Law Resources

This page includes lists of open textbooks, casebooks, and media relevant to law students and faculty.

Journals

CALI Legal Textbooks CALI Legal Textbooks provides access to over 60 peer-reviewed and Creative Commons licensed casebooks
Directory of Open Access Books – Law The Directory of Open Access Books hosts 1345 law books.
Milne Open Textbooks – Law Milne Open Textbooks provides access to Law 101: Fundamentals of Law and An Introduction to Labor and Employment Law.
OER Commons – Law Textbooks and Full Courses OER Commons has 204 law textbooks and course materials.
Open Casebooks | H20 H20 Casebooks is an online database of digital casebooks built and maintained by Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab. H20 Casebooks provides free access to over 400 casebooks and over 8,000 legal documents.
Open Textbook Library Open Textbook Library is an online OER repository that houses over 90 law textbooks and casebooks.
Pressbooks Directory – Legal Resources Pressbooks Directory houses 75 free and open legal textbooks and casebooks.

CALI Online Learning Offers over 1,000 computer-based legal tutorials for use by law students on a wide variety of topics. Lesson topics are divided into 1L and 2L/3L topics.
Law Review Commons Law Review Commons is “the largest collection of free and open law review scholarship” online. Users can view law reviews from legal institutions from across the United States.
Merlot – Open Education Materials – Law Merlot provides access to 871 OER for the legal field.
Teaching Commons – Law Course Materials Teaching Commons provides free and open teaching materials, including casebooks, manuals, syllabi, and other course materials.

Asian Americans and U.S. Law – H20 Casebooks Published January 2023.
Ball/Oberman Crim Law Casebook (Fourth Edition) – H20 Casebooks Published in August 2024 and updated September 2024. Includes embedded teaching notes.
Business Law I Essentials Business Law I Essentials is an OER textbook published on the OpenStax platform, hosted by Rice University. Published in 2019 and updated in 2023.
Civil Procedure – H20 Casebooks Published in 2022 and updated in January 2023.
Constitutional Law – H20 Casebooks Published January 2022 and updated Nov 2023.
Evidence Fall 2024 First published Aug 2022 and updated Sep 2024. Includes syllabus, cases, and assignments.
Property Law – H20 Casebooks Published in November 2020.
Sales and Leases: A Problem-based Approach – CALI Published July 2023 and includes Teacher’s Manual.
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination – CALI
Sources of American Law: An Introduction to Legal Research – CALI
Technology, Human Rights, and Cybersecurity – H20 Casebooks Published in September 2022.
Torts! – H20 Casebooks Published in January 2021.
U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals – CALI 10th edition – 2023
Wetlands Law: A Course Source 4th edition – revised, 2021.

Directory of Open Access Books The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a searchable database of free, open access books covering a variety of academic topics.
Mason OER Metafinder Provides access to federated search of materials from 20+ databases.
Milne Open Textbooks“Milne Library Publishing at SUNY Geneseo manages and maintains Milne Open Textbooks, a catalog of open textbooks authored and peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty and staff.”
OER Commons “OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.”
Open Textbook Library “Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost. Now offering 1235 open textbooks, the Open Textbook Library is supported by the Open Education Network.“
Pressbooks Directory “Pressbooks Directory provides an index of 5,227 books published across 152 Pressbooks networks.”