Textbooks

Foundations of Law (LAW 501-001 and 501-002) – Dean 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 9781634606530
• 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, 14^{th ed.}, by Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, & David F. Partlett (Foundation Press, 2020), ISBN 9781684674077

Recommended:

• Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations, 6^{th ed.}, by Joseph Glannon (Aspen Law, 2020), ISBN 9781543807691 [note this late change to the newer edition]

Property I (LAW 515-001 and 515-002) – Prof. Lucas (both sections)
Required:

• Property and Lawyering, 3^{rd 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, 9^{th ed.}, by Stephen C. Yeazell & Joanna C. Schwartz (Aspen Law), ISBN 9781454868347 (hardcover edition) or ISBN 9781454874355 (looseleaf edition). Either the hardbound or the looseleaf version of this casebook is acceptable.

Note: There are many used books of this edition available online; simply search by the ISBN number. Be sure it is the 9th edition textbook by Professor Yeazell and published by Aspen Law, as paid advertisers on the Internet suggest similar books by other publishers. There is a 10th edition available, but we will continue to use the 9th. Email Prof. Hesch if you have trouble finding a 9th edition and he will ask upper-class members to sell a used book.

• 2022 Federal Civil Rules Booklet (available from LegalPub.com), ISBN 9781934852439

Lawyering Skills I (LAW 525, sections -001 through -010) – 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, 4^{th ed.}, by 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.

Constitutional Law I (LAW 531-001 and -002) – Prof. Tuomala
Required:

• American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties, 6^th ed., by Calvin Massey & Brannon P. Denning (Wolters Kluwer, 2019; Aspen Casebook Series), ISBN 9781543801484
• American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties 2022 Case Supplement by Calvin Massey (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.

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

• Evidence, 3^rd ed., by George Fisher (Foundation Press, 2012; University Casebook Series), ISBN 9781609390609
• Federal Rules of Evidence 2020–21 Statutory & Case Supplement 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, 3^rd 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, 12^th ed., by J. Martin Burke & Michael K. Friel (LexisNexis, 2018), ISBN 9781531008727 (either the looseleaf or the hardback edition is acceptable).
• Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations with Motro Tax Map, 2023 ed., by Daniel J. Lathrope (West Academic; due out in July 2022), ISBN 9781685614386

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
  
  Note: This is an older edition. Students who have trouble locating a copy should contact Prof. Hesch for assistance.

Wills, Trusts, and Estates (LAW 575-001) – Dean Todd
Required:

• Wills, Trusts, and Estates, 11^th ed., by Robert H. Sitkoff & Jesse Dukeminier (Aspen Law, 2021), ISBN 9781543824469
• Uniform Trust and Estate Statutes, 2022–23 ed., by Thomas P. Gallanis (Foundation Press), ISBN 9781636599564

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

• • Trial Techniques, custom 10^th 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, 10^th 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, 3^rd 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, 6^th ed., by Douglas E. Abrams, Susan V. Mangold, & Sarah H. Ramsey (West Academic, 2017), ISBN 9781634604888
  [The 7th edition, if available, is preferable (ISBN: 9781642428988), but either the 6th or the 7th edition is acceptable.]
• 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) – Dean 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, 2021 law school edition (West Academic, 2021), ISBN 9781647088903

Intellectual Property (LAW 661) – Prof. Connors
Required:

• Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials (open casebook), 4th ed., by James Boyle & Jennifer Jenkins (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018), ISBN 9781723494642
  
  Note: The Boyle & Jenkins open casebook is also available as a free download from https://law.duke.edu/cspd/openip/
• 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, 8^th ed., by Richard Briffault & Laurie Reynolds (West Academic, 2016), ISBN 9780314285010
  [Please note the change back to the 8th edition for this semester.]

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, & 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, 2021–22, by The Benchbook Committee (LexisNexis), ISBN 9781663325945

Virginia Legal Aid Clinic I (LAW 810) – Prof. Smith

• No textbook required.

Appellate Advocacy (LAW 831-001 and -002) – Prof. Thompson and Prof. Schmid
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) – Dean Martins

• No textbook required.

Prosecution Clinic (LAW 855) – Prof. Tompkins  

• No textbook required.

Advanced Research and Writing (LAW 904) – Prof. Moody

• No textbook required.