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1L Subject Study Guides

This guide provides a brief listing of popular study aids to help new law students prepare for their first year of law school.

Introduction

Criminal Law covers:

  • statutory and common law of crimes and defenses,
  • the procedures by which the law makes judgments as to criminality of conduct,
  • the purposes of the criminal law, and
  • the constitutional limits upon it.

There are both state and federal aspects to criminal law. 

Audio & Video Study Aids

1L year is busy, and it is understandable if you do not have the time to read additional study materials. Luckily, Wolters Kluwer and West Academic have some great audio and video study aids you can listen to. Here are a couple of good resources:

Subject Guides

Available online at aspenlaw.com: Glannon Guide to Criminal Law. If you are off-campus, you will have to login through the VPN first; see instructions here.

Available on Westlaw (password required): here.