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Spring 2026 Booklists

Please be advised that the list below is pending and subject to change based on updated publisher and faculty information. Check the Bookstore website at hofstra.bncollege.com for complete up to date information.

ACCESS TO JUSTICE CHLNGD SCTY (Law 3704 – Section DLA): Professor Clodfelter

  • Plain English for Lawyers; Richard C. Wydick and Amy E. Sloan; 978-1531023492; Carolina Academic Press; 7th edition
  • Rebooting Justice: More Technology, Fewer Lawyers, and the Future of Law; Benjamin H. Barton and Stephanos Bibas; 978-1594039331; Encounter Books; 2017
  • Evicted; Matthew Desmond; 978-0553447453; Crown; 2017

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (Law 3700 – Section A): Professor Campbell

  • Federal Administrative Law, Cases and Materials; Kristin E. Hickman, Richard J. Pierce, Jr. and Christopher J. Walker; 979-8887862064; Foundation Press; 4th edition

ADMIRALTY LAW (Law 2753 – Section A): Professor Frevola

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law in the United States, Cases and Materials; David W. Robertson, Steven F. Friedell, Michael F. Sturley; 978-1531018399; Carolina Academic Press; 4th edition

ADVANCED BANKRUPTCY (Law 2757 – Section A): Professor Scarcella

  • Business Bankruptcy: Financial Restructuring and Commercial Markets; Adam J. Levitin; 978-1543847710; Aspen; 3rd edition
  • Bankruptcy Code, Rules, and Official Forms; Anne Lawton; 979-8895453711; West Academic; 2025 Law School Edition

ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH (Law 3708 – Section A): Professor Whaley

  • No textbook

ANTITRUST (Law 3732 – Section A): Professor Kim

  • No textbook

APPLIED EVIDENCE (Law 2784 – Section A): Professor Barron

  • Federal Rules of Evidence: Rules, Legislative History, Commentary and Authority; Glen Weissenberger, and James J. Duane; 978-1531028046; Carolina Academic Press; 8th edition
  • Problems in Evidence; Robert Mosteller, Paul C Gianneelli , Liesa Richter Kenneth Broun; 978-1683281849; West Academic; 6th edition
  • McCormick on Evidence; Mosteller, Broun, Dix, Imwinkelried, Kaye, and Swift; 978-1684674763; Thompson West; 8th edition

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE LAW (Law 2604 – Section A): Professor Tsiforas

  • No textbook

ASYLUM CLINIC (Law 5801 – Section A): Professor Wren

  • AILA Asylum Primer; Dree K. Collopy; 978-1573705110; AILA Pub; 9th edition

BANKRUPTCY (Law 3794 – Section A): Professor Zarin-Rosenfeld

  • Bankruptcy: Cases and Materials; Margaret Howard, G. Eric Brunstad, Jr; 978-1636590554; West Academic; 7th edition

BIOETHICS AND LAW IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (Law 3607 – Section A): Professor Stachtiaris

  • No textbook

BIOSCIENCE BUSINESS INNOVATION PROGRAM (Law 4705 – Section A): Professor Tsiforas

  • No textbook

BIRTH JUSTICE SEMINAR (Law 2529 – Section A): Professor Campbell

  • No textbook

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (Law 4701 – Section A): Professor Greenwood

  • Business Associations; Stephen Bainbridge; 978-1-68561-432-4; Foundation Press; 12th edition
  • Business Organization and Finance: Legal and Economic Principles; William A. Klein & John C. Coffee; 978-1599414492; Foundation Press; 11th edition

CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION (Law 3706 – Section A): Professor Cohen

  • Civil Rights Enforcement; Scott Michelman; 978-1543858013; Aspen; 2nd edition, 2023

CLINIC PRACTICUM (Law 2751 – Section A): Professor Liebmann

  • No textbook

CLINICAL BIOETHICS II (Law 3992 – Section A): Professor Dolgin

  • No textbook

CLINICAL PROSECUTION PRACTICUM (Law 3820 – Section E): Professor Klein

  • No textbook

COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CLINIC (Law 5805 – Section A): Professor Weidmann

  • Introduction To Transactional Lawering Practice; Alicia Alvarez & Paul R. Tremblay; 978-1642427950; West Academic; 2nd edition (2022); 8 students in clinic

COMPUTER TECHN. LEG. PRACTICE (Law 2709 – Section A): Professor Tsiforas

  • No textbook

CONFLICT OF LAWS (Law 3755 – Section A): Professor McElroy

  • No textbook

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I (Law 3760 – Section A): Professor Ku

  • Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions – Casebook Plus Edition; Jesse H. Choper, Michael C. Dorf, Richard H. Fallon Jr., and Frederick Schauer; 979-8887861982; West Academic; 14th edition
  • Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions 2025 Supplement; Jesse H. Choper, Michael C. Dorf, Richard H. Fallon Jr., Sherif Girgis, and Frederick Schauer; 979-8895453735; West Academic; 14th edition
  • America's Constitution: A Biography; Akhil Reed Amar; 978-0812972726; Random House; 2006

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I (Law 3760 – Section B): Professor Sinha

  • Constitutional Law: A Contemporary Approach (Interactive Casebook Series); Gregory E. Maggs and Peter J. Smith; 978-1685614669; West Academic; 6th edition

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I (Law 3760 – Section C): Professor Ku

  • Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions – Casebook Plus Edition; Jesse H. Choper, Michael C. Dorf, Richard H. Fallon Jr., and Frederick Schauer; 979-8887861982; West Academic; 14th edition
  • Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions 2025 Supplement; Jesse H. Choper, Michael C. Dorf, Richard H. Fallon Jr., Sherif Girgis, and Frederick Schauer; 979-8895453735; West Academic; 14th edition
  • America's Constitution: A Biography; Akhil Reed Amar; 978-0812972726; Random House; 2006

CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS (Law 3773 – Section A): Professor Silber

  • No textbook

CONTRACTS (Law 1705 – Section A): Professor Lyman

  • Contracts: Transactions and Litigation; Kuney, Lloyd, and Byars; 979-8892095235; West Academic; 6th edition
  • Selections for Contracts; Farnsworth, Sanger et al; 979-8895459591; West Academic/ Foundation Press; 2025 edition
  • Examples and Explanations: Contracts; Brian Blum; 979-8889068129; Aspen; 9th edition

CONTRACTS (Law 1705 – Section B): Professor Gramitto Ricci

  • Contract Law: A Case and Problem-Based Approach; Marco J. Jimenez; 978-1543821758; Aspen; 2nd edition 2021

CONTRACTS (Law 1705 – Section C): Professor Neumann

  • Bundle: Cases, Problems, and Materials on Contracts, Ninth Edition with PracticePerfect Contracts; Douglas J. Whaley & Horton; 979-8889064206; Aspen; 9th edition
  • Contract Law, Selected Source Materials Annotated; Melvin A. Eisenberg and Steven J. Burton; 979-8895453612; West Academic; 2025 edition
  • RECOMMENDED: for students: Examples & Explanations for Contracts; Brian A. Blum; 979-8889068129; Aspen; 9th edition

COPYRIGHT (Law 3778 – Section A): Professor Prywes

  • Understanding Copyright Law; Marshall A. Leaffer; 978-1531028503; Carolina Academic Press; 8th edition 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLINIC (Law 5800 – Section A): Professor Nevins

  • Criminal Law Handbook of the State of NY; LexisNexis; 979-8341725331; LexisNexis; 2026 version

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE I (Law 4751 – Section A): Professor Klein

  • Criminal Procedure: Investigations; King, Kerr and Primus; 978-1636590790; 16th edition

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE I (Law 4751 – Section B): Professor Marcus Amelkin

  • Criminal Procedure, Cases and Materials; Cynthia Lee and L. Song Richardson; 978-1647086183; West Academic; 3rd edition

CRIMMIGRATION LAW (Law 2815 – Section A): Professor Gaudio

  • Crimmigration Law; César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández; 978-1641059459; ABA; 2nd edition, 2022
  • No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants; Alina Das; 978-1568589466; Bold Type Books/ Hachette Book Group; 2020

DEPORTATION DEFENSE CLINIC (Law 5811 – Section A): Professor Holtzman

  • No textbook

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Law 3792 – Section A): Professor Barron

  • Domestic Violence Law; Lemon; 978-1636594583; West Academic; 6th edition

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIM LAW (Law 3806 – Section A): Professor Damiano

  • Employment Discrimination: Procedure, Principles, and Practice; Joseph A Seiner; 978-1543857825; Aspen; 3rd edition

ENTERTAINMENT LAW (Law 2827 – Section E): Professor Giordano

  • Entertainment, Media, and the Law: Text, Cases, and Problems; Gary Myers, William W. Berry III, and Paul C. Weiler; 979-8892091343; West Academic; 7th edition

ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAW SEMINAR (Law 2605 – Section E): Professor Schwed

  • No textbook

ENVIRO LAW\ COML REAL EST TRANS (Law 2830 – Section A): Professor Schwartz

  • No textbook

ENVIRONMENTAL DIS RESOLUTION (Law 2728 – Section A): Professor Siegel

  • Common Ground on Hostile Turf: Stories from an Environmental Mediator; Lucy Moore; 978-1610914116; Island Press; 1st edition

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Law 3812 – Section A): Professor Esterman

  • Environmental Law and Policy (Concepts and Insights Series); James Salzman and Barton H. Thompson Jr.; 978-1685615727; West Academic; 6th edition

ERISA & EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Law 2835 – Section A): Professor Oringer

  • OPTIONAL: ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide, Tenth Edition; Andrew L. Oringer; 978-1543882094; Wolters Kluwer; 10th edition

ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN FEDERAL TAX PRACTICE SEMINAR (Law 2833 – Section A): Professor Galler

  • Regulation of Tax Practice; Galler and Lang; 978-1632815606; Carolina Academic Press; 2nd edition

EVIDENCE (Law 4761 – Section E): Professor Smith

  • Evidence: A Contemporary Approach With Access; Beckman, Crump and Galves; 978-1642427646; West Academic; 4th edition, 2019

EXPERT WITNESS - HOMICIDE (Law 2985 – Section A): Professor Barron

  • Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science; Saferstein; 978-0135218310; Pearson; 13th edition

EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM, MATRIMONIAL (Law 3825 – Section A): Professor Gionesi

  • No textbook

EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, CIVIL (Law 2506 – Section A): Professor DeCarlo

  • No textbook

EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, CRIMINAL (Law 2507 – Section E): Professor Klein

  • No textbook

EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, JUDICIAL (Law 2520 – Section DLA): Professor Fisher

  • No textbook

EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, MATRIMONL (Law 2523 – Section A): Professor Gionesi

  • No textbook

EXTN SEM NRTHWL IN-HOUSE CNSL (Law 2531 – Section A): Professor Flowers

  • No textbook

FAMILY LAW (Law 3831 – Section A): Professor Stark

  • Contemporary Family Law; Douglas E. Abrams, Naomi R. Cahn, Linda C. McClain, Catherine J. Ross, Kaiponanea T. Matsumura, and Jessica Dixon Weaver; 978-1642428605; West Academic; 6th edition

FASHION LAW (Law 3614 – Section A): Professor Reitano

  • OPTIONAL: Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives, and Attorneys, (Paperback); Guillermo C. Jimenez and Barbara Kolsun; 978-1609018955; Fairchild Books; 2nd edition

FED CIV LTG PRCT CLIN PRCTICUM (Law 2742 – Section A): Professor Wong

  • No textbook

FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS (Law 3785 – Section A): Professor Galler

  • Lathrope's Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations; 9798895458716; 2026 edition
  • Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation; Schwarz and Lathrope; 9781642428780; 10th edition

FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF INDIVIDUALS (Law 4805 – Section A): Professor Gans

  • Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation; Lind, Lathrope, Field and Stephens; 978-1685611927; Foundation Press; 20th edition

FEDERAL CIVIL PRACTICE SKILLS (Law 2741 – Section A): Professor Wong

  • No textbook

GLOBAL COMPLIANCE IN DGTL AGE (Law 2724 – Section A): Professor Kriftcher

  • No textbook

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SURVEY (Law 3871 – Section A): Professor Platt

  • No textbook

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANS (Law 2876 – Section E): Professor Neumann

  • International Business Transactons: Problems, Cases, and Materials; Daniel C.K. Chow and Thomas J. Schoenbaum; 978-1543858778; Aspen; 5th edition

INTERNATIONAL LAW (Law 3881 – Section A): Professor Stark

  • International Law: Cases and Commentary; Janis, Noyes, and Sadat; 978-1685617172; West Academic; 7th edition

INTERNET LAW AND PRACTICE (Law 3611 – Section A): Professor Kim

  • No textbook

LABOR LAW (Law 3889 – Section A): Professor Cohen

  • Labor Law in the Contemporary Workplace; Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Roberto L. Corrada, Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, César F. Rosado Marzán, Michael M. Oswalt, and Rafael Gely; 979-8887861616; West Academic; 4th edition

LAW AND MEDICINE, TOGETHER (Law 2957 – Section A): Professor Flowers

  • Poverty, Health and Law: Readings and Cases for Medical-Legal Partnership; Elizabeth Tobin Tyler, Ellen Lawton, Kathleen Conroy, Megan Sandel and Barry Zuckerman; 978-1594607790; Carolina Academic Press; 2011

LAW AND PSYCHIATRY (Law 3907 – Section A): Professor Wolf and Stern

  • No textbook

LAW OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE (Law 2898 – Section A): Professor Ku

  • International Trade Law: Problems, Cases, and Materials; Daniel C.K. Chow, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, and Gregory Dorris; 978-1543826135 or 978-1543857207; Aspen ; 4th edition

LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT (Law 2729 – Section A): Professor Finley

  • How To Start and Build A Law Practice; Jay G. Foonberg; 978-1590312476; ABA Book Publishing; 5th edition

LAW, RELIGION AND HEALTH (Law 3613 – Section A): Professor Flowers and Stachtiaris

  • Law, Religion, and Health in the United States; Holy Fernandez Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen, and Elizabeth Sepper; 978-1316616543; Cambridge University Press; 2017 ; On backorder until January 2026, with no date provided. Professor Flowers stated they will wait for the book order.

LAWYERS' ETHICS (Law 2897 – Section A): Professor Franzella

  • Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law; Richard Zitrin, Liz Ryan Cole, Timothy Casey; 978-1531009182; Carolina Academic Press; 2019

LAWYERS' ETHICS (Law 2897 – Section B): Professor Gundlach

  • REQUIRED: Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law; Lisa Lerman, Phillip Schrag, Robert Rubinson, Gautam Hans, and Alexandra Luciani; 979-8892074421; Aspen ; 7th edition
  • RECOMMENDED: Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions 2025 and 2026 Edition; Lisa Lerman, Phillip Schrag, and Anjum Gupta; 979-8892077668; Aspen ; 2025 and 2026 edition

LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section A1): Professor Weintraub

  • No textbook

LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section A2): Professor Franzella

  • Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing; Richard K. Neumann, Ellie Margolis, and Kathryn M. Stanchi; 978-1543810851; Aspen ; 9th edition
  • The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation; Bluebook ; 979-8218574574; Bluebook ; 22nd edition

LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section B1): Professor McElroy

  • No textbook

LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section B2): Professor Stein

  • Introduction to Advocacy: Research, Writing and Arguments; The Board of Student Advisors, Harvard Law; 978-1609303082; West Academic; 8th edition

LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section C1): Professor Colesanti

  • Oral Advocacy: Style and Substance; J. Scott Colesanti; 978-1531005627; Carolina Academic Press; 2018

LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section C2): Professor Johnson

  • No textbook

LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section D): Professor White

  • No textbook

LEG. RES. FOR INT'L STUDENTS (Law 3891 – Section A): Professor Damiano

  • No textbook

LEGAL INTRVWG COUNSLNG & NGTN (Law 2906 – Section A): Professor Sethi

  • No textbook

LEGAL METHODS (Law 1750 – Section 1): Professor Louis

  • No textbook

LEGAL METHODS (Law 1750 – Section 2): Professor Hespos

  • No textbook

LEGAL METHODS (Law 1750 – Section 3): Professor Lefton

  • No textbook

LEGAL METHODS (Law 1750 – Section 4): Professor Hespos

  • No textbook

LEGAL METHODS (Law 1750 – Section 5): Professor Louis

  • No textbook

LEGAL-TECH PRACTICAL SKILLS AND AUTOMATION (Law 2532 – Section A): Professor Tsiforas

  • No textbook

MEDIATION SEMINAR (Law 2769 – Section A): Professor Bush

  • No textbook. Uses own materials.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (Law 2920 – Section E): Professor Sachs

  • No textbook

MLP PRACTICUM (Law 2517 – Section A): Professor Flowers

  • No textbook

MODERN DIVORCE ADVOCACY (Law 2842 – Section A): Professor Braunstein and Ferrara

  • No textbook

NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS (Law 2918 – Section A): Professor Silber

  • Nonprofit Organizations: Statutes, Regulations and Forms; James J. Fishman, Stephen Schwarz, and Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer; 978-1647082741; West Academic; 2021 edition

PATENT LITGATION (Law 2768 – Section A): Professor Richetti

  • Patent Litigation and Strategy: American Casebook Series; Kimberly A. Moore, Timothy R. Holbrook, John F. Murphy, and Andrew Sommer; 978-1636593890; West Academic; 6th edition, 2025

PERSP LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (Law 3930 – Section A): Professor Lefton, Hespos and Louis

  • No textbook

PERSP LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (Law 3930 – Section B): Professor Lefton, Hespos and Louis

  • No textbook

PERSP LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (Law 3930 – Section E): Professor Lefton, Hespos and Louis

  • No textbook

PLCY & BUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES (Law 2740 – Section E): Professor Shipkevich

  • Digital Coins & Cryptocurrencies, Law & Regulation: Cases & Problems; Felix Shipkevich; 978-1531027612; Carolina Academic Press; 2024

PRE-TRIAL I: WRITTEN DISCOVERY (Law 2821 – Section DLA): Professor Stein

  • No textbook

PRE-TRIAL II: DEPOSITIONS PRACT (Law 2829 – Section DLA): Professor McElroy

  • No textbook

PRE-TRIAL III: DRFT &ARG SJ MTN (Law 2730 – Section DLA): Professor Stein

  • No textbook

PRETRIAL SKILLS (Law 3935 – Section E): Professor Cozzens

  • No textbook

PRO BONO PRACTICE SEMINAR (Law 5911 – Section A): Professor Gundlach

  • No Textbook

PRO BONO SCHOLARS PROGRAM (Law 5910 – Section A): Professor Gundlach

  • No Textbook

PROPERTY (Law 1730 – Section A): Professor Sinha

  • Property Law: Practice, Problems, and Perspectives; Jerry L. Anderson and Daniel B. Bogart; 978-1543856262; Aspen; 3rd edition

PROPERTY (Law 1730 – Section B): Professor Ostrow

  • Bundle: Dukeminier & Krier‚ Property: Concise Edition and Connected Quizzing; Gregory S. Alexander, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz, and David N. Schleicher; 979-8892078801; Aspen; 4th edition, 2024

PROPERTY (Law 1730 – Section C): Professor Folami

  • Bundle: Dukeminier & Krier‚ Property: Concise Edition and Connected Quizzing; Gregory S. Alexander, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz, and David N. Schleicher; 979-8892078801; Aspen; 4th edition, 2024

REAL TIME LAWYERING: GRND JURY (Law 2505 – Section A): Professor Barron, Hickey and McGuire

  • No textbook

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS (Law 4827 – Section E): Professor Chen

  • A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: From Contract to Closing; Gregory M. Stein, Morton P. Fisher, Jr., and Michael D. Goodwin; 978-1634254861; American Bar Association; 3rd edition

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (Law 2528 – Section A): Professor Colombo

  • Religion and the Constitutional Experiment: The Casebook; John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard Garnett; 9780197587621; Oxford; 5th edition 2022

SECURITIES REGULATION (Law 3964 – Section A): Professor Colesanti

  • No textbook

SEL PROBLEMS NY CIVIL PRACTICE (Law 3969 – Section E): Professor Knobel

  • New York Practice; Siegel, David; 978-1642421064; West Academic; 6th edition
  • CPLR; Looseleaf Law; 979-8890296610; Blue360 Media; 2025
  • Civil Litigation in New York; Oscar Chase and Robert A. Barker; 978-1531013462; Carolina Academic Press; 7th edition
  • NY Practice 2024 Supplement; Siegel; 979-8895453636; West Academic; 2025

SPANISH FOR LAWYERS (Law 2984 – Section A): Professor Wong

  • No textbook

THE JURY (Law 2947 – Section E): Professor Merchan

  • OPTIONAL: Jury Selection Handbook: The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Jury Selection (The Lawyering Series); Ronald H. Clark & Thomas M. O‚ÄôToole; 978-1531007973; Carolina Academic Press; 2018

VETERANS LEGAL CLINIC (Law 5810 – Section A): Professor Greer

  • Essential Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiation, and Persuasive Fact Analysis; Stefan H. Krieger, Richard K. Neumann, and Renee Hutchins Laurent; 979-8889062608; Aspen; 7th edition

WILLS,TRUSTS AND ESTATES (Law 4837 – Section A): Professor Folami

  • Wills, Trusts and Estates; Robert H. Sitkoff and Jesse Dukeminier; 978-1543824469; Aspen; 11th edition

YOUTH ADVOCACY CLINIC (Law 5802 – Section A): Professor Liebmann

  • No textbook