1L Book List: Fall 2020 Updated 7/31/20

LEGAL RESEARCH & WRITING (B542)

August 17 – December 7

Required for All Sections (2416, 2417, 2418, 2419, 6424, 9012, 11108, 11109)

Title: Readings for Legal Research and Writing

Author: Daghe, Downey, Goodman, Reichard, Editors/Curators
ISBN: 9781543816099
Publisher: W Kluwer
Edition: 3rd (3E) – Digital version available from the IU Bookstore

Title: The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation

Author: Columbia L. Rev. Ass’n et al., Editors
ISBN: 9780578666150
Publisher: Harvard Law Review
Edition: 21st (2020)

Title: Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook

Author: Barris
ISBN: 9781531019150
Publisher: Carolina Academic
Edition: 4th (2020) – Available August 24

+2 required online learning platforms: Core Grammar for Lawyers (CGL); and Mastering The
Bluebook Interactive Exercises (MBIE). Instructions for purchasing these resources will be
posted on your professor’s Canvas site for the course.
Please note:
• Be sure to buy the edition specified, not an earlier one.
• For The Bluebook, although an electronic version is available, you will need a paper
copy for this course. Be sure to buy either from the IU Bookstore or from
www.legalbluebook.com. Students who have bought from online marketplaces such as
Amazon and Alibris have sometimes been sold counterfeits containing significant errors
and inconsistencies as compared with the authentic citation manual.
• Caution against renting. These are all books that you will use for two semesters in this
course and that you may want to refer to during your summer employment and
throughout law school. Thus, you should buy, not rent, the books for this course.
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TORTS (B531)
August 17-September 15

Professor Madeira (11107)

Title: Prosser, Wade & Schwartz’s Torts (Required)

Author: Schwartz
ISBN: 9781609304072
Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 13th (2015)

Professor Lubin (37552)

Title: Prosser, Wade & Schwartz’s Torts (Required)

Author: Schwartz
ISBN: 9781609304072
Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 13th (2015)

Professor Brown (8342)

Title: Tort Law and Alternatives, Cases & Materials (Required)

Author: Franklin, Rabin, Green, and Geistfeld
ISBN: 9781634593007
Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 10th
Professor Gjerdingen (6688 / 2414)

Title: Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams (Required)

Author: Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy Paul
ISBN: 9780890897607
Publisher: Carolina Academic

Title: Prosser, Wade & Schwartz’s Torts (Required)

Author: Schwartz
ISBN: 9781609304072
Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 13th (2015)
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CIVIL PROCEDURE (B533)

September 21-October 20
IMPORTANT: New Civil Procedure class assignments will be made the week of September 7
TBD (37963) Title: Understanding Civil
Procedure (Recommended)
This is a section that functions as a Author: Shreve
placeholder until you are assigned a new ISBN: 9781531005412
Civil Procedure section in September Publisher: Carolina Academic
Professor Janis (35427) Edition: 6th (2019)

Title: Civil Procedure: A Modern Title: Federal Civil Rules

Approach (Required) Supplement (Required)
Author: Marcus Author: Spencer
ISBN: 9781640201859 ISBN: 9781684679898
Publisher: West Academic Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 7th (2018) Edition: 21

Title: Understanding Civil

Procedure (Recommended) Professor Quintanilla (2415)
Author: Shreve Title: Just Mercy: A Story of
ISBN: 9781531005412 Justice and Redemption
Publisher: Carolina Academic (Required)
Edition: 6th (2019) Author: Stevenson
ISBN: 9780812984965
Title: Federal Rules of Civil Publisher: Penguin Randomhouse
Procedure 2020
(Recommended) Title: Civil Procedure: Coursebook
ISBN: 9781640020726 (Required)
Publisher: Michigan Legal Author: Glannon
Edition: 20th ISBN: 9781454881421
Publisher: W Kluwer
Professor Geyh (6066) Edition: 3rd (2017)
Title: Civil Procedure: A Modern
Approach (Required) Title: Civil Procedure: Rules,
Author: Marcus Statutes and Other Materials
ISBN: 9781640205109 (Required)
Publisher: West Academic Author: Glannon
Edition: 7th (2018) ISBN: 9781543820362
Publisher: W Kluwer
Edition: 20
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CONTRACTS (B501)
October 26-November 24
IMPORTANT: Assignments to a Contracts section will be made the week of October 12.

Professor Tomain (2408) Professor Mattioli (2412)

Title: Problems in Contract Law: Title: Contracts (Recommended)

Cases and Materials Author: Farnsworth
(Required) ISBN: 9780735545403
Author: Knapp Publisher: W Kluwer
ISBN: 9781543801477 Edition: 4th (2004)
Publisher: W Kluwer
Edition: 9th (2019) Title: Contracts (Aspen Student
Treatise Series) (Required)
Title: Rules of Contract Law Author: Farnsworth
(Required) Publisher: W Kluwer Law & Business
Author: Knapp Edition: 4th
ISBN: 9781454894520
Publisher: W Kluwer Title: Contracts: Cases & Doctrine
Edition: 2019 (Required)
Author: Barnett
ISBN: 9781454871033
Publisher: W Kluwer
Edition: 6th (2017)

Title: Selections for Contracts

(Required)
Author: Farnsworth
ISBN: 9781640207332
Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 19th (2018)