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New Titles at SFLL

A listing of all recent San Francisco Law Library acquisitions in print and available at the library.

SFLL New Titles

The San Francisco Law Library's collection of print materials continues to grow. Keep track of our collection with this guide which highlights new additions in various subject areas:

Business Civil Procedure & Law Criminal
History Immigration Memoir
Real Estate Practice Advice Reference
Retirement Wills, Trusts & Estates General Interest

You can also search our lists by year:  Fall/Winter 2019Spring/Summer 2019 I All 20192017 I 2016

Featured Titles

Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation

Award-winning author Steve Luxenberg draws from letters, diaries, and archival collections to tell the story of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with “separate but equal,” through the eyes of the people caught up in the case. Sweeping, swiftly paced, and richly detailed, this book provides a myth-shattering narrative of how a nation embraced “separation” and its pernicious consequences. This title is also our November Book of the Month. (Fall/Winter 2019)

Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers

Award-winning legal historian Jill Norgren curates the oral histories of one hundred extraordinary American women lawyers who changed the profession of law. (Fall/Winter 2019)

The President's House: A History

A two-volume set by noted historian William Seale chronicling the both the unique continuum of the White House in American history and its human side as home to presidents and their families. Selected as the SFLL September 2019 Book of the Month. (Fall/Winter 2019)

The Introverted Lawyer

An explanation of the valuable gifts that introverted, shy, and socially anxious individuals can contribute to the legal profession, with a process for empowering lawyer voices in an authentic manner, by a lawyer and legal educator. (Spring/Summer 2019)

The California Prison and Parole Law Handbook

A comprehensive overview of the laws and policies affecting people in state prisons and on parole in California, including extensive discussion of the administrative appeals and court actions that people can use to protect their rights and to seek remedies. (Spring/Summer 2019)

John Lennon vs. the U. S. A.

Leon Wildes, the attorney for John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their 1972 deportation case, tells the story of their epic battle of wills with the Nixon Administration.