For more than ninety years, Practising Law Institute (PLI) has mentored lawyers and legal professionals just starting their careers. Our founder realized that, although law school shaped his mind, he lacked the practical knowledge to succeed in his daily practice. We honor that commitment to the legal community and continue to deliver high-quality training and instruction with a focus on making every legal professional a stronger practitioner.
New Course Adoption Guides from PLI
PLI titles are frequently adopted in law school classrooms. Our new Course Adoption Kits make it easier to evaluate and integrate these titles into your courses. Each kit includes practical teaching resources, such as title overviews, sample syllabus language, learning outcomes, and other classroom-ready materials.
Sports Law: A Practical Guide to Protecting the Interests of Athletes gives students a practical understanding of how legal principles apply across collegiate and professional athletics.
Use the Sports Law Course Adoption Guide to explore teaching ideas, syllabus-ready language, and resources that can help you incorporate the title into your curriculum.
Course Adoption Guides Coming Soon
- Beyond the Courtroom: Proven Strategies from the Legal Field for Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Well-Being in the Modern Workplace
- Breaking Ground: How Successful Women Lawyers Build Thriving Practices
- Closing the Deal: A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Topics and Titles
We have identified PLI titles that will boost your studies. All are authored by leading practitioners, and are available on PLI PLUS, our online research tool. Access PLI PLUS through your library today. For citation guidance, use our citation guide here.
1L Topics
2L and 3L Topics
CIVIL PROCEDURE
• Attorney-Client Privilege Answer Book
• Electronic Discovery Deskbook
• Sinclair on Federal Civil Practice
• Supreme Court and Civil Procedure:
The Changing Landscape of Civil Litigation
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
• Advertising and Commercial Speech:
A First Amendment Guide
• Annual Supreme Court Review
CONTRACTS
• Fundamental Concepts in Drafting Contracts: What Most Attorneys Fail to Consider
• Select Concepts in Drafting Contracts: Analyzing Ambiguities and Contract Boilerplate
• Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn’t Teach You
CRIMINAL LAW
• Federal Bail and Detention Handbook
REAL PROPERTY
• Friedman and Smith on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property
• Friedman on Leases
• Manning on Estate Planning
• Stocker on Drawing Wills and Trusts
TORT
• Class Action Litigation
• Evidence in Negligence Cases
• Medical Malpractice: Discovery and Trial
• Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and
Related Problems
LEGAL WRITING
• Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyers Guide to Effective Writing and Editing
LLM Topics
- Arbitrating Commercial Disputes in the United States
- Artificial Intelligence Law
- Artificial Intelligence: Navigating Regulation, Risks, and Compliance Issues in Developing and Leveraging AI
- Compliance & Ethics Essentials
- Cross-Border M&A Tax Planning
- Data Law
- FinTech, RegTech, and the Financial Services Industry
- Hedge Fund and Private Equity Enforcement & Regulatory Developments
- Taxation of Intellectual Property Law and Practice
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
• Deskbook on Internal Investigations, Corporate Compliance, and White Collar Issues
• Directors’ and Officers’ Liability: Current Law, Recent Developments, Emerging Issues
• Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance & Disclosure Requirements
CLINICS
• Advising Nonprofit Organizations
• Advocating for Veterans: The Basics on VA Benefits, Discharge Upgrades and Veteran Cultural Competency
• Annual Immigration and Naturalization Institute
• Ethical Issues in California Pro Bono Representation
• Fragomen on Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice
• Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics
• Schwartz on Section 1983: Law and Commentary
ETHICS
• Advanced Compliance and Ethics Workshop
EVIDENCE
• Essential Trial Evidence: Brought to Life by Famous Trials, Films, and Fiction
• Expert Witness Answer Book
• How to Handle an Appeal
• Trial Handbook
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
• Copyright Law: A Practitioner’s Guide
• Federal Circuit Yearbook: Patent Law Developments in the Federal Circuit
• Kane on Trademark Law: A Practitioner’s Guide
• Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
• Trade Secrets: A Practitioner’s Guide
PRIVACY
• Advanced Data Privacy, Cybersecurity Breach and TCPA Class Action Litigation
• Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk
• Internet of Things and the Law
• Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age
PUBLIC POLICY
• Corporate Political Activities Deskbook
SECURITIES
• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: A Summary
• International Corporate Practice: A Practitioner’s Guide to Global Success
• Securities Investigations: Internal, Civil and Criminal
• Securities Law and Practice Deskbookk
TAX
• Blattmachr on Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts
• Business Taxation Deskbook: Corporations, Partnerships,
Subchapter S, and International
• Internal Revenue Service Practice and
Procedure Deskbook
• International Tax Controversies: A Practical Guide
• Langer on Practical International Tax Planning
• Tax Series Special Update: Tax Practice After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act