Pre-Law Library

The pre-law program library holdings are located in the HH 451 office suite on the top floor of Hiemenga Hall. The library collection includes books about the legal profession, the law school experience, legal practice, Christian perspectives on law and more. LSAT preparation material is also available. Materials may be utilized in the office and may also be checked out, using the procedures noted in the library area.

• Books

  The Legal Profession

  Title	Author(s)
  The American Legal Profession: Myths and Realities of Practicing Law	Christopher P. Banks
  Becoming a Lawyer: A Video Collection
  Beyond the Big Firm: Profiles of Lawyers Who Want Something More	Alan B. Morrison, Diane T. Chin
  Careers in Law	Gary A. Munneke
  The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law	Nancy Levit & Douglas O. Linder
  Just Mercy	Bryan Stevenson
  Lawyers and Fidelity to the Law	W. Bradley Wendel
  The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer: Truth, Justice, Power and Greed	Richard Zitrin, Carol M. Langford
  The Official Guide to Legal Specialties: An Insider's Guide to Every Major Practice Area	Lisa L. Abrams
  On Being a Happy, Healthy and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy and Unethical Profession	Patrick J. Schiltz
  Recent News & Commentary on the Legal Profession      Who's Eating Law Firms Lunch?      What They Don't Teach Law Students: Lawyering      To Practice Law, Apprentice First
  Should You Really Be a Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During and After Law School	Deborah Schneider & Gary Belsky
  Tomorrow's Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future	Richard Susskind
  24 Hours with 24 Lawyers: Profiles of Traditional and Non-Traditional Careers	Jasper Kim
  What Can You Do With a Law Degree? A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside and Around the Law	Larry Richard & Tanya Harrison

  Law and legal practice

  Title	Source
  Banking and Finance Law	Presentation by Jon Van Gorp, 1/8/2013
  Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study	Karl N. Llewellyn
  Concept of Law	H.L.A. Hart
  Contracts in the Real World: Stories of Popular Contracts and Why They Matter	Lawrence A. Cunningham
  The Districts: Stories of American Justice from the Federal Courts	Johnny Dwyer
  Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage	Bryan A. Garner
  Garner on Language and Writing	Bryan A. Garner
  Incomprehensible: How our Legal System Encourages Incomprehensibility, Why it Matters, and What We Can do About It	Wendy Wagner and Will Walker
  Introduction to the Legal System of the United States	E. Allan Farnsworth
  Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law	Jay Feinman
  Legal Filings	Selected course cases
  Litigation Nation: A Cultural History of Lawsuits in America	Peter Charles Hoffer
  The Nature of the Judicial Process	Benjamin N. Cardozo
  The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness	Mitchell Alexander
  The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier	Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill
  The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents	Corey Brettschneider
  Pepperdine Law Review	Volume 32, No. 2
  Province of Jurisprudence Determined: Legal Treatises, 1800–1926	John Austin
  Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System	Christine S. Scott-Hayward and Henry F. Fradella
  Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts	Antonin Scalia, Bryan A. Garner
  Reconsidering Judicial Finality: Why the Supreme Court Is Not the Last Word on the Constitution	Fouis Fisher
  The Seven Deadly Sins of Legal Writing	Theodore L. Blumberg
  Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Legal Issues	M. Ethan Katsh
  Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning	Frederick Schauer
  University of Detroit Mercy Law Review	Summer 2013
  The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts	Bryan A. Garner
  The Winning Oral Argument: Enduring Principles with Supporting Comments from the Literature	Bryan A. Garner
  Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathway to Success	Phyllis Horn Epstein

  Law school experience & preparation

  Title	Author(s)
  Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class	Shana Connel Noyes & Henry S. Noyes
  Articles About Law School      Before They Even Start: Hope and Incoming 1LS      One L-ow Brick Road      Helping You Get Ready for the Law      Law School is Worth the Money      Applications Fall as Costs Rise & Jobs are Cut      Drastic Changes in Educating New Lawyers      Is Law School a Losing Game?
  The Elements of Style	William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White
  Financing a Legal Education: Investing in Your Future
  Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams	Richard Michael Fischl & Jeremy Paul
  Helping You Get Ready for the Law	Michigan State University College of Law
  The Language of Law School: Learning to “Think Like a Lawyer”	Elizabeth Mertz
  Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience, by Students for Students	Robert H. Miller
  The Law School Gamble: Things You Must Consider Before Placing Your Bet	Matthew Marzetti
  Law School: Getting In, Getting Good, Getting the Gold	Thane Messenger
  Law School Insider: The Comprehensive 21st Century Guide to Success in Admissions, Classes, Law Review, Bar Exams and Job Searches for Prospective Students and Their Loved Ones	Jeremy B. Horowitz
  Looking at Law School: A Student Guide from the Society of American Law Teachers	Stephen Gillers
  1001 Legal Words You Need to Know: The Ultimate Guide to the Language of Law	Jay M. Feinman
  Planet Law School II: What You Need to Know (Before You Go)—But Didn't Know to Ask...And No One Else Will Tell You	Atticus Falcon
  Starting Off Right in Law School	Carolyn J. Nygren

  Christian perspectives on law

  Title	Author(s)
  Biblical Foundations of the Criminal Law	Institute for Christian Legal Studies
  Biblical Foundations of Procedural Law	Institute for Christian Legal Studies
  Conflict: Its Resolution and the Completion of Creation	John Feikens
  Conversion and the Rehabilitation of the Penal System: A Theological Rereading of Criminal Justice	Andrew Skotnicki
  Law and the Bible: Justice, Mercy and Legal Institutions	Robert F. Cochran, Jr. & David Van Drunen
  The Lawyer's Calling: Christian Faith and Legal Practice	Joseph G. Allegretti
  On Being a Christian and a Lawyer: Law for the Innocent	Thomas L. Shaffer
  Redeeming Law: Christian Calling and the Legal Profession	Michael P. Schutt

• LSAT Testing Materials

  • Blueprint for LSAT Reading Comprehension (Trent Tedi, Jodi Tedi, Matthew Riley)
  • Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law 5th Edition (Jay M. Feinman)
  • LSAT 101: Core Concepts (Princeton Review)
  • LSAT Prep Flashcards (Kaplan Test Prep)
  • LSATMax: Logic Games
  • LSATMax: Logical Reasoning I
  • LSATMax: Logical Reasoning II
  • LSATMax: Reading Comprehension & The Writing Section
  • The Next 8 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests
  • The LSAT Trainer: A Remarkable Self-Study Guide (Mike Kim)
  • The New Official LSAT TriplePrep Volume 1
  • The New Official LSAT SuperPrep II
  • LSAT Prep Plus 2022 (Kaplan Test Prep) 
  • PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible 2022 (David Killoran, Jon Denning) 
  • PowerScore LSAT Logic Games Bible 2022 (David Killoran, Jon Denning) 
  • PowerScore LSAT Legal Reasoning 2022 (David Killoran, Jon Denning) 
  • PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible 2021 (David Killoran, Jon Denning)
  • Princeton Review LSAT Premium Prep 28th Edition