Study Aids on Reserve by Series

Nutshells are compact, soft-covered study guides that explain the most important issues of law, highlighting key cases and statutes.

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Subjects covered by Nutshells ​include:

• Excellence in the Workplace
• Law & Economics
• American Law & the American Legal System
• Law School Success: Studying and Exams
• Accounting and Finance for Lawyers

Administrative Law and Process

Admiralty

Agricultural Law

American Indian Law

Animal Law

Antitrust Law & Economics

Art Law

Banking Law

Bankruptcy

Business Associations

• Agency, Partnership, and the LLC

Civil Procedure

Conflicts

Constitutional Law

• Constitutional Analysis
• Constitutional Civil Rights
• Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law
• First Amendment Law
• The State and Religion

Consumer Protection Law

Contracts

• Contract Remedies
• Government Contracts

Corporations 

Criminal Law

• Death Penalty
• White Collar Crime
• Advanced Criminal Procedure
• Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Limitations
• Law & Policy of Sentencing and Corrections
• Juvenile Justice Administration

Federal Disability Law

Education Law

• Special Education Law

Elder Law

Election Law

Employment Law

• Federal Law of Employment Discrimination
• Worker's Compensation

Energy Law

• Oil & Gas Law

Entertainment Law

Environmental Law

• Public Health Law
• Climate Change & Sustainable Development Law
• The Law of Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Substances

Estate Planning

• Estates, Future Interests, and Powers of Appointment

Evidence

Family Law

• Community Property
• Adoption Law

Federal Courts

• Federal Civil Jurisdiction
• Federal Appellate Practice & Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence

Health Care Law & Ethics

• Bioethics & Law
• Administrative Law of Health Care
• Mental Health Law
• Marijuana Law

Historic Preservation Law

Immigration Law

Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

• Copyright Law
• Patent Law
• Trademark & Unfair Competition Law
• Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition

International Law

• International Project Finance
• International Sales Law
• International Environmental Law
• International Business Transactions
• International Trade Law
• NAFTA Free Trade
• European Union Law
• Legal System of the People's Republic of China
• International Legal Research
• International Criminal Law
• The Japanese Legal System
• Law of the Sea
• Global Internet Law
• Public International Law

Labor Law

• Labor & Employment Arbitration

Legal Research

• Legal Citation
• Legal Writing & Analysis

Litigation, Trial & Lawyering Skills

• Legal Ethics
• Legal Interviewing & Counseling
• Legal Malpractice Law
• Trial Advocacy
• The First Trial: Where Do I Sit? What Do I Say?
• Depositions 
• Cross Examination
• Electronic Discovery & Digital Evidence
• Class Actions
• Pretrial Litigation
• Transnational Litigation

Mass Communication Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Mediation
• Legal Negotiation
• Arbitration

Medical Liability

Military Law

Privacy Law

Products Liability

Property

• Real Property
• Landlord & Tenant
• Personal Property
• Real Estate Finance

Public Land Law

• Water Law
• Coastal & Ocean Management

Remedies

Securities Regulations

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Securities Litigation and Enforcement

Social Media Law

Sports Law

• Gaming Law
• Video Game Law

Tax Procedure

• Federal Income Taxation of Individuals
• Federal Income Taxation of Partners & Partnerships
• Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Beneficiaries
• Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Stockholders
• Taxation of S Corporations
• Federal Estate & Gift Taxation

Torts

Toxic Torts

Trade Secrets Law

Uniform Commercial Code & Sales

• Construction Law
• Sales & Leases of Goods
• Secured Transactions
• Payments Law

Wills & Trusts