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Incoming 0L here trying to buy EEs for the 1L year. Saw there are two ConLaw EE books. One is on national power and federalism. One is on individual freedoms.

Should I buy one or the other? Both? Any help would be appreciated!

You should wait until you see your Con Law prof's syllabus and what he covers

I didn't find either of the con law EE's to be very helpful though (I just used the libarary's copies). For EE the Chemerinsky treatise is alright but even that wasn't particularly great imo. My experience was that Con Law is one of those subjects where just reading the cases in your casebook and maybe a few other cases on the same topic will be the best way to learn it.

I think most people will tell you the Chemerinsky treatise is the best supplement for con law. I bought all the EEs before classes started and I regretted it later, because there's no big rush to buy them and you can wait and see if you even need them before doing so. Learn from my mistakes and save yourself some money if you can.

My own opinion as to the best supplements for 1L classes is as follows:

Civ pro: E&E
Torts: Didn't use a supplement
Crim law: Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law
Con law: Chemerinksy's treatise, but didn't use it much
Contracts: Farnsworth's treatise student edition
Property: Sprankling, Understanding Property Law
Contracts II (UCC): Sales and Leases E&E

I also consulted Summers & White's hornbook for the UCC (not very helpful imo, but is cited by pretty much every court you'll read for UCC stuff), and Friedenthal/Miller's Civ Pro hornbook.

Keep in mind that your library will likely have copies of all these books or something similar to them. You really aren't going to need supplements in your first few weeks or even months of 1L. Go to the library and take a look through the books and see if they're helpful before you buy them.

Personally I found Chemerinsky to be really helpful, especially for some shit my professor wasn't very clear on like Dormant Commerce Clause.

Ditch the EE and just get Chemerinsky. Also, you can probably pick it up for much cheaper from upper classmen if you wait. You likely won't have ConLaw until the spring anyways.

Chem was the way to go for me. My professor pulled lectures and cold call questions straight it of the Chem supplement.

Second the advice on Chem....great resource. read it before and after class and when you outline -- incredibly helpful.

I can see why you wanna buy EE - it's a great way to do hypos. I recommend looking at not only your school's exams but also exams from other law school.s Berkeley, Golden Gate, and a couple others have free exams and answers online. If nothing else, you get a nice fact pattern and a chance to apply what you learn. I had the Con law EE and didn't find it that helpful. The exams on the other hand, were a great resource - especially in the middle of the semester when you don't wanna waste your prof's exams but would still like some application practice.

shock259 wrote:Chem was the way to go for me. My professor pulled lectures and cold call questions straight it of the Chem supplement.

Same