Study Aids: Study Aids!

Why use study aids?

Study aids can help you prepare for class and exams—review and reinforce class instruction, complement and elucidate your readings, support your class preparation, and outlining. Ask professors if they have any specific recommendations. (For sample exams from prior Berkeley Law semesters, you can also check the Library's exam database.)

Who can use Law Library study aids (and how/where do I access them)?

The online products covered in this guide are accessible via proxy/VPN access for Berkeley Law affiliates and/or with individual registration (some are also available to Law Library visitors without individual registration via library computing terminals).

• See Subscription Info for content highlights about each of the online platforms sponsored by the Law Library, and access/registration information.
• A few materials (especially Overview and In Depth Materials) are also available in print (generally in the Reserve Collection, available on a 4-hour loan basis).

Publishers offer study aids for various tasks/modes of study, covering many 1L and upper level topics, and in formats for different user preferences. The rest of this guide offers tips for exploring the study aids available via Law Library collections and subscriptions ...

for 1L Courses

• Specific study aids from the various types, brands, and formats carried by the Law Library, for each 1L required course topics

by Topic

• Tips on finding other topical study aids for upper level and LLM courses

by Type (for different study tasks, phases, and styles)

• Starting out? Pushing through? In the crunch? How study aids can fit your needs

Audio & Video and other formats

• Several Law Library subscriptions include streaming audio and video content

Law Library Catalog:

Books + Articles