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This guide covers federal and general practice materials. For practice materials that focus on Arizona law, see the Arizona Practice Materials guide. If you need help finding or using practice materials, ask a librarian.
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General Form Books
- Am Jur Legal Forms
- KF170.A542 and Westlaw: AMJUR-LF
- Legal Checklists: Specially Selected Forms
- KF170.B4
- Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms, Annotated
- KF170.N533 and Westlaw: NICHOLS-LF
- West's Legal Forms
- KF 170 W47 1981 and Westlaw: WEST-LF
For forms by subject, see our guide to Legal Forms.
Federal Practice
- Federal Appellate Practice: Ninth Circuit
- This is a one-volume guide to Ninth Circuit practice and procedure.
- KF9054 9TH .F44 and Westlaw: FAPPRAC9C
- Federal Jury Practice and Instructions
- These nine volumes include step-by-step guidance on federal jury practice and instructions, civil and criminal. Includes forms.
- KF8984 .D4 and Westlaw: FED-JI
- Federal Local Court Rules
- This set has local federal district court rules, arranged alphabetically by state.
- KF8820.A193
- Federal Practice and Procedure
- Commonly known as "Wright & Miller." This multi-volume treatise is arranged by rule number in the following volumes: criminal; civil; jurisdiction and related matters; and evidence.
- KF8840 .W7 and Westlaw: FPP
- Federal Procedural Forms, Lawyers Edition
- Civil, criminal and administrative forms arranged by topic.
- KF8836 F4 and Westlaw: FEDPROF
- Federal Procedure, Lawyers Edition
- These volumes contain commentary covering civil, criminal and administrative federal procedure, arranged alphabetically by topic.
- KF8835.F43 and Westlaw: FEDPROC
- Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Ninth Circuit
- KF8984.M36
- Manual of Model Criminal Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Ninth Circuit
- KF9682.M36
- Moore's Federal Practice
- This multi-volume looseleaf set has commentary covering civil, criminal, appellate, and admiralty procedure.
- KF8820 .A313 M64 and LexisNexis: MATBEN;MOORES (civil) and MATBEN;CIPRCP (criminal)
- Nichols Cyclopedia of Federal Procedure Forms
- This is a multi-volume treatise, arranged by subject, which covers civil, criminal, and appellate procedure. It includes several volumes of forms.
- KF8840 C95
- Supreme Court Practice
- This is a one-volume guide to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
- KF9057 S8
- West's Federal Administrative Practice
- This set examines federal administrative practice and includes checklists and forms. It is arranged by topic, such as government contracts, workers' compensation, retirement planning, etc.
- KF8840 .V6 and Westlaw: WEST-FDADM
- West's Federal Forms
- This set is organized by federal rule number and has separate volumes for the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, district courts, and bankruptcy courts.
- KF8836.W473 and Westlaw: FEDFORMS
Trial Preparation
- American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms Annotated
- These are forms for complaints, motions, orders, and jury instructions, arranged alphabetically by topic.
- KF8868.1.A54 and Westlaw: AMJUR-PP
- American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts
- This set includes text and sample testimony to assist lawyers in proving facts involving specific areas of the law.
- KF8933.A41 and Westlaw: AMJUR-POF
- American Jurisprudence Trials
- This is an encyclopedic guide to techniques and tactics used in preparing and trying cases.
- KF8915.A85 and Westlaw: AMJUR-TRIALS
- Bender's Forms of Discovery
- This set has sample interrogatories arranged by topic.
- KF8900.A3 B45 and LexisNexis: MATBEN;BFDISC (interrogatories) and MATBEN;BFDIST (treatise)
- Depositions: Procedure, Strategy and Technique
- This volume addresses preparing for depositions, the deposing attorney's perspective, the defending party's perspective, and using depositions at trial.
- 8900.L57 and Westlaw: DEPOPST
- Pattern Deposition Checklists
- These four volumes includes checklists for depositions arranged by broad topic, such as medical malpractice.
- KF8900.D3 and Westlaw: PDEPC
- Pattern Discovery Series on Westlaw:
- Employment Discrimination: PDED;
- Premises Liability: PDPREML;
- Products Liability: PDPRODL;
- Motor Vehicles: PDMV;
- Motor Vehicles - DUI: PDMV-DUI; and
- Torts Actions: PDTORT.
- Shepard's Causes of Action
- This set is a series of articles that discuss causes of actions, including the steps necessary to determine whether particular facts give rise to a cause of action.
- KF1250.S53 and Westlaw: COA
Jury Instructions by Subject
- Jury Instructions on Medical Issues
- KF8984.A65 E22
- Jury Instructions on Products Liability
- KF8984.E23
- Model Jury Instructions: Business Tort Litigation
- KF8984.A65 M6
- Model Jury Instructions: Employment Litigation
- KF8984. E39
- Model Jury Instructions in Civil Antitrust Cases
- KF9066.A5 M63
- Model Jury Instructions: Patent Litigation
- KF3155.M63
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