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First Year Guide

This guide summarizes the resources provided by FIU Law Library to guide new FIU Law students. Includes presentations and information provided during Orientation.

Study Aids

FIU Law Library provides study aids from West Academic, Lexis Digital Library, Wolters Kluwer, and Edward Elgar. Always use those resources as recommended by your professors.

Elgar Advanced Introductions provide foreign and international context for most legal subjects.

Lexis Digital Libraries

Lexis Digital Libraries provides ebooks for checkout through OverDrive. Popular Series include:

  • Questions & Answers
  • Understanding
  • Subject Treatises

Within the Digital Library, you can access study aids by subject or topic. You can find information on how to utilize Lexis Digital Libraries on our Study Aids webpage.

Contracts Study Aids in Lexis and Lexis Digital Libraries - Partial Selection

Mastering Contracts Law

In Lexis Digital Libraries

Murray on Contracts

In the Lexis database

West Academic Study Aids

West Academic Study Aids provides access to

  • Nutshell Series
  • Short & Happy Guides
  • Sum & Substance Audio
  • Global Issues
  • AND MUCH MORE!

Your West Academic Study Aids library provides easy filtering of titles by subject and series, those written by FIU Law faculty, as well as recommended titles for:

  • Academic Success
  • 1L Year
  • 2L, 3L and Upper Levels
  • Career Success

You can find out more about West Academic Study Aids on our Study Aids webpage.

Contracts Study Aids in West Academic - Partial selection

Wolters Kluwer Spaced Repetition

Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library - Boost Deck on SpacedRepetition.com 
Law School success depends on repetitive learning. FIU Law Library is now providing access to this library of 600+ flashcards. You will need to create an account at SpacedRepetition.com with your @fiu.edu credentials first, and then you can create and learn through Spaced Repetition.

Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aids

Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library is a classroom preparation tool for Law students. The series includes Examples and Explanations, Glannon Guides, CaseNote Legal Briefs, Emanuel Series, and Treatise Series.