Study Aids for Law Students

Black Letter Outlines series help law students learn the basic principles and issues on various subjects of law in an outline format. 

Most of the recent editions of Black Letter Outlines are in the reserve room in the BYU Law Library. They are available for check out for two hours to law students only. However, anyone can go into the reserve room and read them without checking them out. 

Past editions and some (older) recent editions are available in the main collection of the law library, located on the third floor. These editions can be checked out by anyone with BYU check-out privileges and can be checked out for three weeks.

1L Subjects: 

• Contracts (KF 801 .Z9 .C27 2010)
• Civil Procedure (KF 8841 .C56 2015)
• Constitutional Law (KF 4550 .B28 2010)
• Criminal Law (KF 9219.85 .D74 2019)
• Property (KF 570 .Z9 .B46 2012)
• Torts (KF 1250 .Z9 .K527 2013)

2L/3L Subjects: 

• Administrative Law (KF 5402 .W428 2013)
• Antitrust (KF 1649.85 .H63 2016)
• Bankruptcy and Related Law: Including BAPCPA (KF 1501 .Z9 .N53 2006)
• Basic Criminal Procedure (KF 9619.85 .S25 2017)
• Conflict of Laws (KF 412 .H39 2019)
• Corporate and Partnership Taxation (KF 6465 .S38 2012)
• Corporate Taxation (KF 6465 .S38 2016)
• Corporations (KF 1414.3 .H348 2014)
• Environmental Law (KF 3775 .G33 2016)
• Evidence (KF 8935 .Z9 .M84 2015)
• Family Law (KF 505 .Z9 .K68 2004)
• Federal Courts (KF 8858 .F74 2017)
• Federal Income Taxation (KF 6369.85 .H83 2018)
• Federal Wealth Transfer Taxes (KF 6585 .Y36 2018)
• International Human Rights (K 3240 .M356 2012)
• Land Transactions and Finance (KF 670 .Z9 .N44 2016)
• Partnership Taxation (KF 6452 .S38 2017)
• Payments Law (KF 827 .N53 2017)
• Professional Responsibility (KF 306 .R682 2011)
• Remedies (KF 9010 .W43 2014)
• Secured Transactions (KF 1050 .R87 2012)
• Wills, Trusts, and Future Interests (KF 753 .A984 2013)