The Application Process | The Profession | Biography | Fiction
History | Philosophy | Study and Teaching | Other Non-fiction
Many of the books listed here are available at the University Library. Some are available at University Career Services, 620 Lincoln Street.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS
The Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools. 2000 edition. Law School Admission Services. From the producers of the LSAT. Complete, up-to-date admission requirements and program descriptions. Insider admission tips. LSAT/GPA admission profiles. Important facts for women and minority applicants. Salary and placement statistics. How to successfully finance your legal education. [1999]
Minority Perspectives (a webpage of the Law School Admission Council)
2000-2001 Law School Admission Directory. Law Services.
Asher, Donald. Graduate Admissions Essays – What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why. Ten Speed Press [1991]
Epps, Willie. How To Get Into Harvard Law School. Contemporary Books [1996]
How to Get Into Graduate School: Business, Medicine and Law. Kaplan/Newsweek. Magazine with various articles describing job prospects, career trend, application strategies, and tips on financial aid.
Law School Admissions Profiles. MAPLA, Midwest Association of Prelaw Advisors [1995]
Stelzer, Richard J. How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School. 2nd Edition. Peterson’s Guide, Inc. [1993]
THE PROFESSION
Alumni/ae in Action Part II. Harvard Law School Graduates in Public Service Work. Office of Public Interest Advising [1994]
Belli, Melvin M. The Belli Files: Reflections of the Wayward Law [1983]
Camenson, Blythe. Real People Working in Law. NTC Publishing [1997]
Caudel-Feagan, Michael. Choosing Wisely. National Association for Public Interest Law’s Guide to Law Schools. Michael. Napil Publication [1992]
Claerbaut, David. The Reluctant Defender: A Big-City Attorney Defends Desperate People [1978]
Darrow, Clarence Seward. Attorney for the Damned [1957]
Estrin, Chere B. Paralegal Career Guide. Wiley Law Publications [1992]
Ginger, Ann Fagan. The Relevant Lawyers: Conversations Out of Court on Their Clients, Their Practice, Their Politics, Their Life Style [1972]
Gould, Milton S. The Witness Who Spoke with God and other Tales from the Courthouse [1979]
Hurst, James Willard. Law and Social Order in the United State [1977]
Jaworski, Leon. Confession and Avoidance: A Memoir [1979]
Jaworski, Leon. Crossroads [1981]
Katz, Jack. Poor People’s Lawyers in Transition [1982]
Messinger, Thane Joseph. The Young Lawyer’s Jungle Book: A Survival Guide. The Fine Print Press [1996]
Munneke, Gary A. and Greene, Robert Michael. Opportunities in Law Careers [2001]
Munneke, Gay. Careers in Law. NTC Publishing Company [1997]
Nizer, Louis. Reflections Without Mirrors: An Autobiography of the Mind [1978]
Nizer, Louis. On Trial: Masters of the Courtroom [1977]
Nolan, Dennis R. Readings in the History of the American Legal Profession [1980]
Public Interest Job Search Guide: Harvard Law School’s Handbook & Directory for Law
Students and Lawyer’s Seeking Public Service Work [1992]
So You Want To Be a Lawyer: Practical Guide to Law as a Career. Law School Admission Council [1998]
Stewart, James B. The Partners [1983]
Underhill, Stefan. Majoring in Law. The Noonday Press [1995]
Walsh, James P. San Francisco’s Hallinan: Toughest Lawyer in Town [1982]
Zemans, Frances Kahn. The Making of a Public Profession [1981]
BIOGRAPHY
Barnes, Catherine A. Men of the Supreme Court: Profiles of the Justices [1978]
Bowen, Catherine. Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes [1944]
Countryman, Vern. The Judicial Record of Justice William O. Douglas [1974]
Darrow, Clarence. The Story of My Life [1932]
Duff, John J. A. Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer [1960]
Ehrlich, Jacob W. A Life in My Hands: An Autobiography [1965]
The Holmes Reader. Edited by Julius J. Marke [1964]
Loth, David Goldsmith. Chief Justice: John Marshall and the Growth of the Republic [1970]
Lynn, Conrad. There is a Fountain: The Autobiography of a Civil Rights Lawyer [1979]
Matthews, Jean V. Rufus Choate, The Law and Civic Virtue [1980]
Pollack, Ervin H. The Brandeis Reader: The Life and Contributions of Mr. Justice Louis D.
Brandeis [1956]
Roalfe, William R. John Henry Wigmore: Scholar and Reformer [1977]
Sayer, James Edward. Clarence Darrow: Public Advocate [1978]
Sayre, Paul Lombard. The Life of Roscoe Pound [1981]
Spence, Gerry. Gerry Spence Gunning for Justice [1982]
White, G. Edward. Earl Warren: A Public Life [1982]
FICTION
Fraser, Caro. Whispers
Gaddis, William. A Frolic of His Own
Grisham, John. The Chamber
Grisham, John. The Rainmaker
Lawrence, Jerome. Inherit the World [1955]
Pearl, Jack. A Jury of His Peers: A Novel [1975]
Reed, Barry. The Indictment
Reed, Barry. The Verdict
Traver, Robert. Anatomy of a Murder [1958]
Turow, Scott. 1L
Turow, Scott. Presumed Innocent
Wolfe, Susan. The Last Billable Hour
Wolfe, Tom. Bonfire of the Vanities
HISTORY
Aymar, Brandt and Edward Sagarin. Law and Trials That Created History [1974]
Botein, Stephen. Early American Law and Society [1973]
Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan. The Growth of the Law [1973]
Daniell, Timothy. The Lawyers: The Inns of Court: The Home of the Common Law [1976]
Diamond, Arthur Sigismund. The Evolution of Law and Order [1973]
Dunham, Allison. Mr. Justice- Essays on Marshall, Taney, Bradley, Holmes, Hughes, Brandeis [1964]
Ehrlich, Gerd W. Changing Law in Changing Community [1983]
Friedman, Lawrence. History of American Law [1973]
Fuller, Lon L. Anatomy of the Law [1976]
Gilmore, Grant. The Ages of American Law [1977]
Hogue, Arthur Reed. Origins of the Common Law [1966]
Jones, John Walter. Historical Introduction to the Theory of Law [1970]
Kirk, Russell. The Roots of American Order [1974]
Moore, Lloyd. The Jury, Tool of Kings, Palladium of Liberty [1973]
Morris, M.F. An Introduction to the History of the Development of Law [1982]
Pound, Roscoe. The Formative Era of American Law [1938]
Readings in American Legal History. Edited by Mark De Wolfe Howe [1971]
Rembar, Charles. The Law of the Land: The Evolution of Our Legal System [1980]
Stubbs, William. Lectures of Early English History [1980]
Wormsmer, Rene Albert. The Law: The Story of Lawmakers and the Law We Have Lived by, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day [1982]
PHILOSOPHY
Ball, Milner S. The Promise of American Law: A Theological, Humanistic View of Legal Process [1981]
Bodenheimer, Edgar. Jurisprudence: The Philosophy and Method of the Law [1974]
Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan. The Nature of the Judicial Process [1921]
Cohen, Morris. Readings in Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy [1979]
Fuller, Lon L. The Morality of Law [1977]
Harris, J.W. Legal Philosophies [1980]
Murphy, Jeffrie G. Retribution, Justice, and Therapy: Essays in the Philosophies of Law [1979]
Perelman, Chaim. Justice, Law and Argument: Essays on Moral and Legal Reasoning [1980]
Stein, Peter. Legal Evolution: The Story of an Idea [1980]
Stein Peter. Legal Values in Western Society [1974]
Summers, Robert S.. Instrumentalism and American Legal Theory [1982]
Watkins, Thomas Glyn. The Nature of Law [1980]
STUDY AND TEACHING
Allen, Francis A. Law, Intellect and Education [1979]
Before the Law: An Introduction to the Legal Process. compiled by John J. Bonsignore [1974]
Cassidy, Carol-June and Goldfarb, S. F. Inside the Law Schools: A Guide by Students for Students. Plume [1998]
Dvorkin, Elizabeth. Becoming a Lawyer: A Humanistic Perspective on Legal Education and
Professionalism [1981]
Farnsworth, E. Allen. An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States [1975]
Johnson, William R. Schooled Lawyer: A Study in the Clash of Professional Cultures {1978]
Kelso, R. Randall and Charles D. Studying Law: An Introduction [1983]
Levi, Edward H. An Introduction to Legal Reasoning [1963]
Lisnek, Paul M., Salamone, Chris M., and Friedland, Steven. Law School Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Excelling in Law School and Launching Your Career. The Princeton Review, [1995]
Llewellyn, Karl Nickerson. The Bramble Bush: On Our Law and its Study [1951]
Marks, Marlene Adler. The Suing of America: Why and How We Take Each Other to Court [1981]
Mayfield, Craig K. Reading Skills for Law Students [1980]
Mermin, Samuel. Law and the Legal System: An Introduction [1982]
O’Meara, Joseph. An Introduction to Law and How to Study It [1973]
Segal, Geraldine R. Blacks in the Law: Philadelphia and the Nation [1983]
Shapo, Helen, and Shapo, Marshall. Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success. The Foundation Press [1996]
Smith, Alfred Goud. Cognitive Styles in Law School [1975]
Summers, Robert S. Law: Its Nature, Functions and Limits [1972]
White, G. Edward. Patterns of American Legal Thought [1978]
OTHER NON-FICTION
Cahn, Edmond. The Moral Decision
Calamari, John and Joseph Perillo. How to Thrive in Law School
Darrow, Clarence. The Story of My Life
Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs. Women in Law
Harrington, Mona. Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules
Howard, Philip K. The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America
Moliterno, James and Freric Lederer. An Introduction to Law, Law Study, and the Lawyer’s Role
Speiser, Stuart. Lawyers and the American Dream
Spence, Gerry. How to Argue and Win Every Time
Spence, Gerry. With Justice for None
Tushnet, Mark. Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court
Wishman, Seymour. Anatomy of a Jury
