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LAW 100 Introduction to Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1,4,6 (ALL) Ramy, SUCCEEDING IN LAW SCHOOL, latest edition, Carolina, Some profs will require other printed matls   Required
Sec: 5 (Blumoff) Makdisi, INTRO TO THE STUDY OF LAW, latest edition, LEXIS/NEXIS,   Required
Sec: 2 (Creswell) Printed materials available in the bookstore   Required
LAW 107 Contracts (Fall 2008)
Sec: 4 (Wells) Summers, CONTRACT AND RELATED OBLIGATION, 5th, 2007, West,   Required
Sec: 2 (Sabbath) Frier, White, THE MODERN LAW OF CONTRACTS, 2008, 2nd editi, Thomson/West, ISBN: 978-031418-026-1 Required
Sec: 2 (Sabbath) Burton, Eisenberg, CONTRACT LAW & SLE SOURCE MATLS, 2008 edition, Thomson/West,   Required
Sec: 1,3,6 (Kosek) Summers, CONTRACT AND RELATED OBLIGATION, 5th, 2007, West,   Required
Sec: 5 (Oedel) Ian Ayres, Speidel, STUDIES IN CONTRACT LAW, 7th edition, Foundation,   Required
LAW 110 Criminal Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Fleissner) Dressler, CRIMINAL LAW: CASES & MATLS, 4th, 2007, West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Fleissner) Dressler, UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL LAW, 4th, 2006, Lexis/Nexis,   Required
Sec: 2,4,5 (Watson) Kadish, CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS PROC: CS & MATLS, 8th, 2007, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 6 (Blumoff) Dressler, UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL LAW, 4th, 2006, Lexis/Nexis,   Recommended
Sec: 6 (Blumoff) Kadish, CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS PROC: CS & MATLS, 8th, 2007, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 3 (Cole) Kadish, CRIMINAL LAW, Aspen, 8th, 2007 edition (or latest), no supplement req   Required
LAW 111 Legal Analysis (Fall 2008)
Sec: ALL (Ritchie) Edwards, LEGAL WRITING, 4th, 2006, Aspen,   Required
Sec: ALL (Ritchie) Ritchie, MASTERING LEGAL ANALYSIS, 1st edition, Carolina,   Required
LAW 116 Property (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1,3,4 (Hricik) Crump, PROPERTY: CASES, DOCS, + LAWYERING, latest edition, Lexis/Nexis,   Required
Sec: 2,5,6 (Titshaw) Dukeminier, Krier, PROPERTY, latest edition, Aspen,   Required
LAW 119 Torts (Fall 2008)
Sec: 2,3,6 (Creswell) Schwartz, PROSSER, WADE & SCHWARTZ'S TORTS: CS & MATLS, 11th, 2005, West,   Required
Sec: 1,4,5 (Johnson) Schwartz, PROSSER, WADE & SCHWARTZ'S TORTS: CS & MATLS, 11th, 2005, West,   Required
LAW 154 Statutory Law and Analysis (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 & 2 (Jellum) Hricik, Jellum, MODERN STATUTORY INTERPRETATION, latest edition, Carolina,   Required
Sec: 1 & 2 (Jellum) Jellum, MASTERING STATUTORY INTERPRETATION, out in August, Carolina,   Recommended
LAW 202 Income Tax (Fall 2008)
Sec: 2 (Williams) Bankman, FED INCOME TAX EX & EXP, latest edition, Aspen,   Recommended
Sec: 2 (Williams) Burke, TAX OF IND INCOME, 8th, 2007, Lexis/Nexis,   Required
Sec: 2 (Williams) Chirelstein, FED INCOME TAXATION, 10th, 1006, West,   Recommended
Sec: 2 (Williams) Dickinson, FED INC TAX CODE & REG 2008-09 ED, 2008, CCH,   Recommended
Sec: 2 (Williams) Hudson, FED INC TAX BLACK LETTER SER W/ DISK, 10th, 2008,   Recommended
Sec: 1 (Armstrong) Burke & Friel, TAXATION OF IND INCOME, 8th ed, ISBN: 1422417522 Required
Sec: 1 (Armstrong) Lathrope, SEL FED TAXATION STAT & REGS, ISBN: 0314153578 Required
LAW 203 Civil Lawsuits (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Hricik) Yeazell, CIVIL PROCEDURE, 6th, 2004, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 1 (Hricik) Yeazell, FED RULES OF CIVL PRO, 2007, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 02 (Griffin) Freer & Perdue, CIVIL PROCEDURE, latest edition, same book used in J&J   Required
Sec: 02 (Griffin) 2008 revised edition, FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE,   Required
Sec: 1 (Hricik) Hricik, MASTERING CIVIL PROCEDURE, 2008, Carolina, printing shortly ISBN: 978-1-59460-253-4 Recommended
LAW 207 Legal Writing II (Fall 2008)
Sec: 2 (Sneddon) Dworsky, LITTLE BK ON ORAL ARGUMENT, 1991, WH Hein,   Recommended
Sec: 4 (Painter-Thorne) Dickerson, ALWD CITATION MANUAL, 3rd, 2005, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 4 (Painter-Thorne) Dworsky, LITTLE BK ON ORAL ARG, 1991, WS Hein,   Required
Sec: 4 (Painter-Thorne) Edwards, LGL WRITING, 4th, 2006, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 4 (Painter-Thorne) Enquist, JUST WRITING W/CD, 2nd, 2005, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 3 (Sheppard) Dickerson, ALWD CITATION MAN, 3rd, 2005, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 1 (Ritchie) Frederick, ART OF ORAL ADVOCACY, 2003 edition, West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Ritchie) Miller, PRACTICING PERSUASIVE WRITTEN & ORAL, 2002, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 3 (Sheppard) Dworsky, LITTLE BK ON ORAL ARGUMENT, 1991, W S Hein,   Required
Sec: 3 (Sheppard) Edwards, LGL WRITING, 4th, 2006, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 3 (Sheppard) Ray, LGL WRITING GETTING IT RIGHT, 4th, 2005, West,   Recommended
Sec: 5 (Berger) Edwards, LGL WRITING: PROCESS, ANALYSIS, & ORGAN, 4th edition, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 5 (Berger) Dickerson, ALWD CITATION MANUAL, 3rd edition,   Required
Sec: 1 (Ritchie) Dickerson, ALWD CITATION MANUAL, 3rd, 2005, Aspen,   Required
LAW 215 Law and Religion (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Sammons) Long, REL FREEDOM & INDIAN RIGHTS, 2000, U PR OF KS,   Required
Sec: 1 (Sammons) McConnell, RELIGION & CONSTITUTION, 2nd, 2006, Aspen,   Required
LAW 251 Law of Wills and Intestate Succession (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Claxton) Langbein & Waggoner, UNIFORM TRUST & ESTATE STATUTES, 2008-09 edition, Foundation,   Required
Sec: 1 (Claxton) Dobris, Sterk, Leslie, ESTATES AND TRUSTS: CASES & MATLS, 3rd, 2007, Foundation,   Required
LAW 300 Introduction to Dispute Resolution (Fall 2008)
Sec: ALL (ALL) Doneff/Ordover, ALTERNATIVES TO LITIGATION, latest edition, Nita,   Required
LAW 302 Law of Lawyering (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Longan) Gillers, REGULATION OF LAWYERS, 7th, 2005, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 1 (Longan) Gillers, REGULATIONS OF LAWYERS STAT & STAND 2008, 2008, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 2 (Floyd) Zitrin, et al, LGL ETHICS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW, 3rd edition, ISBN: 0-8205-7034-6 Required
Sec: 2 (Floyd) Zitrin, et al, RULES, STATUES, & COMPARISONS, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4224-2174-1 Required
LAW 306 The Habeas Project (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Gerwig-Moore) No text required,   Recommended
LAW 307 Military Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Cole) No text required,   Recommended
LAW 398 Therapeutic Jurisprudence (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Cole) Stolle, PRAC THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE, 2000, Carolina,   Required
LAW 412 Business Associations (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Jellum) Klein, BUS ASSOC AGENCY PART & CORP, latest edition, West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Jellum) Klein, BUS ASSOC 07 STAT & RULES, latest edition, West,   Required
LAW 424 Corporate Tax (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Armstrong) Lind, et al, FUND OF CORPORATE TAX, latest edition, ISBN: 1587788314 Required
Sec: 1 (Armstrong) Lathrope, SEL FED TAXATION STATUTES & REGS, latest edition, ISBN: 0314153578 Required
LAW 427 Payment Systems (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Claxton) Warren, Walt, COMMERCIAL LAW: SEL STATUTES, 2008-09, Foundation,   Required
Sec: 1 (Claxton) Warren, Walt, PAYMENTS AND CREDITS, 7th, 2007, Foundation,   Required
LAW 429 American Indian Law Seminar (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Painter-Thorne) GETCHES, FED INDIAN LAW, CS & MATLS, 5th, 2005, West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Painter-Thorne) Fajans, Falk, SCHOLARLY WRITING FOR LAW STUDENTS, 3rd ed, 2005, West,   Recommended
LAW 440 Debtor Creditor Relations (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Sabbath) Warren & Bussel, BANKRUPTCY, 7th, 2006, Foundation, with 2008 casebook supplement   Required
Sec: 1 (Sabbath) Warren, BANKRUPTCY & ARTICLE 9, 2008 STAT SUPP, 2008, Aspen,   Required
LAW 447 Mass Media Seminar (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Kosek) Carter, FIRST AMEND & THE FIFTH ESTATE, 7th, 2008, West,   Required
LAW 448 Employment Discrimination (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Lewis Jr.) Zimmer, Sullivan, White, CASES & MATLS ON EMPLOYMENT DISCRIM and STAT SUPPLEMENT, 2008, Aspen,   Required
LAW 461 Federal Courts (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Lewis Jr.) Wells, Marshall, Yackles, CASES & MATLS ON FED COURTS, 2007, West, plus 2008 case supplement   Required
LAW 468 Health Care Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Hervey) Furrow, HEALTH LAW, 5th, 2004 , West, (new edition may be used)   Required
LAW 472 Immigration Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Jones) Legomsky, IMM AND REFUGEE LAW & POL, 4th ed, 2005, Thompson/West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Jones) Legomsky, 2007 (or latest) suppplement to casebook,   Required
Sec: 1 (Jones) Martin, Motomura, IMM AND NATIONAL ... OF THE US: SEL STATUTES, 2008, Thomspson/West,   Required
LAW 475 First Amendment Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Sammons) Goldstein, FLAG BURNING & FREE SPEECH, 2000, U PR OF KS,   Required
Sec: 1 (Sammons) Sullivan, FIRST AMENDMENT LAW, 3rd, 2007, West,   Required
LAW 481 International Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Watson) Damrosch, INTERNATIONAL LAW CS & MATLS, 4th, 2001, West,   Required
LAW 486 Intellectual Property (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Oedel) Nard, Barnes, Madison, THE LAW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, 2006, Aspen,   Required
LAW 488 Partnership Taxation (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Bates) Lind, FUND OF PARTNERSHIP TAX CS & MATLS, 7th, 2005, West,   Required
LAW 489 Topics in the Jurisprudence of Crimes Seminar (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Gerwig-Moore) No text required,   Recommended
LAW 490 Fundamental Perspectives on Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Jones) Dore, THE EPISTEROLOGICAL FOUND OF LAW: READ & COMEN, 2007, Carolina,   Required
Sec: 1 (Jones) Kirk, THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN ORDER, 4th ed, 2004,   Required
Sec: 1 (Jones) Koch, SUICIDE OF THE WEST, 06-07,   Required
LAW 493 Criminal Law & Psychiatry Seminar (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Floyd) No text required,   Recommended
LAW 494 Juvenile Court Practice & Procedure (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Matthews) McCarthy, JUV LAW & ITS PROCESS, CS & MTRLS, 3rd, 2003, Lexis/Nexis,   Required
LAW 501 Labor Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Baldwin) Cox, LABOR LAW & STAT 2006 SUPP, 2006, West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Baldwin) Cox, LABOR LAW CS & MATLS, 14th 2007, West, Case supplement if available   Required
LAW 540 Real Estate Transactions (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Thompson) Nelson, Whitman, REAL EST TRANSFER, FINANCE & DEV: CASES & MATLS, latest edition, West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Thompson) Nelson, Whitman, REAL EST FINANCE LAW, latest edition,   Recommended
Sec: 1 (Thompson) Burke, REAL EST TRANS: EX & ESP, latest ed,   Recommended
LAW 546 Medical Malpractice (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Royal) No text required,   Recommended
LAW 548 Public Defender Criminal Defense Clinic (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Floyd) No text required,   Recommended
LAW 552 Securities Regulation (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Wells) Coffee, FED SECURITIES LAWS SEL STAT 07, latest edition, West,   Required
Sec: 1 (Wells) Choi, SECURITIES REGULATION, latest edition, Foundation,   Required
LAW 560 Torts II (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Adams) Schwartz, PROSSER WADE & SCHWARTZ'S CS & MTLS, 11th, 2005, West,   Required
LAW 563 Pretrial Advocacy (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Brown) No text required,   Recommended
LAW 564 Trial Practice (Fall 2008)
Sec: 3 (Peterman) Mauet, MATLS IN TRIAL ADVO PROB & CS W/CD, 6th, 2007, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 3 (Peterman) Mauet, TRIAL TECHNIQUES, 7th, 2007, Aspen,   Required
Sec: 1,2 (Dantzler) McElhaney, TRIAL NOTEBOOK, latest, ABA,   Recommended
Sec: 1,2 (Dantzler) Imwinkelried, EVIDENTIARY FOUNDATIONS, latest, Aspen,   Recommended
Sec: 1,2 (Dantzler) Mauet, MATLS IN TRIAL ADVOCACY, PROBS & CASES, latest edition, Aspen, (DANTZLER--both sections)   Required
LAW 634 Public Interest Practicum (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Floyd) Ogilvy, et. al., LEARNING FROM PRACTICE, latest edition, West,   Required
LAW 650 Divorce Mediation (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Williams) Cooley, MEDIATION ADVOCACY, latest edition, NITA,   Required
LAW 655 Bioethics & the Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Blumoff) Orentlicher, et al, BIOETHICS & PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, 2nd, Walters,   Required
LAW 656 Tort Law Seminar (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Creswell) Rabin, ed., TORTS STORIES, 2003, Foundation,   Required
Sec: 1 (Creswell) Feinman, UN-MAKING LAW, 2004, Beacon,   Required
LAW 661 Advanced Writing Group (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 & 2 (Roberts) Sirico, PERSUASIVE WRIT FOR LAWYERS & THE LGL PROF, 2nd ed, 2001, Matthew Bender,   Required
Sec: 1 & 2 (Roberts) Enquist, Just Writing, 2nd ed, ISBN: 9780735549555 Required
LAW 664 Employment Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Griffin) Willborn, EMPLOYMENT LAW, latest edition, 9780820570891 (hard back) ISBN: 9781422425879 (looseleaf) Required
LAW 667 Race, Racism & American Law (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Baldwin) None required,   Required
LAW 671 Criminal Procedure--Constitutional Dimensions (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Cole) Saltzburg, Capra, AMERICAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Thomson/West, 8th, 2007 edition (or latest), no supplement req   Required
LAW 675 Great Trials Seminar (Fall 2008)
Sec: 1 (Fleissner) None required,   Required
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