MacMillan Law Library Services

Study Aids are a large part of success in law school.  Choosing the right study aid at the right time in the semester is critical.   This page has been created to help you choose the right study aid for your current needs.   Print copies of all of the most popular study aids from more than 15 publishers are available for check-out for up to two hours on the 2nd Floor of the law library. 

• Search our Catalog by Series title (see below) to see what's available.
• To talk with a Research Services librarian for study aid recommendations during Reference Hours listed on the right.  

West Study Aids package

The West Academic Study Aids Collection offers online access to hundreds of West Publishing's study aids, audiobooks and lectures, and interactive practice questions to help you succeed in law school.  This online collection supplements MacMillan Law Libraries' print collection which includes titles from Lexis publishing, Wolters Kluwer Publishing, Carolina Academic Press, and others.  

Titles included in the West Academic Study Aids online collection:

• Acing Series (15), 
• Black Letter Outlines (31) 
• Concepts and Insights (46)
• Concise Hornbook Series (53)
• Exam Pro Series (20) 
• Flash Cards (2) 
• Gilbert Law Summaries (31) 
• High Court Case Summaries (53) 
• Law School Legends Audio Series (20)
• Law Stories (37)
• Nutshells (181)
• Quick Reviews (16) 
• Short & Happy Guides (40)
• Step by Step Guides (3) 
• Sum and Substance Audio (24)

At the 2nd Floor Service Desk: 

Nutshell Series (West)                              Short & Happy Series (West online only)          Understandings Series (Lexis)

 Mastering Series (CAP)                            Concepts & Insights (Foundation Press)           Concise Hornbook Series (West)

West has:

Analytical Guide to Evidence - An Overview of Relevance and Hearsay: A Nine-Step Analytical Guide by Norman M. Garland.

This article is an analytical guide to the study of two major aspects of evidence: relevance and hearsay. The vehicle used by this guide is a step-by-step, nine-question analysis, applicable to any admissibility of evidence problem.  This guide should help one determine whether any item of evidence is admissible under the rules of evidence pertaining to relevance and hearsay.  

Lexis has:

Learn Civil Procedure from the Recognized Expert - a series of short videos by Jay Wagstaffe on learning, surviving and thriving in first-year Civil Procedure.

Bloomberg has:

How to Use Study Aids Effectively

At the 2nd Floor Service Desk: 

Examples & Explanations Series (Wolters Kluwer)

At the 2nd Floor Service Desk: 

Emanuel Law Outlines (Wolters Kluwer)        Gilbert Law Summaries (Gilbert)                   Black Letter Outlines (West) 

West has:

Outline Shells (Note: same as Black Letter Outlines in print)

• Contracts (5th Ed.),
• Civil Procedure (10th Ed.),
• Criminal Law (3rd Ed.),
• Torts (5th Ed.),  and
• Constitutional Law (9th Ed.). 

Lexis has:

BarBri Outlines for Law School Courses:

• First-year courses: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts and Sales, Criminal Law, Personal Property, Real Property, Torts
• Upper-level courses: Constitutional Law, Corporations, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Trust, and Wills. 

Bloomberg has:

Law School Outlining - Why, When and How to do It

At the 2nd Floor Service Desk: 

Questions & Answers (CAP)             Siegel's Series (Wolters Kluwer)             Glannon Guides (Wolters Kluwer)

West Academic Assessment: Short Answer Questions.

At the 2nd Floor Service Desk: 

CrunchTime (Wolters Kluwer)          Law in a Flash (Wolters Kluwer)

West has

Course Flowcharts - for a variety of courses:

• Business Courses (18),
• Intellectual Property Courses (9),
• Labor & Employment Courses (6), and
• Litigation Courses (4). 

Litigation Toolkits ("Toolkits include resources such as Practice Notes, Standard Documents, Checklists and Flowcharts.") 

• See especially Evidence in Federal Court: Basic Principles.

West Academic Assessment: Practice Essays

West has

Traditional Treatises:

• Williston on Contracts (4th Ed.)
• Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright & Miller)
• Wharton's Criminal Law
• Modern Tort Law: Liability & Litigation 2d
• Dobb's Law of Torts
• Rotunda and Nowak's Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure

Complete List of Treatises by Topic

Course Outlines for some First-year courses (Contracts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Business Organizations & Associations) and Practical Law Course Study Collections for a variety of upper-level courses.  Note: these are "collection[s] of Practice Notes which provide in-depth coverage of specific legal issues written for practicing attorneys." 

Lexis has

Traditional Treatises:

• Corbin on Contracts
• Murray on Contracts
• Federal Civil Procedure Litigation Manual
• Moore's Manual - Federal Practice and Procedure
• Moore's Federal Practice - Criminal
• Search & Seizure

Complete list of Treatises by Practice Area

Westlaw Edge has

• Black's Law Dictionary
• Gilbert's Law Dictionary (via West Academic Assessment)
• Practical Law Glossary of Terms
• Constitution of the United States Annotated
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Model Penal Code
• Uniform Commercial Code

Lexis+ has:

• Ballentine's Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition
• Constitution of the United States
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Model Penal Code
• Uniform Commercial Code

For all library questions, please contact us via the following forms:

     Faculty Research Questions?
     Please complete our Faculty
     Request form.

     Student Research Questions?
     Please complete our Student
     Research Request Form

MacMillan Library Hybrid Research Services (January 3, 2022 - May 8, 2022):

          Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm
          Saturday - Sunday: Closed 

MacMillan Library Building Hours (January 3, 2022 - May 8, 2022):

Monday - Thursday: 8am - Midnight
Friday: 8am - 8 pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: 12 pm - Midnight

Reference Desk:

Monday: 10am - 4pm
Tuesday: 10am - 4pm
Wednesday: 10am - 4pm
Thursday: 10am - 4pm
Friday: 10am - 2pm
Saturday: Closed 
Sunday: Closed 
 

Virtual Reference Desk:
Monday - Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 1pm - 4pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 10am - 2pm
Saturday: Closed 
Sunday: Closed
 

IT Help Desk:
Monday - Friday: 
Saturday - Sunday: Closed

Emory Law Archives:

Physical archives: By appointment only.
Digital archives: More information available here. 
Limited remote services are available on a case-by-case basis. 
Questions?  Email Anna Sturgill, Law Librarian for Archives and Assessment Services