Litigation Resources

General Resources

• Practising Law Institute and ALI-ABA
• Individual State > CLE Materials: Library (in print) and LexisNexis: Legal > Secondary Legal > CLE Materials
• Westlaw: All Databases > Forms, Treatises, CLEs and Other Practice Material > Practice Guides and CLE Materials
• Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE): Library, Reserve Room and Stacks at Call No. XXKFI and IICLE Smartbooks

• American Jurisprudence Trials: Library, Call No. XXKF8915.A74 and Westlaw: AMJUR-TRIALS database
• American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts (POF): Library, Call No. XXKF8933.A42 1988 and Westlaw: AMJUR-POF database
• Causes of Action (COA, COA 2d): Westlaw: COA database

Rules of Practice

GENERAL RULES

• Consult statutory code volumes/appendices
• U.S Courts - Federal Rulemaking: http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Title 28 of the U.S.C.: http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Title 18 of the U.S.C.: http:// www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp
• Federal Rules of Evidence, Title 28 of the U.S.C.: http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre
• Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Title 28 of the U.S.C.: http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/printers/110th/appel2007.pdf
• United States Supreme Court Rules, Title 28 of the U.S.C.: http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct
• Westlaw: US-RULES database
• LexisNexis: Legal > Federal Legal > U.S. > United States Code Service (USCS) Materials > USCS - Federal Rules Annotated

LOCAL RULES

• Federal Local Court Rules: Library, Call no. XXKF8820.A2 1995, Reserves
• Directory of Federal Court Guidelines: Library, Call no. XXKF8816.D57, Reference
• LLRX.COM 's Court Rules, Forms Dockets: http://www.llrx.com/courtrules
• U.S. Court ... Local Court Rules: http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules8.html
• LexisNexis: Legal > Federal Legal - U.S.>Court Rules
• Westlaw: All Databases > U.S. Federal Materials > Court Rules & Orders > Local Federal Court Rules by State

TREATISES

• Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright & Miller): Library, Call No. XXKF8840.W68, Reserves and Westlaw: FPP database
• Moore's Federal Practice: Library, Call No. XXKF8820.A313.M632, Reserves and LexisNexis: Legal > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender(R) > By Area of Law > Federal Practice
• Weinstein's Federal Evidence, 2d edition: Library, Call No. XXKF8935.W392, Reserve room and LexisNexis: Legal > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender(R) > By Area of Law > Federal Practice > Weinstein's Federal Evidence

Forms Resources

• American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms: Library, Call No. XXKF8868.1.A44 and Westlaw: AMJUR-PP database
• Federal Procedural Forms: Library, Call No. XXKF8836.F4 and Westlaw: FEDPROF database
• West's Illinois Forms: Library, Call No.XXKFI1268.W4701988 and Westlaw: IL-FORMS database
• Illinois Civil Practice Forms: Library, Call No. XXKFI1730.A65C55 and Westlaw: IL-CIVPRAC database
• Westlaw: Directory > Forms, Treatises, CLEs and Other Practice Material > Forms
• LexisNexis Total Litigator
• Findlaw Forms: http://forms.lp.findlaw.com/
• ILRG Forms: http://www.ilrg.com/forms/

Court Dockets

• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts - Court Links: http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/index.html
• PACER - information page: https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
• CM/ECF (Case Management Electronic Case Files) System for the Northern District of Illinois: http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/PUBLIC/Dkt_Info/docket_sheets_new.cfm
• LexisNexis CourtLink
• Westlaw Pro Dockets

Briefs and Motions

• LexisNexis: Legal > Briefs, Motions, Pleadings, and Verdicts or in folders for your jurisdiction (state or federal)
• Westlaw: All Databases > Litigation > Motions or Briefs
• U.S. Supreme Court Briefs and Records, see the D'Angelo Law Library Research Guide for the Supreme Court at http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/supreme.html
• Also see Court Dockets above

Jury Instructions

• O'Malley, et al., Federal Jury Practice and Instructions (formerly Devitt & Blackmar): Library, Call No. XXKF8984.D4 2000, 5th floor stacks and Westlaw: FED-JI database
• Sand, Modern Federal Jury Instructions: Library, Call No. XXKF8717.M6 1984, Reserves and LexisNexis: Legal > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender(R) > By Area of Law > Federal Practice > Modern Federal Jury Instructions
• Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions (IPI): Civil: Library, Call No. XXKFI1783.A65I45, 4th floor stacks: Criminal: Library, Call No. XXKFI1783.A65I552 1992, 4th floor stacks
• Westlaw: All Databases > Litigation > Jury Instructions > Pattern Jury Instructions
• LexisNexis: Legal > Briefs, Motions, Pleadings, and Verdicts or in folders for your jurisdiction (state or federal)