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Study Aids, Strategies & Exam Prep: Textbooks on Reserve

Print and online study aids for 1L courses as well as required and suggested 2L and 3L classes most of which are part of bar exam study.

The Law Library provides textbooks for required 1L courses and required/recommended 2L & 3L courses that students may use as backups to their own copies. Textbooks are kept on Reserve and can be checked out at the Circulation desk for two hours at a time for use within the law school building. Each is available on a first-come, first-serve basis and may not be available during an open book exam at the end of the semester. Click on the hyperlinked title to view the item's availability for immediate checkout - students can also put their name on a wait list for books that are currently checked out and will be notified when it has been returned. 

A list of textbooks kept on Reserve is listed below, organized by course and faculty name.

West Academic Early Access Program - Digital Copies of West Academic and Foundation Press Textbooks

Villanova has partnered with West Academic to provide free, temporary eBook access to all the West Academic and Foundation Press® casebooks required for your classes. Your free eBook access begins the week before classes start through the first two weeks of the semester. Follow the instructions below to set up your ebook access.

Courses with Eligible Textbooks:

LAW 0150 - Criminal Law:   1) Criminal Law Cases and Materials (all sections)  AND 2)  Principles of Criminal Law (Prof. Hajdin)

LAW 6275: Scholarly Topics in Sports Law - Scholarly Writing for Law Students

LAW 7002: Administrative Law - Federal Administrative Law

LAW 7010: Internet Law - Cyberlaw: Problems of Policy

LAW 7021: Environmental Law - Practicing Environmental Law

LAW 7024: Evidence:  1) Evidence (Fisher)  AND 2) Evidence - Federal Rules Supplement

LAW 7025: Family Law - Contemporary Family Law

LAW 7033: Interviewing and Counseling (both sections) - Lawyers as Counselors

LAW 7086: Decedents" Estates & Trusts - Uniform Trust and Estate Statutes

LAW 7103: Death Penalty: Theory and Practice - Death Penalty Cases and Materials

LAW 7136: Criminal Procedure: Investigations - Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies and Perspectives

LAW 7164: Employment Law - Employment Law: Cases and Materials

LAW 7236: Writing for Publication - Academic Legal Writing

LAW 7238: Public Interest Lawyering - Becoming a Public Interest Lawyer

LAW 7245: Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Law

1L Courses - Fall 2025

Professor Ann Juliano:

Professor Teri Ravenell:

Professor Tuan Samahon:

Professor Michelle Dempsey:

Professor Nikola Hajdin:

Professor Itay Ravid:

All sections of Legal Research are using the following digital text available for free:

NOTE: All 1L students will be given a free 1-year subscription to the online version of The Bluebook. Access codes will be distributed at the Intro to Legal Writing session during live orientation so all students will have digital access to this resource. Print copies of The Bluebook are also available for checkout at the Circulation Desk (more info below).

Professor Daniel Long (Sections G & H):

Professor Bradley Moore (Sections D & K):

Professor Mitch Nathanson (Sections C & I):

Professor Luke Repici (Sections A & B): 

Professor Jean Sbarge (Sections E & F):

Professor Jane Voegele (Section J):

Professor Paul Figley:

 

Professor Michael Moreland:

Professor Peter Ormerod:

Upper Level Courses

Professor Patrick Brennan (Fall 2025):

Professor Jessica Webb (Spring 2026):

Vice Dean & Professor Andrew Lund (Fall 2025):

Professor Jennifer O'Hare (Spring 2026):

Professor of Law Won Kidane (Fall 2025)

Adjunct Professors Rosalind Kaplan and Lisa Sabatino (Fall 2025):

Adjunct Professor Steven Sugarman (Fall 2025)

A free PDF copy of this text is also available through archive.org, you just have to establish a free account first - follow these instructions:

1. Go to Archive.org

2. Click on "sign up" in the upper right corner, enter your email address and select a screenname and password.

3. You'll get a link via email to confirm your account

4. Go to the webpage for Community Association Law and look for the Login link in the upper right

5. Log in with your newly created credentials and then click the "Borrow" button that will appear in the middle of the page to start viewing the full book

Your access will auto-renew so long as you continue to use the book. If you have not used the book in several days, simply log back in again and click "Borrow" or "Renew" to extend your access.

Professor  (Spring 2025):

Professor Steve Chanenson (Fall 2025)

Professor Brenner Fissell (Fall 2025):

Adjunct Professor Christopher Harvey (Fall 2025):

Professor Ann Juliano (Fall 2025)

Professor Todd Aagaard (Fall 2025):

Professor David Caudill (Fall 2025):

Associate Professor Emily Stolzenberg (Fall 2025):

Professor Michael Moreland (Spring 2026):

Adjunct Professor Turay-Sengova (Fall 2025):

Professor Chaim Saiman (Fall 2025)

Professor Brett Frischmann (Fall 2025)

Professor Les Book (Fall 2025):

Professor Patrick Brennan (Fall 2025):

Adjunct Professor Edward Bonett (Fall 2025)

Professor MarySheila McDonald (Fall 2025):

Professor Steve Chanenson (Fall 2025):

Legal Writing III Litigation - Professor Jessica Webb (Fall 2025)

Legal Writing III - Transactional  (used by Professors Heather Baum and Jane Voegele, Fall 2025)

Legal Writing III: Combined Transactional & Litigation Associate Director of Academic Success Rebecca Scalio

Professor Brenner Fissell (Spring 2025):

Professor Christine Mooney (Fall 2025):

Anti-Poverty Fellow Kate Vengraitis (Fall 2025)

Professor Janine Kiah (Fall 2025):

Professor Won Kidane (Spring 2025):

Professor Jennifer O'Hare (Fall 2025):

Professor Lutsky (Fall 2025):

Basic Comp - Professor Wynkoop (Fall 2025):

Adjunct Professor Derek Hines (Spring 2025)

Adjunct Professor Mary DeFusco (Spring 2025):