2008

Fall Semester Courses

 The Fall Semester Orientation and Classes  

Begin Monday, September 22, 2008 at 6:30 pm

170 Rose Orchard Way, Suite 200, Room B

San Jose, CA 95134

 

 

First Year & Beginning Students

Will take the following courses:

 

1. Contract Law

 

2. Tort Law

 

3. Criminal Law

 

NOTE:  Courses shown above equals three units each. 

Please, order your books now for your classes.

 

First Year Students Book list

 

**1.  Contracts Cases and Materials,   By:  Farnsworth & Young - 6th Edition ( 2001)  Publisher: West Group  

 

2.  Selections for Contracts, By;  E. Allan Farnsworth - 2008 Edition   Publisher: West Group

 

3.  Torts Cases and Materials, By:  Prosser, Wade & Schwartz - 11th Edition ( 2005) Publisher: West .   

 

4.  Dressler's Cases and Materials on Criminal Law, By: Joshua Dressler – 4th Edition  (2007)  Publisher:  West

 

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   - or -  (Most used by attorneys, although, not the least expensive.)

 

   b.   Barron’s Law Dictionary  - or -  

 

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

 

Books are available online at Amazon.com* or at The LawBookStore.Com, 1775 W. La Palma Ave, Anaheim, Ca  92801, Ph. 800-810-0120.    To save money, Amazon.com, thelawbookstore.com, bookbyte.com and other online book sellers often have used books for sale that can be a cost saver.  However, if you purchase used books, please, be sure you are purchasing the correct edition.  Amazon sellers sometimes list older editions for sale and if you are not careful when you order, you could be ordering the wrong edition.   

 

Also, you may order directly from the publishers by contacting West Group Publishing at (800) 313-9378; Foundation Press Publishing at (877) 888-1330; or Aspen Publishers is (800) 950-5259.  Local law bookstores at Stanford and Santa Clara Universities may have some titles and a visit to their book stores will give you the opportunity to browse through books and materials that are available to assist your studies.

 

Upper Class & Continuing Students

 Will take the following courses:

 

1. Property Law

 

2. Business Organizations

 

3. Civil Procedure

 

NOTE:  Each course shown above equals three units. 

Please, order your books now for your classes.

 

Upper Class Students Book list

 

1.   Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices, - By:  J.W. Singer  - 4th Edition ( 2006) - Publisher:   Aspen    

       Publishers

 

2.       Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies, By:  Smith &. Williams - 2nd Edition (2008) - Publisher:   Aspen Publishers

 

3.       Civil Procedure: Theory and Practice, By:  Silberman & Stein 2nd Edition (2006) - Publisher:  Aspen Publishers