Certified Paralegal Examination Suggested Study References

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1 ination Suggested Study References Before planning your preparation for the Certified Paralegal exam, be sure to review the detailed description of the sections of the Certified Paralegal examination. This is found on the NALA web site under Certification/Certified Paralegal Exam Description ( The authority for all legal terms on the is Black s Law Dictionary, 9 th Ed. (or most current), Communications Strunk, William, and White, E. B., The Elements of Style, 4th Ed. (or most current), 2000, Allyn & Bacon, a Pearson Education Company, Needham Heights, Massachusetts (Note: Strunk and White, The Elements of Style is the authority adopted by the NALA Certifying Board for the Communications section.) Hurd, Hollis, J.D., Writing for Lawyers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Amazon Edition, August, 2009, Paralegal Review Manual: A Practical Guide to CP Exam Preparation, 3rd Ed., 2011, Delmar, Cengage Delmar, Cengage Webster s New Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ed. (or most current), G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. Ethics American Bar Association, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, latest edition Cannon, Therese A., J.D., Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Legal Assistants, 2011, 6 th College Series, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Ed., Aspen Elkins, Thomas L., and Shaffer, James R., Legal Interviewing and Counseling in a Nutshell, 4th Ed. 2004, Thomson Reuters Westlaw NALA Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Delmar, Cengage NALA Model Standards and Guidelines for Utilization of Paralegals, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Page 1

2 Judgment and Analytical Ability Currier, Katherine, and Eimermann, Thomas, Ph.D., Introduction to Paralegal Studies: A Critical Thinking Approach, 4th Edition, 2009, Aspen Publishers. Delmar, Cengage Rombauer, Marjorie Dick, Legal Problem Solving: Analysis, Research & Writing, 5th Ed., 1991, Delmar, Cengage Legal Research A Uniform System of Citation, 19th Edition, Harvard Law Review Association. (Note: A Uniform System of Citation is the authority adopted by the NALA Certifying Board for the Legal Research section.) Berring, Robert C., and Edinger, Elizabeth, Berring and Edinger s Finding the Law, 12th Ed, 2005, Thomson Cohen, Morris L., and Olson, Kent, Cohen and Olson s Legal Research in a Nutshell, 10th Ed. (or most current), 2010, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Learning Shepard s Citations Service, LexisNexis, American Legal System Carper, Donald L.; Mietus, Norbert J.; Shoemaker, Thaddeus E.; and West, Bill W., Understanding the Law, 6th Ed., 2010, 2008 South-Western, Cengage Delmar, Cengage Walston-Dunham, Beth, Introduction to Law, 6 th Ed., 2012, Delmar, Cengage Page 2

3 Administrative Law Gellhorn, Ernest, and Levin, Ronald, Administrative Law and Process in a Nutshell, 5th Ed. (or most current), 2006, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Robinson, Glen; Bruff, Harol; and Gellhorn, Ernest, The Administrative Process, 4th Ed., 1993 (or most current), Thomson Reuters Westlaw; Supplement published Title 5, Chapter 6 of the U.S. Code provides information about administrative procedure; Chapter 7 discusses judicial review. The U.S. Code is on the Web in a searchable format. As of the publication date, the Web address was Bankruptcy (Note: The Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules (11 U.S.C.A.) are the authority for all questions and answers.) Frey, Martin, Introduction to Bankruptcy, 5th Ed. (or most current), 2013, Delmar, Cengage Paralegal Review Manual: A Practical Guide to CP Exam Preparation, 3 rd Ed., 2011, Delmar, Cengage Webster, Pamela; Boyer, Ric; and Lauren, David, Practical Bankruptcy Law for Paralegals, 3rd Ed. (or most current), 2004 Delmar, Cengage Business Organizations (Note: Most college business law texts have excellent materials.) Jentz, Gaylord A., and Miller, Roger, LeRoy, Business Law Today 8 th, 8 th Ed., 2009, Cengage South-Western Hamilton, Robert W., and Freer, Richard D., The Law of Corporations in a Nutshell 6 th Ed. (or most current), 2011, Thomson Moye, John E., The Law of Business Organizations, 6th Ed. (or most current), 2005, Delmar, Cengage Learning Schneeman, Angela, The Law of Corporations and Other Business Organizations, 6th Ed. (or most current), 2013, Delmar Cengage Page 3

4 Contracts (Note: Most college business law texts contain excellent materials in this area.) Frey, Martin, and Frey, Phyllis Hurley, Introduction to the Law of Contracts 4 th Ed. (or most current), 2008, Delmar, Cengage Rohwer, Claude and Skrocki, Anthony, Contracts in a Nutshell,7 th, 7th Ed. (or most current), 2010, Thomson Criminal Law Federal Criminal Code and Rules, 2012 Revised Ed., Thomson Reuters Westlaw Israel, Jerold, and LaFave, Wayne, Nutshell on Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Limitations, 7th Ed. (or most current), 2006, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Lowey, Arnold, Criminal Law in a Nutshell, 5th Ed. (or most current), 2009, Thomson Estate Planning and Probate Hower, Dennis R., and Kahn, Peter, Wills, Trusts and Estate Administration for the Paralegal, 7 th current), 2012, Delmar, Cengage Ed. (or most Family Law Krause, Harry, and Meyer, David, Family Law in a Nutshell, 5th Ed. (or most current), 2007, West Publishing Company, an International Thomson Publishing Company. Statsky, William, Family Law, 6 th Edition, 2013, Delmar, Cengage Learning Page 4

5 Statsky, William, Introduction to Paralegalism: Perspectives, Problems, and Skills, 7th Ed. (or most current), 2009, Delmar, Cengage Litigation (Note: Since court rules differ from state to state, all questions are based on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or on generally accepted practice and procedure.) Blanchard, Roderick, D., Litigation and Trial Practice, 6 th Ed. (or most current), Delmar, Cengage Federal Civil Judicial Procedure and Rules, 2012 Ed. (or most current), Thomson Reuters Westlaw (paperback). Kane, Mary Kay, Kane s Civil Procedure in a Nutshell, 7 th Ed, 2013, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Delmar, Cengage Real Estate Bernhardt, Roger, and Burkhart, Ann, Real Property in a Nutshell, 6 th, 6th Ed. (or most current), 2010, Thomson Dunn, John; Dunn, Karen; and Koerselman, Virginia, Real Estate Law Review Manual, 1 st Ed., 1997 (or most current), Delmar, Cengage Hinkel, Daniel, Essentials of Practical Real Estate Law, 6 th Ed. (or most current), 2011, Delmar, Cengage Page 5