2010

Spring Semester Courses

 The Spring Semester Orientation and Classes  

Begins Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm

170 Rose Orchard Way, Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95134

 

 

Entering First Year Students

Will take the following courses:

 

1. UCC Sales Transactions - 3

 

2.  Introduction to Law - 3

 

3. Legal Research & Writing and

Intro to the Bar Exam - 3

 

NOTE:  Courses shown above equal nine units for the semester. 

 

Please, order your books early, so you can receive them in time for classes.  

 

Book list …

 

    1.   Sale of Goods: Reading and Applying the Code", 2nd edition  By: Chomsky & Kunz,  Published by Thomson & West

                                

2.   Selections for Contracts, Uniform Commercial Code, Restatement  2nd, 2008 Edition By:  Farnsworth, Young and Sanger, Publsiher: West

 

    3    Introduction to Law and the Legal System of the United States 4th Edition, By: William Burnham –American Casebook Series, Publisher: West

                                                 

                   4.    Legal Research & Writing - TBD

 

5.   Law Dictionary.  Law students must have use of a law dictionary while studying their cases.  Listed below are some recommended titles.  

        a.   Black’s Law Dictionary   (Most used by attorneys, although not the least expensive.) - or - 

 

        b.   Barron’s Law Dictionary  - or -  

 

         c.   Dictionary of Legal Terms: A Simplified Guide to the Language of Law, By Steven H. Gifis

 

 

All books are available online.  If you type each book Title and Author into your computer’s search engine, you will likely find sellers with competing prices.  Some book sellers also sell used books, which can save you even more, such as Amazon.com, Half.com, BarristerBooks.com, Thelawbookstore.com and other online bookstores.  You may also order new books directly from the publisher by contacting West Group Publishing at (800) 313-9378; Foundation Press Publishing at (877) 888-1330; Aspen Publishers is (800) 950-5259 or LexisNexis (800) 227-4908, (800) 833–9844.   Local law bookstores at Stanford and Santa Clara Universities may have some titles and a visit to their book stores will afford you the opportunity to browse through additional books, CD’s, and study aids that are available to assist your studies. CAVEAT:  If you purchase used books, please, be certain that you are purchasing the correct edition.