LibGuides: LLM Program Guide: Study Aids

Accessing Study Aids

Print format study aid materials are available at the Circulation Desk for 2-hour loan periods.

The West Academic, Lexis Study Aids & Digital Library, and CALI websites provide online access to hundreds of useful resources for law students. Details on accessing these resources are available in our Study Aids LibGuide.

CALI (The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)
(Scalia Law users only) A collection of over one thousand interactive, computer-based lessons designed to augment traditional law school instruction. Access is limited to Scalia Law School students, faculty and staff. To obtain the password to download CALI lessons, contact the Law Library Reference Office at lawref@gmu.edu.
West Online Study Aids
(Scalia Law users only) An online subscription-based service that provides electronic access to over 350 study aids from West, Foundation Press and Gilberts, including Nutshells, Concise Hornbooks, Sum and Substance, and Gilbert Law Summaries.
Lexis Study Aids
The LexisNexis Digital Library (Lexis Study Aids) offers on-demand access to the Understanding series, the Question & Answer series, many ABA titles, and more in an easy-to-read, book-like format. Titles can be downloaded and/or accessed on the mobile app.

Study Aids by Subject

Contracts in a Nutshell by Claude Rohwer; Anthony Skrocki; Michael Malloy
Call Number: Reserve - 1st Floor; KF801.Z9 R62 2022
ISBN: 9781647081232
Publication Date: 2022
Examples and Explanations for Contracts by Brian A. Blum
Call Number: Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF801.B58 2021
ISBN: 9781543819939
Publication Date: 2021
Understanding Contracts by Jeffrey Ferriell
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor ; KF801.Z9 F46 2023
ISBN: 9781531025366
Publication Date: 2023
Questions & Answers: Contracts by Scott Burnham
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor ; KF801.Z9 B87 2020
ISBN: 9781531017972
Publication Date: 2020-09-01

Barron and Dienes's Constitutional Law in a Nutshell, 11th by Jerome Barron; C. Dienes
Call Number: Reserve - 1st Floor; KF4550 .B368 2024
ISBN: 9798887865300
Publication Date: 2024
Examples and Explanations for Constitutional Law by Christopher N. May; Allan Ides; Simona Grossi
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor ; KF4550 .M29 2022
ISBN: 9781543850871
Publication Date: 2021
Examples and Explanations for Constitutional Law by Alan Ides; Christopher N. May; Simona Grossi
Call Number: o Reserve – 1st Floor ; KF4749 .I34 2019
ISBN: 1543805639
Publication Date: 2019
Understanding Constitutional Law by William Araiza
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF4550.Z9 R43 2020
ISBN: 9781531018702
Publication Date: 2020
Questions and Answers by Paul McGreal; Linda Eads; Charles Rhodes
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF4550.Z9 M23 2017
ISBN: 9780769860596
Publication Date: 2017 (2023 for Lexis Study Aids version)

Criminal Law in a Nutshell by Joseph Kennedy; Arnold H. Loewy
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF9219.85 L63 2024
ISBN: 9781685610654
Publication Date: 2024-03-26
Examples and Explanations for Criminal Law by Richard G. Singer; Shima Baradaran Baughman
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF9219.85 .S58 2022
ISBN: 1543839355
Publication Date: 2021-09-08
Understanding Criminal Law by Joshua Dressler
Call Number: Reserve - 1st Floor ; KF9219 .D74 2022
ISBN: 9781531021733
Publication Date: 2022
Questions and Answers: Criminal Law by Paul Marcus
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF9219.85 L48 2023
ISBN: 9781531022969
Publication Date: 2023

Torts in a Nutshell by Edward Kionka
Call Number: Reserve - 1st Floor ; KF1250.Z9 K53 2020
ISBN: 1684673267
Publication Date: 2020
Examples and Explanations for the Law of Torts by Joseph W. Glannon
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF1250.Z9 G58 2020
ISBN: 1543807690
Publication Date: 2020
Understanding Torts by John Diamond; Lawrence Levine; Anita Bernstein
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF1250.D5 2023
ISBN: 1531023436
Publication Date: 2023
Questions and Answers: Torts by Anita Bernstein
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF1250.Z9 B47 2023
ISBN: 9781531023300
Publication Date: 2023

Real Property in a Nutshell by Roger Bernhardt; Roger H. Bernhardt; Ann M. Burkhart
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF570.Z9 B47 2016
ISBN: 1634599209
Publication Date: 2015-11-20
Examples and Explanations for Property by Barlow Burke; Joseph Snoe
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF560.B87 2023
ISBN: 1543857612
Publication Date: 2023
Understanding Property Law by John Sprankling
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF561.S67 2023
ISBN: 1531021247
Publication Date: 2022-12-05
Questions and Answers: Property by John Nagle; Donald Kochan
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF570.N34 2022
ISBN: 9781531021030
Publication Date: 2022-10-01

Evidence in a Nutshell by Paul Rothstein; David Crump; Ronald Coleman
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF8935.Z9 R6 2022
ISBN: 1647085683
Publication Date: 2021-11-08
Understanding Evidence by Paul Giannelli; Jules Epstein
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF8935.G52 2023
ISBN: 9781531024284
Publication Date: 2023-06-01
Questions and Answers: Evidence by Paul Giannelli
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF8935.Z9 L463 2024
ISBN: 9781531027452
Publication Date: 2023-10-09
Examples and Explanations for Evidence by Arthur Best
Call Number: Reserve - 1st Floor ; KF8935.Z9 B48 2023
ISBN: 9798889060758
Publication Date: 2023-04-18

Civil Procedure in a Nutshell by Mary Kane; Arthur Miller; Adam Steinman
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF8841.K36 2022
ISBN: 9781685610142
Publication Date: 2022-08-08
Understanding Civil Procedure by Gene Shreve; Peter Raven-Hansen; Charles Geyh
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF8840.S484 2024
ISBN: 1531025730
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Questions and Answers: Civil Procedure by William Dorsaneo; Elizabeth Thornburg; Brooke Coleman
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF8841.D67 2022
ISBN: 9781531023744
Publication Date: 2022-01-01
Examples and Explanations for Civil Procedure by Joseph W. Glannon
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF8841.D67 2022
ISBN: 1543839339
Publication Date: 2023-03-07

Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell by Lynn Bahrych; Jeanne Merino; Beth McLellan
Call Number: Reserve – 1st Floor KF250.B34 2017
ISBN: 1634602811
Publication Date: 2017-02-17
Examples and Explanations for Legal Writing by Terrill Pollman; Judith M. Stinson; Elizabeth Pollman
Call Number: KF250 .L398 2019
ISBN: 9781454891222
Publication Date: 2019-02-15
Legal Research in a Nutshell by Kent Olson; Kurt Metzmeier; Michael Whiteman
Call Number: Reserve - 1st Floor ; KF240 .C54 2024
ISBN: 9798887865782
Publication Date: 2024-05-30
Legal Research by Linda L. Berger; Jeanne Frazier Price
Call Number: Reserve - 1st Floor ; KF240 .P65 2017
ISBN: 1454867892
Publication Date: 2016-11-09

Examples of Other Available Guidance

Incorporation of Constitutional Rights (CALI)
Equal Protection and the Federal Government: Reverse Incorporation (CALI)
Where Does Law Come From (CALI)
An overview of the of the US government and how each branch makes law.