Georgia Law - Alexander Campbell King Law Library Research Guides
Guide for First-Year Law Students
Introduction

This guide lists selected current resources available through the University of Georgia Law Library that will help first years survive and prosper in law school.  It includes materials on general law school survival skills as well as materials on each of the subjects in the first year curriculum.  Each book listing includes that item's call number and location in the library. The law library does not purchase case books or study guides, so those particular resources are not included. This guide is a general resource provided by the library.  First year students should also pay particular attention to items placed on reserve by their professors.

Survival Skills

Acing Your First Year of Law School:  The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class / Shana Connell Noyes.
KF 283 .N69 1999  Balcony

Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success /
Ruta K. Stropus and Charlotte D. Taylor.
KF 283 .S77  Balcony

CALI  (http://www2.cali.org/) The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction, a consortium of law schools that researches and develops computer-mediated legal instruction.

Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams / Richard Michael Fischl and Jeremy Paul.
KF 283 .F47 1999  Balcony

How to Study Law and Take Law Exams in a Nutshell / Ann M. Burkhart and Robert A. Stein.
KF 283 .B87 1996  Balcony

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation   (http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/)

An Introduction to Law, Law Study, and the Lawyer's Role / James E. Moliterno and Fredric I. Lederer.
KF 272 .M64 2004  Balcony

Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law in a Nutshell / Kenney F. Hegland.
KF 273 .H4 2003  Balcony

Expert Learning for Law Students/Michael Hunter Schwartz.
KF 283 .S354 2004  Balcony

Law School Confidential: the Complete Law School Survival Guide: by Students, for Students / Robert H. Miller.
KF 283 .M55 2000  Balcony

Law School Survival Guide/ from the Editors of JD Jungle.
KF 283 .L39 2003  Balcony

Law School Without Fear:  Strategies for Success / Helene Shapo and Marshall Shapo.
KF 386 .S44 1996  Balcony
       
LexisNexis Study Aids  (http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/study/)

Reading Like a Lawyer: Time-Saving Strategies for reading Law Like an Expert / Ruth Ann McKinney.
KF 283 .M398 2005  Balcony

Starting off Right in Law School / Carolyn J. Nygren.
KF 273 .N97 1997  Balcony

Throw Your Fears out the Window: a Book of Wisdom, Inspiration and Guidance for Law Students and Lawyers / Paula A Franzese.
KF 273 .F73 1997  Balcony

Understanding Law School: an Introduction to the LexisNexis Understanding Series and Tips on How to Succeed in Law School / Various authors
KF 283 .U53 2004  Balcony

Westlaw 1 L Center  (http://www.westlaw.com/1lCenter/)

A Woman's Guide to Law School / Linda Hirshman.
KF 283 .H57 1999  Balcony                                                                                   

Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure / Kevin M. Clermont
KF8841 .C56 2001  Balcony


Civil Procedure
/ Jack H. Friedenthal, Mary Kay Kane, and Arthur R. Miller.
KF8840 .F72 2005  Reserve

Civil Procedure / Samuel Issacharoff/
KF 8840 .I 87 2005

Civil Procedure / Fleming James, Jr., Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., and John Leubsdorf.
KF8840 .J3 2001  Reserve

Civil Procedure / Linda S. Mullenix
KF 8841 .M783 2004   Balcony


Civil Procedure / Larry L. Teply and Ralph U. Whitten
KF8840 .T46 2004  Balcony

Civil Procedure Anthology / David I. Levine, Donald L. Doernberg, and Melissa L. Nelken.
KF8840.A2 L48 1998  Balcony

Civil Procedure : Doctrine, Practice, and Context / Stephen N. Subrin
KF8841 .C554 2004  Balcony

Civil Procedure:  Essentials / Suzanna Sherry and Jay Tidmarsh.
KF 8840 .S483 2007

Civil Procedure : Examples and Explanations / Joseph W. Glannon
KF8840 .G58 2001  Balcony

Civil Procedure in a Nutshell / Mary Kay Kane
KF8841 .K36 2003  Balcony

The Glannon Guide to Civil Procedure : Learning Civil Procedure Through Multiple-choice Questions and Analysis / Joseph W. Glannon.
KF8841 .G59 2003  Balcony


A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure / Steven Baicker-McKee, William M. Janssen, and John B. Corr
KF8841 .B35 2005  Balcony                                                                                  

Contracts

Calamari and Perillo on Contracts / Joseph M. Perillo
KF801 .C26 2003  Reserve

Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts / Marvin A.Chirelstein
KF801 .C44 2001  Balcony

Contracting / Louis Kaplow.
KF 801 .Z9 K375 2004

Contracts / E. Allan Farnsworth
KF801 .F37 1999  Reserve

Contracts : Examples and Explanations / Brian A. Blum
KF801 .B58 2001 Balcony

Contracts in a Nutshell / Claude D. Rohwer and Anthony M.Skrocki.
KF801.Z9 R62 2000  Balcony

Corbin on contracts / Arthur Linton Corbin
KF801 .C655 1993   Balcony

Murray on contracts / John Edward Murray, Jr.
KF801 .M87 2001  Balcony                                                                                 

Criminal Law

Criminal Law / by Wayne R. LaFave
KF9219 .L38 2003  Reserve

Criminal Law / Paul H. Robinson
KF9219 .R59 1997  Reserve

Criminal Law : Examples and Explanations / Richard G. Singer and John Q. La Fond
KF9219.3 .S54 2004  Balcony

Criminal Law in a Nutshell / by Arnold H. Loewy
KF9219.3 .L63 2003  Balcony

Criminal Law : Its Nature and Sources / Matthew A. Pauley
KF9219 .P38 1999  Balcony

Legal Ease: a Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure / Andrea Campbell and Ralph C. Ohm.
KF 9219 .C36 2007 Balcony

Principles of Criminal Law / Harvey Wallace, Cliff Roberson
KF9219 .W35 1996  Balcony

Principles of Criminal Law / by Wayne R. LaFave
KF9219.3 .L34 2003  Balcony

Understanding Criminal Law / by Joshua Dressler
KF9219 .D74 2001  Balcony
                                                                               

Legal Research and Writing

Adversarial Legal Writing and Oral Argument / Michael D. Murray and Christy Hallam DeSanctis
KF250 .M872 2006  Balcony

The Bluebook:  A Uniform System of Citation /
compiled by the editors of the Columbia law review, the Harvard law review, the University of Pennsylvania law review, and the Yale law journal
KF 245 .B58 2005  Reference and Reserve

The Elements of Legal Style / Bryan A. Garner
KF250 .G37 2002  Balcony

Finding the Law / by Robert C. Berring, Elizabeth A. Edinger
KF240 .B45 1999  Balcony

Fundamentals of Legal Research / Roy M. Mersky and Donald J. Dunn.
KF240 .J3 2002  Balcony

Guide to Legal Writing Style / Terri LeClercq.
KF 250 .L375 2007 Balcony

Legal Research / William H. Putman
KF240 .P884 2006  Balcony

Legal Research Illustrated : an Abridgment of Fundamentals of Legal Research, eighth edition. / Roy M. Mersky and Donald J. Dunn
KF240 .J32 2002  Balcony

Legal Research in a Nutshell / by Morris L. Cohen, Kent C. Olson
KF240 .C54 2003  Balcony

Legal Research Methods / Michael D. Murray.
KF 240 .M872 2006 Balcony

Legal Writing by Design : a Guide to Great Briefs and Memos / Teresa J. Reid Rambo and Leanne J. Pflaum
KF250 .R36 2001  Balcony

Legal Writing in a Nutshell / Lynn Bahrych, Marjorie Dick Rombauer
KF250 .S682 2003  Balcony

Legal Writing in Plain English : a text with exercises / Bryan A.Garner
KF250 .G373 2001  Balcony

Making Your Point: a Practical Guide to Persuasive Legal Writing / Kenneth F. Oettle.
KF 250 .O384 2007 Balcony

Objective Legal Writing and Analysis / Michael D. Murray and Christy Hallam DeSanctis
KF250 .M87 2006  Balcony

A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method / John C. Dernbach and Cathleen S. Wharton.
KF 250 .P72 2007 Balcony

The Winning Brief : 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts / Bryan A. Garner
KF251 .G37 1999  Balcony                                                                               


Property

American Law of Property : a Treatise on the Law of Property in the United States / editor-in-chief, A. James Casner
KF 561 .A5  Reserve

Estates in Land and Future Interests : a Step-by-Step Guide / Linda H. Edwards
KF 577 .E39 2002  Reserve

Estates in Land and Future Interests in a Nutshell / by Lawrence W. Waggoner
KF 605 .W33 1993  Reserve

Handbook of theLaw of Future Interests / by Lewis M. Simes
KF 605 .S5 1966  Reserve

Introduction to the Law of Real Property : an Historical Background of the Common Law of Real Property and its Modern Application / by Cornelius J. Moynihan, Sheldon F. Kurtz
KF 570 .M6 2002  Reserve

Introduction to Property / Joseph William Singer
KF570.Z9 S56 2001  Balcony

TheLaw of Property / William B. Stoebuck, Dale A. Whitman
KF 570 .S73 2000  Reserve

Perpetuities in a Nutshell / W. Barton Leach
KF 613 .L4  Reserve

Personal Property in a Nutshell / Barlow Burke
KF 705 .Z9 B83 2003  Reserve

Property / by Roger Bernhardt and Ann M. Burkhart
KF570.Z9 B46 1997  Balcony

Property : Examples and Explanations / Barlow Burke, Joseph A. Snoe.
KF560 .B87 2001  Balcony

Real Property in a Nutshell / Roger Bernhardt, Ann M. Burkhart
KF570.Z9 B47 2005  Balcony

Thompson on Real Property / David A. Thomas, editor in chief.
KF 570 .T549 Balcony                                                                              


Torts

Basic Principles of Tort Law / Marshall S. Shapo
KF1250.Z9 S53 2003  Balcony

Exploring Tort Law / edited by M. Stuart Madden
KF1250.A2 E97 2005  Balcony

The Law of Torts / Fowler V. Harper, Fleming James, Jr., Oscar S. Gray
KF1250 .H37 1986  Reserve

The Law of Torts / Dan B. Dobbs
KF1250 .D58 2000  Reserve

The Law of Torts : Examples and Explanations / Joseph W. Glannon
KF1250.Z9 G58 2005  Balcony

Mastering Torts : a Student's Guide to the Law of Torts / Vincent R. Johnson
KF1250 .J64 1995  Balcony

Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts / W. Page Keeton ...et al.
KF1250 .P73 1984a  Reserve

Restatement of the Law, second. Torts 2d
KF1249.A4 R472  Reserve

Torts in a Nutshell / Edward J. Kionka
KF1250.Z9 K53 2005  Balcony

Torts Stories / edited by Robert L. Rabin, Stephen D. Sugarman
KF1249 .T675 2003  Balcony

Understanding Torts / John L. Diamond, Lawrence C. Levine, M Stuart Madden
KF1250 .D5 2000  Balcony                                                                               




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