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JD Book Guide

This guide contains required and recommended materials and resources for each course in the JD program of the JFK School of Law

Course Resources

Required Texts

Steven Lubet et al., Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice (6th ed. 2020). [Aspen] - Casebook Connect - access under your Course Resources tab. 

Randy Rich, Criminal Law Collection: Condensed Case Files: State v. Edwards, State v. Chapman, State v. Cunningham (2013). [Aspen]  Casebook Connect - access under your Course Resources tab.  

- Your trial will be State v. Edwards

Recommended Resources

Trial Techniques and Trial, Eleventh Edition. Thomas A Mauet, Stephen D. Easton [Bookshelf]

Thomas J. Leach et al., Federal and California Evidence Rules: Printed on Facing Pages, with Notes, Comments, Selected Legislative History, and Comparative Commentary (2023-2024 ed.).  Casebook Connect - access under your Course Resources tab.