tompkins
Required:
Criminal Procedure, 3rd ed., by Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurie Levenson (Aspen Law, 2018), ISBN 9781454876656

Criminal Procedure: 2021 Case and Statutory Supplement by Erwin Chemerinsky, ISBN 9781543844658

Children and the Law Seminar (LAW 605) – Prof. Beale
Required:
Children and the Law: Doctrine, Policy and Practice, 7th ed., by Douglas E. Abrams, Susan V. Mangold, & Sarah H. Ramsey (West Academic, 2020), ISBN 9781642428988

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:
Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions, 5th ed. (Casebook Plus hardbound), by Stephen L. Sepinuck and Kara J. Bruce (West Academic, 2021), ISBN 9781684679362

Comprehensive Commercial Law: 2022 Statutory Supplement, by Ronald J. Mann, Elizabeth Warren, & Jay Lawrence Westbrook (Wolters Kluwer), ISBN 9781543858891

Bankruptcy (LAW 655) – Prof. Spaulding
Required:
Bankruptcy: Dealing with Financial Failure for Individuals and Businesses, 5th ed., by David G. Epstein, Bruce A. Markell, Steve H. Nickles, & Lawrence Ponoroff (West Academic, 2021), ISBN 9781647080723

Bankruptcy Code, Rules, and Official Forms by Charles J. Tabb, 2022 law school edition (West Academic, 2022), ISBN 9781636599229

Intellectual Property (LAW 661) – Prof. Connors
Required:
Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials (open casebook), 5th ed., by James Boyle & Jennifer Jenkins (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2021), ISBN 9798533923590

Note: The Boyle & Jenkins open casebook is also available as a free download from https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/casebook/

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. Rhoads
No textbook required.

State and Local Government (LAW 721) – Prof. Erwin
Required:
Cases and Materials on State and Local Government Law, 9th ed., by Richard Briffault, Laurie Reynolds, Nestor Davidson, Erin Scharff, & Rick Su (West Academic, 2021), ISBN 9781647085612

School Law Seminar (LAW 725) – Prof. Smiley
Required:
The Law of Public Education, 11th ed. (2023), by Charles J. Russo (Foundation Press, 2023), ISBN 9781684678884

International Law (LAW 741) – Prof. Mantilla
Required:
International Law, Cases and Materials, 7th ed., by Lori Fisler Damrosch & Sean D. Murphy (West Academic), ISBN 9781640200678

Immigration Law (LAW 747) – Prof. Udobong
Required:
Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy, 9th ed., by T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura, & Maryellen Fullerton, Juliet P. Strumpf and Pratheepan Gulasekaram (West Academic, 2021), ISBN 9781684677504

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, Pratheepan Gulasekaram (West Academic, 2020), ISBN 9781684679690

Bioethics & the Law (LAW 755) – Prof. Kline
Required:
Bioethics and the Law, 4th ed., by Janet Dolgin & Lois L. Shepherd (Aspen Law), ISBN 9781454878773

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

Virginia Criminal Procedure (LAW 804) – Judge Puckett
Required:
Virginia Criminal Benchbook for Judges and Lawyers, 2022–23, by The Benchbook Committee (LexisNexis), ISBN 9781663340795

Appellate Advocacy (LAW 831-001) – Prof. Scott 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. Rhoads
No textbook required.

Prosecution Clinic (LAW 855) – Prof. Tompkins
No textbook required.

Advanced Research and Writing (LAW 904) – Prof. Moody
No textbook required.