LibGuides: California Practice Guides and Form Books: ADR & Civil Practice

Alternative Dispute Resolution

California Arbitration and Mediation Practice Guide: Court-Connected ADR - by John A. Toker.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KFC 1094 .T64 2003).
California Practice Guide: Alternative Dispute Resolution, by H. Warren Knight, et al. - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1093 .K55 1992).
A Litigator's Guide to Effective Use of ADR in California - by Hiro N. Aragaki, et al. - CEB.
Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1094 .P7 2005).

Civil Procedure - All Aspects

California Civil Litigation Forms Manual - CEB.
A looseleaf set of sample forms that can be photocopied. Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .A65 C34). [FORMS]
California Civil Practice. Procedure - by James R. Lambden, et al.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 995 .C322). [FORMS]
California Civil Procedure in a Nutshell, 5th ed.
Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Open Reserve KFC 995 .S56 2014).
California Forms of Pleading and Practice.
Over 50 looseleaf volumes of general forms and forms geared to highly specific fact patterns. Includes two separate volumes of blank Judicial Council forms. Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1010 .A65 C3). [FORMS]
California Procedure, 5th ed. - by B. E. Witkin & members of the Witkin Legal Institute. (Lexis Version)
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Reserve and Law Stacks KFC 995 .W52 2008).
California Procedure, 5th ed. - by B. E. Witkin & members of the Witkin Legal Institute. (Westlaw Version)
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Reserve and Law Stacks KFC 995 .W52 2008).
California Points and Authorities.
Procedure & substantive law, civil & criminal. Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1010 .C36). [FORMS]

Pretrial Procedure & Pleading

Anti-SLAPP Litigation - by Thomas R. Burke - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1012 .A6 B87).
California Affirmative Defenses - by Ann Taylor Schwing.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 995 .S38).
California Causes of Action - By Stanton T. Mathews & Kevin Lancaster
Bloomberg Law version.
California Civil Procedure Before Trial, 4th ed. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version — see "Civil Litigation" category.
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Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 995 .C34 2004). [On-campus link for California Civil Procedure Before Trial, 4th ed. - CEB.]
California Elements of an Action.
Westlaw version. Earlier edition also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1003.C355). [FORMS]
California Judges Benchbook. Civil Proceedings — Before Trial, 2d ed. - by Curtis M. Karplus & Patricia Knighten.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .C334 2008).
California Law and Motion Authorities - by Douglas R. Parker, et al. - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1012 .P37).
California Law and Motion Model Forms - by Douglas R. Parker, et al. - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1012 .A65 P372 2009). [FORMS]
California Motions - by Eric E. Younger & Donald E. Bradley.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1012 .A15 Y68).
California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial - by Ira A. Brown and Robert I. Weil - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KFC 995 .W4 1983).
California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial. Forms - by Maria P. Rivera - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 995 .W4 R58). [FORMS]
California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial: Statutes of Limitations - by William F. Rylaarsdam & Paul Turner - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KFC 995 .R95 2007).
California Pretrial Practice & Forms - by Robert F. Kane & Donald G. Rez.
Bloomberg Law version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .A15 C35).
California Subpoena Handbook - by John M. Sink.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1040.5 .S56). (Covers civil & criminal subpoenas).
California Summary Judgment - by Stephen G. Blitch, et al.
CEB Onlaw online version — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1052 .C36). [On-campus link for California Summary Judgment - Blitch, et al. - CEB.]
California Summary Judgment and Related Termination Motions - by Donna Bader - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1012 .B33 2009).
Matthew Bender Practice Guide. California Pretrial Civil Procedure.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .M384). [FORMS]
O'Connor's California Practice: Civil Pretrial
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .A15 O27). [Latest edition: 2018]

Discovery

California Civil Discovery, 2d ed. - by James E. Hogan & Gary S. Weber.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .H63 2005).
California Civil Discovery Practice, 4th ed. - by Mitchell E. Abbott, et al. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .C5 2006). [On-campus link for California Civil Discovery Practice, 4th ed. - Abbott, et al. - CEB.]
California Deposition and Discovery Practice, rev. ed. - by J. N. DeMeo.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .D43 1987). [FORMS]
California Judges Benchbook. Civil Proceedings — Discovery, 2d ed.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .C335 2012).
California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial - by Ira A. Brown and Robert I. Weil - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KFC 995 .W4 1983).
Dunne on Depositions in California - by Kevin J. Dunne.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .D86).
Hogan & Weber, California Civil Discovery
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1020 .M38 2003). [FORMS]
Matthew Bender Practice Guide: California e-Discovery and Evidence.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1021 .E42 M38). [FORMS]
Overly on Electronic Evidence in California - by Michael R. Overly.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1038 .O94).

Trial Practice & Evidence

California Courtroom Evidence - by Joseph W. Cotchett & Fulton Haight.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1030 .C6).
California Evidence, 5th ed. - by B. E. Witkin. (Lexis Version)
Lexis Version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks and Law Reserve KFC 1030 .W5 2012).
California Evidence, 5th ed. - by B. E. Witkin. (Westlaw Version)
Westlaw Version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks and Law Reserve KFC 1030 .W5 2012).
California Expert Witness Guide, 2d ed. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version — see "Civil Litigation" category. [On-campus link for California Expert Witness Guide, 2d ed. - CEB.] Law Stacks KFC1042 .K46 1991
California Judges Benchbook. Civil Proceedings — Trial, 2d ed.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1025 .C334 2010).
California Motions in Limine - by David N. Finley - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1012 .F56 2008).
California Practice Guide: Civil Trials and Evidence - by William E. Wegner, et al. - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1025 .A9 W44).
California Trial Handbook - by Richard P. Byrne, et al.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1025 .P87 1992).
California Trial Objections - by Edward J. Imwinkelried & Timothy H. Hallahan.
Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1030 .C35).
California Trial Objections - by Edwin A. Heafey, Jr. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1030 .C34). [On-campus link for California Trial Objections - by Heafey - CEB.]
California Trial Practice: Civil Procedure During Trial, 3d ed. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1025 .C33 1995). [On-campus link for California Trial Practice: Civil Procedure During Trial, 3d ed. - CEB.]
Effective Direct and Cross Examination - by William A. Brockett & John W. Keker - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version. — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1040 .B762). [On-campus link for Effective Direct and Cross Examination - Brockett & Keker - CEB.]
Effective Introduction of Evidence in California, 2d ed. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version. — see "Evidence" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1030 .E55 2000). [On-campus link for Effective Introduction of Evidence in California, 2d ed. - CEB.]
Jefferson's California Evidence Benchbook, 4th ed. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version. — see "Evidence" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1030 .J43 2009). [On-campus link for Jefferson's California Evidence Benchbook, 4th ed. - CEB.]
Matthew Bender Practice Guide. California Trial and Post-Trial Civil Procedure - by Patrick A. Cathcart, et al.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1025 .M38). [FORMS]
Overly on Electronic Evidence in California - by Michael R. Overly.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1038 .O94).
Scientific Evidence and Expert Testimony in California - by Hudson Bair, et al. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version. — see "Criminal Law" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1165 .S352). [On-campus link for Scientific Evidence and Expert Testimony in California - Bair, et al. - CEB.]
Simons California Evidence Manual - by Mark B. Simons.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1030 .A29 S57).

Appeals, Writs & Post-Trial Proceedings

California Attorney Fee Awards, 3d ed. - by Richard M. Pearl - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version. — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1051 .C34 2010). [FORMS] [On-campus link for California Attorney Fee Awards, 3d ed. - Pearl - CEB.]
California Civil Appellate Practice, 3d ed. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version. — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1075 .C32 1996). [On-campus link for California Civil Appellate Practice, 3d ed. - CEB.]
California Civil Writ Practice, 4th ed. - by Mitchell E. Abbott, et al. - CEB.
CEB Onlaw online version. — see "Civil Litigation" category. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1075 .C34 2008). [On-campus link for California Civil Writ Practice, 4th ed. - Abbott, et al. - CEB.]
California Judges Benchbook. Civil Proceedings — After Trial.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1050 .C35 2014).
California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs - by Jon B. Eisenberg, et al. - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1075 .E57 1989).
California Practice Guide: Enforcing Judgments and Debts - by Rick Schwartz & Alan M. Ahart. - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1065 .S385 1988).
Matthew Bender Practice Guide: California Civil Appeals and Writs
Lexis version.
Matthew Bender Practice Guide: California Debt Collection and Enforcement of Judgments - by William I. Goldsmith, et al.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 256 .C6 M38). [FORMS]

Class Actions

California Class Actions and Coordinated Proceedings, 2d ed.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1017 .C352).
Cohelan on California Class Actions.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 1017 .C64). [FORMS]

Judicial Council Forms

Forms Manual: California Judicial Council - CEB.
Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Reserve KFC 995 .A65 C25). [FORMS]
Judicial Council Forms - CEB.
Judicial Council Forms at no charge from AccessLaw and CEB. [FORMS]
Judicial Council Forms on the web.
(http://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm, from the official "California Courts" site. (This is the most up-to-date source. The forms are in PDF format.) [FORMS]
West’s California Judicial Council Forms.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KFC 30.5 .W41). [FORMS]