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Key Titles for Legal Research

American jurisprudence (print)
Call Number: Reference Collection KF154 .A42
American Jurisprudence 2d (electronic version)
Call Number: Full text available at: Nexis Uni
Black's Law Dictionary by A. Bryan Garner (Editor-In-Chief) This comprehensive law dictionary contains more than 50,000 terms and includes definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms. More than 7,500 terms new to this edition include bioweapon, gazump, hacker, mommy track, unperson and zero-tolerance law.
ISBN: 9780314613004
Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Pennsylvania Administrative Code
Call Number: Full text available at: Nexis Uni
Pennsylvania Code
Call Number: Reference Collection KFP35 1970 .A23
Pennsylvania reporter, covering cases reported in Atlantic reporter, second series. West's Pennsylvania reporter
Call Number: Reference Collection KFP57 .P4 2nd ser.
Purdon's Pennsylvania statutes, annotated
Call Number: Reference Collection KFP30 1930 .A44
United States code annotated
Call Number: Reference Collection KF62 1927 .W45

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General Interest Books for Paralegals

Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals by Hope Viner Samborn; Andrea Banchik Yelin This popular coursebook is tailored specifically to the needs of paralegal students and focuses exclusively on effective legal writing. Using established pedagogy replete with practical examples, exercises, and tips, Basic Writing for Paralegals guides the paralegal student through every stage of legal writing and provides strategies for producing clear, compelling writing. The Fourth Edition introduces major revisions to the treatment of case briefing and legal analysis, now presented in two separate chapters to facilitate student understanding of each topic. The new Case Briefing chapter begins with a simpler, more accessible opinion and step-by-step guidance on how to brief it. New material on email and social media, updated website references, and a revised Citation Appendix, including updates for the newest editions of the Bluebook and ALWD Manual, keep this edition fresh and up-to-date. Features: Comprehensive, accessible format specifically designed for paralegal students. Overview of the legal system provides clear context for the different types of writing covered in the text. Exclusive focus on writing. Step-by-step instruction on the legal writing process leads students through each stage of legal writing from prewriting strategies to revising, including: The IRAC method. How to synthesize cases and authorities. Legal memoranda. Persuasive writing techniques. In-house and objective client documents. Letter writing. Practical approach focuses on the paralegal's actual role in the law office. Excellent pedagogy includes examples, exhibits, expert writing tips, exercises, practice tips, ethics alerts, and Web resources. Detailed subheadings provide quick access to topics. Helpful appendices include coverage of citation and sample legal memoranda. In-depth Instructor s Manual includes sample syllabi, sample tests and memos, as well as discussion topics and in-class exercises. New to the Fourth Edition: Chapter on Case Briefing and Analysis now divided into two chapters, to make the material more understandable and accessible. Revised Case Briefing Chapter starts with a simpler opinion and walks the student through briefing it. Updated Letter-writing Chapter with new information on email and social media. Websites updated throughout. New Net Notes and Practice Pointers keep this edition current and fresh. Updated Citation Appendix for the newest editions of the Bluebook, ALWD Manual and Internet resources.
Call Number: Reserve PERSONAL COPY
ISBN: 9781454808909
Publication Date: 2012-11-21
The Elements of Legal Style by Bryan A. Garner With expanded coverage in this new edition, The Elements of Legal Style features additional sections, many more examples, and a thoroughly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style--what it is and how to attain it. Inspired by Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, this book clearly (often wittily) explains the full range of what legal writers need to know: mechanics, word choice, structure, and rhetoric, as well as all the special conventions that legal writers should follow in using headings, defined terms, quotations, and many other devices. Garner also provides abundant examples from the best legal writers of yesterday and today, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Clarence Darrow, Frank Easterbrook, and Antonin Scalia. If you want to make your writing clearer, more precise, more persuasive, and above all more stylish, The Elements of Legal Style offers the surest--and the most enjoyable--means to that end.
Call Number: Main Collection KF250 .G37 2002
ISBN: 9780195141627
Publication Date: 2002-03-21
Estate Planning Basics by Denis Clifford Estate planning, in plain English Get the need-to-know basics about wills, trusts, avoiding probate, and planning for incapacity with Estate Planning Basics. This book lays out your options in plain English, guiding you to the right estate plan for you and your family. Learn about: making a will or living trust naming a guardian for your children avoiding probate choosing an executor using durable powers of attorney, and preparing a health care directive. The 9th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest information about estate planning.
ISBN: 9781413324488
Publication Date: 2017-08-30
Family Law for Paralegals by J. Shoshanna Ehrlich Family Law for Paralegals, 7E is a comprehensive text for family law, offering complete coverage of the basics of family law, combined with historical context and insight into topics of current interest. This thoughtful and carefully written textbook offers the nuts-and-bolts of the law, framed in historical context and include exposure to some of the most dynamic issues in family law today. The text's comprehensive coverage includes basic coverage of the issues of marriage and divorce, as well as cutting-edge issues such as non-marital families, child abuse and neglect, child support and custody, and same-sex marriage. Features: Detailed treatment of Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges striking down bans on marriages between same-sex partners on federal constitutional grounds Added discussion about emerging recognition of domestic violence as a human rights violation Discussion of expanded protections under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 for both Native American women who are abused by non-Native perpetrators and same-sex victims of abuse Expanded section on interstate child support cases, with new material on international support actions under a recent Hague Convention Expanded section on post-majority child support focused on enlarging parental obligations to correspond to the new reality of today's young adults An added section about some of the continuing ambiguities/complexities of interstate child custody cases under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act A new section on the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act A new section on e-mediation A new section on the Indian Child Welfare Act that is intended to reverse historical disregard for tribal relations of Native Peoples
Call Number: Reserve PERSONAL COPY
ISBN: 9781454873396
Publication Date: 2016-09-16