Fall Classes!

[palsgraf_polka]

We got our course list and book list for the fall term! Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts and Legal Analysis. So far I have these books listed as required:

Criminal Law books:

Casebook - Criminal Law & Procedure by Boyce, Dripps & Perkins
Criminal Law - Quick Review - Sum & Substance by Steven Friedland
Aspen's Case notes/legal briefs for Criminal Law

Contracts books:

Casebook - Contracts by Farnsworth, Young & Sanger
Contracts - Quick Review - Sum & Substance by Robert Brain
Casenote's case notes/legal briefs for Contracts

Torts books:

Casebook - Torts by Prosser, Kelly, Wade & Schwartz
Torts - Quick Review - Sum & Substance by Larry Levine
Prosser & Keeton's case notes/legal briefs for Torts

These books cost me $611.55 tonight. I told Mom & Dad that if they paid for tuition for this first year, I'd pay for the books. Thankfully, these books are for the entire year. But it's still a sizable chunk of change.

So Starting August 24th, I'll be in Criminal Law (interspersed with Legal Analysis) on Monday nights (through December 7th), Tuesday nights will be Contracts, and Thursday nights will be Torts (last class December 10th).

Class tonight was a blast! I love my teacher so much. The banter between us students is great too. I'm so happy.

Comments

[shoe5005.livejournal.com]

$600 for books??

Wow..

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

Welcome to law school!

[iron-chef-gein.livejournal.com]

Are the Sum & Substances and canned briefs assigned? While I sometimes found commercial outlines useful (property and tax immediately come to mind), I found I needed A LOT more detail for those 1L classes. If you get to the point where you want to consult a treatise, might I suggest Prosser on Torts, Farnsworth on Contracts (perhaps the best hornbook there is), and the LaFave & Israel 3 volume Substantive Criminal Law? The latter is on Westlaw in case you do get your own password. Sounds like a wild year, Aem!

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

Well, the canned briefs are my own preference, as I really love using them to check my work - I write my brief then go to the Casenotes book to make sure I got it right. Those are the suggested ones that I listed above.

Are the Quick Review books outlines? I have the Emmanuel's outlines books for Family Law and so far I haven't needed it because I sort of seem to know it. My brain likes to retain this stuff. If those 3 books don't come in handy when school starts maybe I'll sell them. But many students told me they swore by the outlines. I honestly have no idea at this point.

Thanks for the suggestions on the hornbooks. I'll keep that in mind when school starts.

[iron-chef-gein.livejournal.com]

I stayed away from canned briefs because "getting it right" depended ultimately on what the prof wanted us to glean from the case and because I already had my hands full just reading the casebook. I used the two outlines I mentioned because the professors in those classes were very disorganized or ill-prepared and I knew I needed a solid foundation in both subjects for the bar.

The Sum & Substances are essentially outlines.

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

I have a little bit of a problem determining the legal issue. I'm often either too broad or too narrow. The canned briefs more than anything just let me know if I made the target on the legal issue. I usually don't use it for anything else.