I have divided the outline bank into First, Second, and Third Year Courses. For each course, I have listed the textbook for the course, the full outline from that course, and a concise checklist. Some checklists contain charts, templates, etc. depending on what was required.

You should review the textbook and see if it corresponds to the course you are currently taking. If it does, the materials will be similar, and the outlines will be more helpful as you prepare your own. If the text does not match, the outlines can still be beneficial to you for substance, but the structure of your outline might be different.

The Table of Contents lists the courses according to the year. Click on the year to jump to the portion of this page where the outline you need is located.

Table of Contents

First Year (1L)

-Torts
-Contracts
-Civil Procedure
-Property
-Legal Methods

Second Year (2L)

-Administrative Law
-Evidence
-Constitutional Law
-Criminal Law
-Criminal Procedure
-Bus. Organizations
-UCC Art. 2 & 2A
-Prof'l Responsibility

Third Year (3L)

-Civil & Political Rights
-UCC Article 9
-Wills & Trusts
-UCC Art. 3, 4 & 5
-Family Law

First Year Courses

Torts

Textbook: Prosser, Wade, & Schwartz's Cases & Materials on Torts (9th ed. 1994)

Contracts

Textbook: Murphy, Speidel & Ayers, Studies in Contract Law (5th ed. 1997)

Civil Procedure

Textbook: Marcus, Redish & Sherman, Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (3d ed. 2000)

Property

Textbook: Criobbet et al., Property: Cases & Materials (7th ed. 1996)

Legal Methods

Textbook: Dernbach et al., A Practical Guide to Legal Method (2d ed. 1996)

Second Year Courses

Administrative Law

Textbook: Schwartz & Corrada, Administrative Law: A Casebook (5th ed. 2001)

Evidence

Textbook: Mueller & Kirkpatrick, Evidence Under the Rules (4th ed. 2000)

Constitutional Law

Textbook: Massey, American Constitutional Law: Powers & Liberties (2001)

Criminal Law

Textbook: Boyce & Perkins, Criminal Law & Procedure (8th ed. 1999)

Criminal Procedure

Textbook: Saltzburg & Capra, American Criminal Procedure (6th ed. 2000)

Business Organizations

Textbook: Klein et al., Business Associations (4th ed. 2000)

Sales & Leases

Textbook: Whaley, Sales, Leases, and Licenses (3d ed. 1999)

Professional Responsibility

Textbook: Hazard et al., The Law & Ethics of Lawyering (3d ed. 1999)

Third Year Courses

Civil & Political Rights

Textbook: Massey, American Constitutional Law: Powers & Liberties (2001)

Secured Transactions

Textbook: None

Wills & Trusts

Textbook: Dukeminier & Johanson, Wills, Trusts, and Estates (6th ed. 2000)

*Note: There is no checklist for this course.

Payment Systems

Textbook: Mann, Payment Systems and Other Financial Transactions (2d ed. 2003)

Family Law

Textbook: Areen, Family Law (4th ed. 1999)


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