Law Library Research Guide:
Litigation

Reference:

• Martindale Hubbell Law Directory and Digest. Range 113 Law Library First Floor.
  
• Restatements of the Law: Agency, Conflict of Laws ... American Law Institute. Range 107 Law Library First Floor.
  

General Litigation and Trial Practice Materials:

Listed below are some examples of the Law Library's titles on litigation for others use the GMU Library Catalog.

• American Jurisprudence Trials: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Modern Practices, Techniques and Tactics Used in Preparing and Trying Cases, with Model Programs for the Handling of All Types of Litigation. Range 107, Law Library First Floor. A set of more than 100 volumes containing all aspects of litigating cases including "Model Trials" on litigating specific types of cases. Kept up-to-date by pocket parts.
• American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, 3rd Series. Another large multi-volume series, containing "Text and sample testimony to assist in proving contested facts". Range 107, Law Library First Floor. Kept up-to-date by pocket parts.
• Bender's Forms of Discovery. KF8900 .A3 B4. Law Library Third Floor.
• Federal Practice and Procedure, by Wright and Miller KF8840 .W66. Third Floor.
• Forms see Law Library Research Guide: Forms and Drafting Resources.
  
• The How-to-Win Trial Manual: Winning Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell, by Ralph Adam Fine. KF8915 .F54 2005, Third Floor
• McElhaney's Trial Notebook,by James W. McElhaney. KF8915.Z9 M25 2005, Third Floor.
• Moore’s Federal Practice, by James Wm. Moore. KF8820 .A313 M63. Third Floor.
• Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell, by Paul Bergman. KF8915.Z9 B47 2006. RESERVE First Floor.
• Trial and Practice Skills in a Nutshell, by Kenney F. Hegland. KF8915.Z9 H43 2002. RESERVE First Floor.
• Trial Techniques, by Thomas A. Mauet. KF8915 .M38 2002,  A basic guide to trial practice. Third Floor.
  

Court Rules and Jury Instructions:

• Federal Local Court Rules. KF8816 .A2. Reserve First Floor.
• Modern Federal Jury Instructions, by Leonard B. Sand. KF9682 .A65 M64 Third Floor.
• United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A) West. First Floor Range 101. Federal Rules: Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, and Evidence, Title 28 and Criminal Procedure Title 18.
• Virginia Court Rules, Code of Virginia Vol. 11 and Virginia Rules Annotated First Floor Range 121 and Virginia Second Floor.
• Virginia Model Jury Instructions. KFV2983 .A65 M5. Reserve First Floor and Virginia Second Floor.

Virginia Litigation and CLE (Continuting Legal Education)

• See Law Library Research Guide: Virginia Legal Materials.
  
• Civil Discovery, by Jeffery Kinsler part of the Virginia Practice Series. KFV2937 .C59. Virginia Second Floor.
• Virginia CLE Virginia Law Foundation (white binders Virginia Section Second Floor) has course material with litigation and practice information and forms on topics like Community Associations, Family Law, Employment Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents, and other litigation topics.

Journals and Databases:

• Andrews Combination database containing documents from all the litigation resources from Andrews Publications currently on Westlaw. Andrews reporters cover the latest developments in selected areas of litigation. Coverage varies by publication. Westlaw
• BNA Litigation Databases :
  • Class Action Litigation Report
  • Criminal Law Reporter
  • Digital Discovery & e-Evidence
  • Expert Evidence Report
  • Family Law Reporter - Current Reports
  • Product Liability Daily
  • Product Safety & Liability Reporter - Current Reports
  • United States Law Week
  • White Collar Crime
• Index to Legal Periodicals and Books — Electronic database provides indexing of legal periodicals and books from 1908, full-text for more recent articles.
• American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 1 (1977) - present. Shelved in Bound Journals, Law Library Third Floor; recent volumes in Unbound Journals, First Floor. Also available online via HeinOnline.
• Litigation, Vol. 1 (1975) - present. Published by the ABA, Section of Litigation. Shelved in Bound Journals,Law Library Third Floor; recent volumes in Unbound Journals, 1st floor. Also available online via HeinOnline.
• Mealey Publications is a publisher of legal newsletters targeted at attorneys and other professionals in the areas of litigation and arbitration. Available on Lexis.

Records and Briefs:

• Available in print, microfiche and via electronic databases - Westlaw and Lexis for Law School only.
• United States Court of Appeals microfiche for the Federal Circuit 1990- and the Fourth Circuit 1985-
• United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs 1832-1978 Features a fully searchable database of approximately 150,000 Supreme Court cases from the generation before the American Civil War to the decade of the Vietnam War and Watergate. Document types include Appellant's Brief, Appellee's Brief, Oral Transcript, Petition, Petition for Rehearing, Petition for Writ of Certiorari, among other sources.
• Virginia Supreme Court Records and Briefs HeinOnline (for digital Virginia Supreme Court briefs). Virginia Supreme Court Records and Briefs are available on the Law School Second Floor in the Virginia Section and in the Law School Archives.