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General & Federal Practice Guides

Guide books and form books available at Zief Law Library that deal with federal law topics and non-state-specific state-law topics.

Alternative Dispute Resoultion

Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Nutshell, 4th ed. - by Jacqueline M. Nolan-Haley.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 9084 .N65 2013).
Alternative Dispute Resolution, 3d ed. - by Jay E. Grenig.
Westlaw version. Zief Library location KF9084 .w36 2016 Law Open Reserve
American Arbitration Association Handbook on Employment Arbitration and ADR - edited by Thomas E. Carbonneau, et al.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 3455 .H36 2007).
American Arbitration Association Handbook on Labor Arbitration - edited by Thomas E. Carbonneau, et al.
Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KF 3424 .H36 2007).
Arbitration in a Nutshell, 5th ed. - by Thomas E. Carbonneau.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF9085 .C36 2021).
Art of Advocacy: Settlement - by Henry G. Miller, et al.
Lexis version.
Commercial Arbitration, 3d ed. - by Thomas Oehmke & Joan M. Brovins.
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
Corporate Counsel's Guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques
Westlaw version.
Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration, 3d ed. - edited by Norman Brand, et al.
Bloomberg Law version. Also available in print: (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KF 3424 .D57 2015).
Domke on Commercial Arbitration, 3d ed. - by Martin Domke, et al.
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
How Arbitration Works, 8th ed. - by Frank Elkouri, et al.
Bloomberg Law version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 3424 .E53 2016).
How to Prepare and Present a Labor Arbitration Case
Bloomberg Law version.
Labor Arbitration: A Practical Guide for Advocates
Bloomberg Law version.
Legal Negotiation in a Nutshell, 3d ed. - by Larry L. Teply.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 9084 .T47 2016).
Mediation: Law, Policy, & Practice
Westlaw version.
The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, 3d ed. - by Margaret L. Moses.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks K 2400 .M65 2017).
Securities Arbitration Procedure Manual, 5th ed. - by David E. Robbins.
Lexis version. [FORMS]
Winning Arbitration Advocacy - by Marvin Hill, et al.
Bloomberg Law version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 9085 .H463 1997).

Civil Procedure - All Aspects

Civil Procedure in a Nutshell, 8th ed. - by Mary Kay Kane.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8841 .K36 2018).
Civil Procedure, 6th ed. - by Jack H. Friedenthal, et al.
Student hornbook; available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8840 .F72 2021).
Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright & Miller) - by Charles Alan Wright, et al.
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
Federal Procedure. Lawyers Edition.
Westlaw version.
Law of Federal Courts, 8th ed. - by Charles Alan Wright & Mary Kay Kane.
Student hornbook; available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8840 .W7 2017).
Moore’s Federal Practice, 3d ed. - Civil. - edited by Daniel R. Coquillette, et al.
Lexis version.

Pre-Trial and Trial Civil Practice

See also the Discovery and Evidence boxes on this page.

Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, 3d ed. - edited by Robert L. Haig, et al.
Westlaw version.
California Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial, by William W. Schwarzer, et al.
Westlaw version. Also available in print. (Zief Library location: KF 8900 .S35 Open Reserve). [FORMS]
Defense of Drunk Driving Cases: Criminal - Civil - by Richard E. Erwin, et al.
Lexis version.
Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial, California & Ninth Circuit Edition
Westlaw version. ( Rutter Group Practice Guide.)
Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial - National Edition - by William W. Schwarzer, et al.
Westlaw version. ( Rutter Group Practice Guide.)
Federal Civil Trials and Evidence - by Robert E. Jones, et al. - Rutter Group.
Westlaw version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8935 .F432 1999).
Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright & Miller) - by Charles Alan Wright, et al.
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
Matthew Bender Practice Guide: Federal Pretrial Civil Procedure in California
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8900 .M376) [FORMS]
Newberg on Class Actions, 4th and 5th eds. - by William B. Rubenstein, et al.
Westlaw version.
Sanctions: The Federal Law of Litigation Abuse, 5th ed. - by Gregory P. Joseph
Lexis version.
The Wagstaffe Group Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial
Lexis version.

Discovery

See also the Pre-Trial and Trial Civil Practice box on this page.

Arkfeld on Electronic Discovery and Evidence
Lexis version.
Arkfeld's Best Practices Guide for Electronic Discovery and Evidence
Lexis version
Bender's Forms of Discovery Interrogatories (Volumes 1 to 10A)
Lexis version. [FORMS]
Bender's Forms of Discovery Treatise (Volumes 11-17)
Covers depositions, production and inspection of documents, and requests for admissions. Lexis version. [FORMS]
eDiscovery & Digital Evidence
Westlaw version.
Electronic Discovery
Lexis version. [FORMS]
Discovery Practice
Westlaw version.
Discovery Proceedings in Federal Court
Westlaw version.
Handbook of Federal Civil Discovery & Disclosure
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
Pattern Deposition Checklists
Westlaw version.
Pattern Discovery: Employment Discrimination
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
Written and Electronic Discovery: Theory and Practice (NITA)
Lexis version.
Moore's AnswerGuide: Federal Discovery Practice
Lexis version.

Evidence

Courtroom Criminal Evidence - by Edward J. Imwinkelried, et al.
Lexis version.
Evidence in Trials at Common Law, 4th rev ed. - by John Henry Wigmore, et al.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 8935 .W58 1961).
Evidence Law, 5th ed. - by Roger Park, et al.
Student hornbook; available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8935 .P368 2022).
Evidence: Practice Under the Rules, 5th ed. - by Christopher B. Mueller, et al.
Available in print (Zief Law location: Law Stacks KF 8935 .M845 2018).
Federal Evidence, 4th ed. - by Christopher B. Mueller & Laird C. Kirkpatrick.
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright & Miller) - by Charles Alan Wright, et al.
Westlaw version. Includes an extensive section on "Federal Rules of Evidence."
Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell, 11th ed. - by Michael H. Graham.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8935 .Z9 G7 2021).
Handbook of Federal Evidence, 7th ed. - by Michael H. Graham.
Westlaw version.
Intoxication Test Evidence, 2d ed. - by Edward F. Fitzgerald.
Westlaw version. [FORMS]
Jones on Evidence: Civil & Criminal, 7th ed. - by Clifford S. Fischman, et al.
Westlaw version.
McCormick on Evidence, 8th ed. - edited by Kenneth S. Broun, et al.
Westlaw version of "Practitioner Treatise." Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8935 .M29 2020).
Modern Scientific Evidence: The Law and Science of Expert Testimony - by David L. Faigman, et al.
Westlaw version.
New Wigmore : A Treatise on Evidence: Impeachment and Rehabilitation - by Roger Park & Tom Lininger.
Westlaw version.
New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Evidence of Other Misconduct and Similar Events - by David P. Leonard.
Westlaw version.
New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Evidentiary Privileges - by Edward J. Imwinkelried.
Westlaw version.
New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Expert Evidence - by David H. Kaye, et al.
Westlaw version.
New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Selected Rules of Limited Admissibility - by David P. Leonard.
Westlaw version.
Scientific Evidence - by Paul C. Giannelli, et al.
Lexis version.
Weinstein’s Evidence Manual - by Jack B. Weinstein & Margaret A. Berger.
Lexis version.
Weinstein’s Federal Evidence - edited by Mark S. Brodin.
Lexis version.
Weissenberger’s Federal Evidence - by Glen Weissenberger & James J. Duane.
Lexis version.
Wharton’s Criminal Evidence, 15th ed. - by Barbara E. Bergman, et al.
Westlaw edition.

Appeals

Art of Advocacy: Appeals - by Marshal Houts, et al.
Lexis version.
Brief Writing & Oral Argument, 9th ed. - by Edward Domenic Re & Joseph R. Re.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 251 .R4 2005.
Federal Appeals: Jurisdiction and Practice - by Eric J. Magnuson & David F. Herr.
Westlaw version.
Federal Appellate Practice, 3d ed. - edited by Brian D. Netter
Bloomberg Law version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF9050 .F43 2018
Federal Court of Appeals Manual, 6th ed. - by David G. Knibb.
Westlaw version.
Federal Ninth Circuit Civil Appellate Practice
Westlaw version.
Federal Standards of Review, 4th ed. - by Steven Alan Childress & Martha S. Davis.
Lexis version. Also available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 9050 .C48 2010).
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges - by Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Reserve KF 8870 .S28 2008).
Professional Judgment on Appeal: Bringing and Opposing Appeals, 2d ed. - by Steven Wisotsky.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 9050 .W57 2009).
The Question Presented: Model Appellate Briefs - by Maria L. Ciampi & William H. Manz.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Stacks KF 251 .C53 2007).
Supreme Court Practice, 10th ed. - by Stephen M. Shapiro et al.
Bloomberg Law version. Also available in print. (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 9057 .S8 2013). [FORMS]
The Winning Oral Argument: Enduring Principles with Supporting Comments from the Literature, 2d ed. - by Bryan A. Garner.
Available in print (Zief Library location: Law Open Reserve KF 8870 .G37 2009).

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