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Calvin's Pre-Law Program Library

The Pre-Law Program Library holdings are located in the Political Science Department Office on the second floor of the DeVos Communication Building. Books about legal careers, applying to law school, legal language and brief writing, among other topics are included in the library. Catalogues and information from various law schools through the United States are also available. Materials may be utilized in the office and may also be checked out, using the procedures noted in the library area.

Books

Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class (Shana Connell Noyes & Henry S. Noyes)

Becoming a Lawyer: A Video Collection

Beyond the Big Firm: Profiles of Lawyers Who Want Something More
(Alan B. Morrison, Diane T. Chin)

Biblical Foundations of the Criminal Law
(Institute for Christian Legal Studies)

Biblical Foundations of Procedural Law
(Institute for Christian Legal Studies)

Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study
(Karl N. Llewellyn)

Careers in Law
(Gary A. Munneke)

Concept of Law
(H.L.A. Hart)

Financing a Legal Education: Investing in Your Future

Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
(Bryan A. Garner)

Garner on Language and Writing
(Bryan A. Garner)

Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams
(Richard Michael Fischl & Jeremy Paul)

The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in
the Law
(Nancy Levit & Douglas O. Linder)

Helping You Get Ready for the Law
Michigan State University College of Law

The Language of Law School: Learning to "Think Like a Lawyer"
(Elizabeth Mertz)

The Law School Admission Game: Play Like
an Expert

(Ann K. Levine)

Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide
to the Law School Experience, by Students for Students

(Robert H. Miller)

Law School: Getting In, Getting Good, Getting
the Gold
(Thane Messenger)

Law School Insider: The Comprehensive 21st Century Guide to Success in Admissions, Classes, Law Review, Bar Exams, and Job Searches for Prospective Students and Their Loved Ones
(Jeremy B. Horowitz)

Lawyers and Fidelity to the Law
(W. Bradley Wendel)

The Lawyer's Calling: Christian Faith and Legal Practice
(Joseph G. Allegretti)

Looking at Law School: A Student Guide from the Society of American Law Teachers
(Stephen Gillers)

The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer: Truth, Justice, Power, and Greed
(Richard Zitrin, Carol M. Langford)

The Nature of the Judicial Process
(Benjamin N. Cardozo)

The Official Guide to Legal Specialties: An Insider's Guide to Every Major Practice Area
(Lisa L. Abrams)

On Being a Christian and a Lawyer: Law for the Innocent
(Thomas L. Shaffer)

On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession
(Patrick J. Schiltz)

Preparing for the Law School Admission Test: Preparation Tips, Plan Insights, Resources
(Michigan State University College of Law)

Province of Jurisprudence Determined: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926
(John Austin)

Redeeming Law: Christian Calling and the Legal Profession
(Michael P. Schutt)

Should You Really Be a Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During and After Law School
(Deborah Schneider & Gary Belsky)

Starting Off Right in Law School
(Carolyn J. Nygren)

Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning
(Frederick Schauer)

What Can you Do With a Law Degree? A
Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside and Around the Law
(Deborah Arrow)

The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts
(Bryan A. Garner)

The Winning Oral Argument: Enduring Principles with Supporting Comments from the Literature
(Bryan A. Garner)

 

LSAT Testing Materials

ABA-LSAC Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, 2008

ABA-LSAC Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, 2009

ABA-LSAC Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, 2010

ABA-LSAC Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, 2011

LSAT Complete, 2005
(Kaplan)

LSAT: The Big Orange Book of Real LSATs, 2005
(Kaplan)

The Next Ten Actual, Official LSAT Prep Tests
(Prep Tests 29-38, 1999-2002)

The Official LSAT Prep Test, December 2003
(Test 42)

The Official LSAT Prep Test, June 2004
(Test 43)

The Official LSAT Prep Test, October 2004
(Test 44)

The Official LSAT Prep Test, December 2004
(Test 45)

 

 

Law School Catalogues

University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Albany Law School, Albany, New York

American University, Washington D.C.

Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Naples, Florida

Baylor Law School, Waco, Texas

Boston College of Law, Newton, Massachusetts

Cardozo Law at Yeshiva University, New York, New York

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Chapman University, Orange, California

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio

Columbia University, New York, New York

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska

University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan

Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa

Drexel University, Earle Mack School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia

George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California

Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York

University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Mercer Law School, Macon, Georgia

Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

New England Law, Boston, Massachusetts

New York University, New York, New York

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Pace Law School, White Plains, New York

University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut

Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia

University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island

Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Camden, New Jersey

Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri

Seattle University, Seattle, Washington

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Southern Illinois University,Carbondale, Illinois

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas

Southern New England School of Law, Dartmouth, Massachusetts

University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Stetson Law, Tampa Bay, Florida

Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts

University of San Diego, San Diego, California

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

University of Texas, Austin, Texas

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Wake Forest University, Winton-Salem, North Carolina

Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Western New England College of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut