Spring 2025 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.
17A GUARDIANSHIP (Law 4704 – Section: E): Professors Cannon, Gumerove
- No Textbook
ACCESS TO JUSTICE CHLNGD SCTY (Law 3704 – Section: DLA): Professor Fisher
- 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 Hardcover; Benjamin H. Barton and Stephanos Bibas; 978-1594039331; Encounter Books; 2017
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (Law 3700 – Section: A): Professor Campbell
- Federal Administrative Law, Cases and Materials; Kristin E. Hickman , Richard J. Pierce, Jr.; 978-1684679423; Foundation Press; 3rd 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
ADV PROB IN ESTATE PLANNING (Law 2956 – Section: E): Professor David-Young
- No Textbook
ADVANCED BANKRUPTCY (Law 2757 – Section: A): Professor Scarcella
- Business Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring and Modern Commercial Markets; Adam J. Levitin; 978-1543847710; Aspen Publishing; 3rd edition
- Bankruptcy Code, Rules, and Official Forms; Anne Lawton; 979-8892090650; West Academic; 2024 Law School Edition
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH (Law 3708 – Section: A): Professor Whaley
- No textbook
ANTITRUST (Law 3732 – Section: E): Professor Tugander
- Case and Materials: Modern Antitrust Law and its Origins; Thomas D. Morgan and Richard J. Pierce Jr.; 9781636595801; West Academic; 7th edition
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
ASYLUM CLINIC (Law 5801 – Section: A): Professor Wren
- AILA Asylum Primer; Dree K. Collopy; 978-1573705110; AILA Pub; 9th edition
BANKING LAW SEMINAR (Law 2790 – Section: E): Professor Kalbaugh
- Financial Regulation: Law and Policy; Barr, Jackson, Tahyar; 978-1647084837; 3rd 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
BUSINESS & LAW OF MARIJUANA (Law 2737 – Section: A): Professor Cooper
- No textbooks
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (Law 4701 – Section: A): Professor Gramitto Ricci
- Business Organizations: A Contemporary Approach (Interactive Casebook Series); Frank Partnoy and Elizabeth Pollman; 978-1636595375; West Academic; 4th edition
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (Law 4701 – Section: B): Professor Greenwood
- Business Associations; Stephen Bainbridge; 979-8892093927; Foundation Press; 12th edition
- Business Organization and Finance: Legal and Economic Principles; William A. Klein & John C. Coffee; 978-1599414492; Foundation Press; 11th edition
CLINIC PRACTICUM (Law 2751 – Section: A): Professor Liebmann
- No textbook
CLINICAL BIOETHICS II (Law 3992 – Section: A): Professor Trinkoff
- No textbook required. Materials will be available through TWEN.;
CLINICAL PROSECUTION PRACTICUM (Law 3820 – Section: E): Professor Klein
- No textbook
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (Law 3740 – Section: A): Professor Fernbach
- Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In; Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton; 978-0143118756; Penguin Books; 2011
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
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: B): Professor Sample
- Constitutional Law Geoffrey R. Stone, Louis M. Seidman, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet, and Pamela S. Karlan; 978-1543838510; Aspen; 9th edition
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I (Law 3760 – Section: C): Professor Freedman
- A History of the American Constitution; Farber & Sherry; 978-0314289711; West Academics; 3rd edition
- Constitutional Law (Casebook Series); Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet; 978-1543838510; Aspen; 9th edition
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1 (Law 3760 – Section: A): Professor Sinha
- Constitutional Law: A Contemporary Approach (Interactive Casebook Series); Gregory E. Maggs and Peter J. Smith; 978-1685614669; West Academic; 6th edition
CONTRACTS (Law 1705 – Section: A): Professor Colombo
- Studies in Contract Law (The Casebook); Ian Ayres, Gregory M. Klass, Rebecca Stone; 978-1647085445; West Academic; 10th edition
- Selections for Contracts; Farnsworth et al eds. (the Statutory Supplement); 979-8887860244; West Academic/Foundation Press; 2023 edition
CONTRACTS (Law 1705 – Section: B): Professor Lyman
- Contracts: Transactions and Litigation (5th Edition); Kuney and Lloyd; 978-1684674558; West Acad; 5th edition
- Selections for Contracts 2023; Farnsworth, Sanger et al; 979-8887860244; West Academic/Foundation Press; 2023 edition
- Examples and Explanations: Contracts; Brian Blum; 978-1543807639; Aspen; 8th edition
CONTRACTS (Law 1705 – Section: C): Professor Neumann
- Cases, Problems & Materials on Contracts with Practice Perfect Contracts; Douglas J. Whaley & Horton; 979-8889064206; Aspen; 9th edition
- Contract Law, Selected Source Materials Annotated; Melvin A. Eisenberg and Steven J. Burton; 979-8892090612; West Academic; 2024 edition
- Photocopy materials (available in the basement copy room);
- RECOMMENDED for students: Examples and Explanations for Contracts; Blum; 978-1543807639; Aspen; 8th edition
CORPORATE COMPLIANCE & ETHICS (Law 2738 – Section: E): Professor Black
- The Law of Governance, Risk Management and Compliance; Geoffrey Parsons Miller; 978-1543812763; Aspen; 3rd edition
CORPORATE FINANCE (Law 2807 – Section: A): Professor Greenwood
- Bratton's Corporate Finance, Case and Materials; William W. Bratton; 978-1684679270; Foundation Press; 9th edition
- Business Organization and Finance: Legal and Economic Principles; William A. Klein, John C. Coffee Jr. and Frank Partnoy; 978-1599414492; Foundation Press; 11th edition
CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLINIC (Law 5800 – Section: A): Professor Nevins
- Criminal Law Handbook of the State of NY; LexisNexis; 978-1663376343; LexisNexis; 2024 version
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE I (Law 4751 – Section: A): Professor Klein
- Criminal Procedure: Investigations; Kamisar, Lafave and Israel; 978-1636590790; West Academic; 16th 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 Acad; 6th edition
ELDER LAW GUARDIANSHIP PRACTICUM (Law 3612 – Section: A): Professor Roman
- No textbook
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIM LAW (Law 3806 – Section: A): Professor Damiano
- Employment Discrimination: Procedure, Principles, and Practice; Joseph A Seiner; 978-1543857825; Aspen; 3rd edition
EMPLOYMENT LAW (Law 3805 – Section: A): Professor Fernbach
- Employment Law, Cases & Materials; Rothstein, Liebman & Yuracko; 978-1685612504; Foundation Press; 10th edition
ENVIRONMENTAL DIS RESOLUTION (Law 2728 – Section: E): 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 Acad; 6th edition
EVIDENCE (Law 4761 – Section: A): Professor Krieger
- Problems in Evidence; Robert Mosteller, Paul C. Gianneelli, Liesa Richter, and Kenneth Broun; 978-1683281849; West Acad; 6th edition
- McCormick on Evidence (Student Edition); Robert Mosteller; 978-1684674763; West Acad; 8th edition
- Federal Rules of Evidence: With Advisory Committee Notes and Legislative History; Christopher B. Mueller, Laird C. Kirkpatrick and Liesa L. Richter; 979-8892077361; Aspen; 2024
EVIDENCE (Law 4761 – Section: E): Professor Smith
- Evidence: A Contemporary Approach With Access; Beckman, Crump and Galves; 978-1642427646; West Acad; 4th edition, 2019
EXPERT WITNESS - HOMICIDE(Law 2985 – Section: A): Professor Kessler (Barron)
- Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science; Saferstein; 978-0135218310; Pearson; 13th edition
EXPERT WITNESS IN CIVIL CASES(Law 3601 – Section: DLA): Professor Freedman
- Effective Expert Testimony; David Malone and Paul Zwier (National Institute of Trial dvocacy); 978-1601563408; Aspen; 3rd edition
- Federal Rules of Evidence; Daniel J. Capra; 979-8892091428; West Academic; 2024-2025 edition
EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM, MATRIMONIAL (Law 3825 – Section: A): Professor Maffei
- No textbook
EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, CIVIL (Law 2506 – Section: A): Professor DeCarlo
- No textbook
EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, CIVIL (Law 2506 – Section: B): Professor DeCarlo
- No textbook
EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, CRIMINAL (Law 2507 – Section: A): Professor Klein
- No textbook
EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, JUDICIAL (Law 2520 – Section: DLA): Professor Fisher
- No textbook
EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, MATRIMONL(Law 2523 – Section: A): Professor Maffei
- No textbook
EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR, MED-LEGAL (Law 2531 – Section: A): Professor Flowers
- No textbook
FAMILY LAW (Law 3831 – Section: DLA): Professor Schepard
- Work of the Family Lawyer (Casebook Series); Robert E. Oliphant & Nancy Ver Steegh; 978-1543804539; Aspen; 5th edition
FED INCOME TAXATION OF CORPS (Law 3785 – Section: A): Professor Galler
- Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations; Lathrope; 979-8892092562; West Acad; 2025 edition
- Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation; Schwarz and Lathrope; 978-1642428780; West Acad; 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 INCOME TAXATION OF INDIVIDUALS (Law 4805 – Section: DLE): Professor Galler
- Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations; Lathrope; 979-8892092562; West Acad; 2025 edition
- Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation; Lathrope, Lind, Field and Stephens; 978-1685611927; Foundation Press; 20th edition
FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBERSECURITY (Law 2515 – Section: E): Professor Schwed
- No textbook
GLOBAL COMPLIANCE IN DGTL AGE (Law 2724 – Section: A): Professor Kriftcher
- No textbook
HEALTH LAW (Law 3844 – Section: A): Professor Jakimo
- Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems, Abridged; Clark; 978-1684677122; American Casebook Series; 9th edition
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
- Supplements to be picked up in the Law School copy room (in the basement)
INTERNATIONAL LAW (Law 3881 – Section: A): Professor Stark
- International Law: Cases and Commentary; Janis, Noyes, and Sadat; 978-1642425864; West Academic; 6th edition
INTERNET LAW AND PRACTICE (Law 3611 – Section: A): Professor Kim
- No textbook
INT'L HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR (Law 2882 – Section: A): Professor Stark
- International Human Rights Part I: Sections A, B & C; Philip Alston; 978-83335545587; Indepently Published/ NYU Law; 2024
- International Human Rights Part II: Sections D, E & F; Philip Alston; 979-8335680240; Indepently Published/ NYU Law; 2024
INTRO TO ASSET MGT LGL & COMPL (Law 2735 – Section: DLE): Professors Kutner and Mastronardi
- 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 CasebookPlus ISBN: 979-8892098434; 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 Acamdeic Press; 2011
LAW'S RESPONSE TO REPRO TECH (Law 2796 – Section: A): Professor Dunbrook
- Reproductive Technologies and the Law; Judith Daae, Glenn Cohen, Seema Mohapatra, Sonia M. Suter; 978-1531015251; Carolina Academic Press; 3rd edition, 2022
LAW AND PSYCHIATRY (Law 3907 – Section: A): Professors Wolf and Stern
- No textbook
LAWYERS' ETHICS (Law 2897 – Section: B): Professor Gundlach
- Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics; Stephen Gillers; 979-8889065814; Aspen; 13th edition
- Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law : Models Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions; Lisa Lerman and Phillip Schrag; 979-8892077668; Aspen; 2025-2026 edition
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
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
LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section: B2): Professor Colesanti
- Oral Advocacy: Style and Substance; J. Scott Colesanti; 978-1531005627; Carolina Academic Press; 2018
LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section: B1): Professor Greene
- Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing; Neumann; 978-1543810851; Wolters Kluwer; 9th edition
- Bluebook The Bluebook; 978-0578666150; The Bluebook; 21st edition
LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section: C1): 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; The Bluebook; 978-0578666150; The Bluebook; 21st edition
LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section: C2): Professor Weintraub
- No textbook
LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section: A1): Professor Stein
- Introduction to Advocacy: Research, Writing and Arguments; The Board of Student Advisors, Harvard Law; 978-1609303082; West Acad; 8th edition
LEG. ANALYSIS WRTG. & RES. II (Law 2783 – Section: A2): Professor McElroy
- 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
- Client Science: Advice for Lawyers on Counseling Clients through Bad News and Other Legal Realities; Marjorie Corman Aaron; 978-0199891900; Oxford University Press; 1st edition
LEGAL METHODS (Law 1750 – Section: 1): Professor Hespos
- 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 Louis
- No textbook
LEGAL METHODS (Law 1750 – Section: 5): Professor Louis
- No textbook
LGL SKLLS UNDR REP FED LITIGNT (Law 2741 – Section: A): Professors Gundlach and Wong
- Gundlach - No textbook
MEDIATION SEMINAR (Law 2769 – Section: A): Professor Bush
- No textbook. Uses own materials.
MEDIATION PRNCPLS & PRACTICE (Law 3922 – Section: A): Professors Diamond and Knight
- No textbook
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (Law 2920 – Section: E): Professor Sachs
- No textbook
MODERN DIVORCE ADVOCACY (Law 2842 – Section: E): Professors Braunstein and Ferrara
- No textbook
PATENT LITGATION (Law 2768 – Section: A): Professor Richetti
- Patent Litigation and Strategy; Kimberly A. Moore, Timothy R. Holbrook, and John F. Murphy; 978-1636593890; West Academic Publishing; 6th edition, 2025
PERSP LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (Law 3930 – Section: A): Professors Lefton, Hespos and Louis
- No textbook
PERSP LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (Law 3930 – Section: B): Professors Lefton, Hespos and Louis
- No textbook
PERSP LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (Law 3930 – Section: E): Professors Lefton, Hespos and Louis
- No textbook
PLCY & BUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES (Law 2740 – Section: A): 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
PRIVATE EQUITY (Law 2988 – Section: A): Professor Davis
- Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts; Claudia Zeisberger, Michael Prahl, Bowen White; 978-1119327974; Wiley; 2017
PRO BONO PRACTICE SEMINAR (Law 5911 – Section: E): Professor Gundlach
- No Textbook
PROPERTY (Law 1730 – Section: A): Professor Ostrow
- Dukeminier and Krier's Property: Concise Edition; Alexander, Strahilevitz, et al; 979-8892078801; Aspen; 4th edition, 2024
PROPERTY (Law 1730 – Section: B): Professor Sinha
- Property Law: Practice, Problems, and Perspectives; Jerry L. Anderson and Daniel B. Bogart; 978-1543856262; Aspen; 3rd edition
PROPERTY (Law 1730 – Section: C): Professor Hickey
- Property Dukeminier Krier Alexander, Schill and Strahilevitz; 978-1543838497; Aspen; 10th edition, 2022
REAL TIME LAWYERING: GRND JURY (Law 2505 – Section: A): Professors Barron, Hickey, McGuire and Sullivan
- No textbook
REAL ESTATE FINANCE SEMINAR (Law 3945 – Section: A): Professor Bell
- Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach; Steven W. Bender, Celeste M. Hammond, Robert M. Zinman; 978-1454898115; Aspen; 6th edition
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS (Law 4827 – Section: A): Professor Castellanos
- Land Transfer & Finance; Berger, Johnstone & Tracht; 978-0735598546; Aspen; 6th edition, 2011
SECURITIES REGULATION (Law 3964 – Section: A): Professor Colesanti
- No textbook
SPANISH FOR LAWYERS (Law 2984 – Section: A): Professor Wong
- No textbook
SEL PROBLEMS NY CIVIL PRACTICE (Law 3969 – Section: E): Professor Knobel
- New York Practice; Siegel, David; 978-1642421064; West Academics; 6th edition
- CPLR; Looseleaf Law; 9781608855322; Blue360 Media; 2025 version
- Civil Litigation in New York; Oscar Chase; 978-1531013462; LexisNexis; 7th edition
- NY Practice 2024 Supplement; Siegel; 979-8892090957; West Acad; 2024
SPECIAL PROBLEMS SEMINAR (Law 3973 – Section: A): Professor Krieger
- No textbook
THE JURY (Law 2947 – Section: E): Professor Merchan
- Jury Selection Handbook: The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Jury Selection (The Lawyering Series) **OPTIONAL for students to buy**; Ronald H. Clark & Thomas M. O’Toole; 978-1531007973; Carolina Academic Press; 2018
VETERANS LEGAL CLINIC (Law 5810 – Section: A): Professor Greer
- Essential Lawyering Skils: Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiation, and Persuasive Fact Analysis; Krieger; 978-1543808889; Aspen; 6th edition
WILLS,TRUSTS AND ESTATES (Law 4837 – Section: A): Professor Folami
- Wills, Trusts and Estates; Sitkoff and Dukeminier; 978-1543824469; Aspen; 11th edition
YOUTH ADVOCACY CLINIC (Law 5802 – Section: A): Professor Liebmann
- No textbook