SECOND SEMESTER STUDY AIDS

The following is a list of suggested study aids for your second semester classes. After your experiences with study aids first semester, you probably know what works for you and what doesn't. For all these courses, there are MANY study aids available -- each course has an Emanuel's, a Gilbert's, an Examples & Explanations, briefs, Q&As, Lexis books, etc. The study aids recommended are ones which I or other students found to be particularly useful, some even essential. Also, these study aids are those which are beneficial to have throughout the semester as supplements to the course. As you get closer to finals, you should consider study aids, like Siegel's and Q&A, which strictly contain practice essays and multiple choice questions, if that's helpful to you.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

You should definitely have the Chemerinsky treatise for Con Law. You should get it early and read it throughout the semester. The treatise is great at explaining the state of a given constitutional doctrine and what the key analyses are.

I would also recommend that you have either an Emanuel's or Gilbert's for Con Law.

CRIMINAL LAW

The Legalines is hardly essential, but it is probably the most useful of the Crim Law study aids. However, make sure that it is keyed to your casebook. You may want to get a commercial outline, but since only two crimes tend to be covered, you'll hardly get your money's worth. Moreover, lecture is very important for Crim so you'll get most of the material from class.

LEGAL PROFESSION

The Emanuel's flashcards for Legal Profession are a great way to learn the material. For every topic, there are cards with hypotheticals which illustrate the application of the rules to a set of facts. They're good for learning the material and testing yourself close to finals. They come in a two-box set and cover alot more than what you'll cover in class, but they cover everything tested on the MPRE (which I recommend you take during your first-year summer). They're fairly expensive but you can easily split up the cost with 2-3 people and split up and swap the flashcards.

PROPERTY

I recommend this book for everyone. It's alot clearer than any casebook and is extremely comprehensive. If you do choose to buy this, buy this early on (i.e., now) and read it throughout the semester. They have plenty of these (for Property and other classes) at the UCLA Law bookstore. I would recommend looking into these books for any class for which they're available.

For Altman and Stone:

The Gilbert's is written by Dukeminier who wrote the casebook used by Professors Stone and Altman.






For Stolzenberg:

The property treatise is written by Joseph Singer, who wrote the casebook used by Professor Stolzenberg. The treatise matches up really well with the casebook. Stolzenberg taught a couple years ago and many of her students used this.