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  Suggested Reading for Incoming Law Students
 
Law School Study & Writing Skills

Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success* 
Ruta K. Stropus & Charlotte D. Taylor
Carolina Academic Press, 2001

The Eight Secrets of Top Exam Performance in Law School: An Easy to Use, Step-by-Step Program for Achieving Great Grades!
Charles H. Whitebread 
The Barbri Group, 1997

How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth: a Guide to Understanding the Bible
Gordon Fee & Douglas Stuart
Zondervan, 2nd ed., 1993

The Elements of Legal Style 
Bryan A. Garner 
Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 2000

Plain English for Lawyers 
Richard C. Wydick 
Carolina Academic Press, 4th ed., 1998

The Elements of Style 
Will Strunk & E. B. White 
Macmillan Publishing Co., 4th ed., 1999

The New Fowler's Modern English Usage 
Henry Watson Fowler
R. W. Burchfield, Editor
Oxford Univ. Press, 3rd rev. ed., 2000

One-L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School 
Scott Turrow
Warner Books, 1997

History & Philosophy of Law

Defending the Declaration: How the Bible and Christianity Influenced the Writing of the Declaration of Independence 
Gary T. Amos, ed. 
Providence Foundation, 1994

The Federalist Papers 
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay
Garry Wills, ed.
Bantam, 1981

Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Little Brown & Co., 1986

Debate of the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles & Letters During the Struggle Over Ratification, Part Two: January to August 1788
Bernard Bailyn, Editor
Library of America, 1993

No Liberty for License: The Forgotten Logic of the First Amendment 
David Lowenthal 
Spence Publishing Co., 1998

50 Questions on the Natural Law: What It Is and Why We Need It 
Charles E. Rice 
Ignatius Press, rev. ed., 1999 

The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke
Catherine D. Bowen
Little Brown & Co., Reissue edition, 1990

The Tradition of Natural Law: A Philosopher's Reflection 
Yves Rene Marie Simon
Vukan Kuic, ed. 
Fordham Univ. Press, 1992

Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education
Phillip E. Johnson
Intervarsity Press, 1998

The Rise of Modern Judicial Review: From Judicial Interpretation to Judge-Made Law 
Christopher Wolfe 
Basic Books, rev. ed., 1994

Profession of Law, Ethics, Crime & Justice

A Nation Under Lawyers: How the Crisis in the Legal Profession Is Transforming American Society 
Mary Ann Glendon 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994

Beyond All Reason: The Radical Assault of Truth in American Law 
Daniel Farber & Susanna Sherry
Oxford Univ. Press, 1997

The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America 
Philip K. Howard 
Warner Books, 1996

Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality 
Robert P. George 
Oxford Univ. Press, 1995

The Interaction of Law and Religion
Harold J. Berman
Abingdon Press, 1974

Crime and Its Victims: What We Can Do
Daniel W. Van Ness
Intervarsity Press, 1986

Justice that Restores
Charles W. Colson 
Tyndale House Publishers, 2001

Restoring Justice
Dan Van Ness and Karen Heetderks Strong
Anderson Publishing Co., 2nd ed., 2001

The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict 
Ken C. Sande
Baker Books, 2nd Ed., 2000

In Search of Atticus Finch: A Motivational Book for Lawyers 
Mike Papantonio
D. Fitch, ed. 
Seville Publishing, 2nd ed., 1998 

Christian Principles

Burden of Thuth
Charles W. Colson, with Anne Morse
Tyndale House Publishers, 1998

The Call
Os Guiness
Word Publishing, 1998

Mere Christianity 
C. S. Lewis 
Harper. 1st Harper ed., 2001 (1952)

The Other Six Days: Vocations, Work and Ministry in Biblical Perspective
R. Paul Stevens
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000

Out of the Salt Shaker: Evangelism as a Way of Life
Rebecca Manley Pippert
Intervarsity Press, 1999

Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture
Gene Edward Veith
Crossway Books, 1994

The Sensate Culture
Harold O. Brown
Word Publishing, 1996

Law in Literature

The Law as Literature
Ephraim London, ed.
Simon & Schuster, 1965

The Law in Literature
Ephraim London, ed.
Simon & Schuster, 1970

Les Miserables 
Victor Hugo
(any translation)

Nineteen Eighty-four 
George Orwell
Signet Classic, reissue ed., 1990

To Kill A Mockingbird 
Harper Lee 
Warner Books, 1988 (1960)

Witness 
Whittaker Chambers, William F. Buckley & Robert D. Novak 
Regnery Publishing, 50th Anniv. ed., 2001

Films

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 
Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains 
Columbia Tristar, 1939

The Oxbow Incident 
Anthony Quinn, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan 
Twentieth Century Fox, 1942

Young Mr. Lincoln 
Henry Fonda, Lamar Trotti 
Twentieth Century Fox, 1939

Anatomy of a Murder 
James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazarra, Eve Arden, George C. Scott 
Columbia Tristar, 1959

Adam's Rib 
Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949

Judgment at Nuremburg 
Spencer Tracy, Maximillian Schnell 
United Artists, 1961

Witness for the Prosecution 
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
MGM-Pathe Communications, 1957

Breaker Morant 
Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown 
South Australian Film Corp., 1979

Twelve Angry Men 
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb 
United Artists, 1957

A Civil Action 
John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Stephen Fry, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, Zeljko Ivanek, John Lithgow
Touchstone Pictures, 1999

 





 
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