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Nonprofit Law Made Easy

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I was searching for a text book for a class on nonprofit law for nonlawyers, and chose this after reviewing several other groups of materials. Hopkins is concise, to the point, and accurate. His style is easy to comprehend. The nicest thing is that it is a cost effective alternative to the $200 hornbook, which most of my students would never look at again. There are a few topics I wish he had covered more in depth, but then, that would have required a much thicker book!

Though this is a good book, it is clear the author is used to writing for an audience of lawyers. A lot of space is taken up fleshing out additional aspects or history of the law that are really of no concern to the reader. The writing is rather convoluted, continuously referring back and forth around the book, so the reader is practically forced to draw a map in order to keep track of it all. Finally, many somewhat confusing topics are glossed over like a bad software help file where the author offers no more information than what is available on the form being described.

Again, the book is much more thorough than other similar books intended for a lay audience, including those from Nolo Press. However, the reader must be prepared to take notes and "study" the book rather than simply read through it.