Civil Procedure
This library guide seeks to assist first-year law students in Civil Procedure at NSU Shepard Broad College of Law.
Civil Procedure Library Guide
This Civil Procedure Library Guide seeks to help J.D. students in mastering course material by offering links to selected civil procedure resources. These resources include, but are not limited to, case briefs, outlines, study aids, multimedia resources, practice multiple-choice questions and answers, and practice essay questions and answers.
Civil Procedure Content
Black's Law Dictionary
For a definition of civil procedure, please click here.
To search for a definition in Black's Law Dictionary on Westlaw, please click here.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are available on the United States Courts website here and LexisNexis here.
West Academic
These class preparation resources below provide case briefs keyed to specific casebooks.
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High Court Case Summaries on Civil Procedure (Keyed to Subrin, Minow, Brodin, Main, and Lahav, 6th ed.)
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This title contains briefs for each major case in Subrin's casebook on Civil Procedure. These briefs will help you identify, understand, and absorb the core knowledge points from each case. They are followed by legal analysis, providing contextual background about each case, and connecting the case to the broader concepts developed throughout the casebook. This title also supplies case vocabulary, with definitions of new or unusual legal words found throughout the cases.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636594897Publication Date: September 24, 2021 -
High Court Case Summaries on Civil Procedure (Keyed to Glannon, Perlman, and Raven-Hansen, 4th ed.)
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This title contains briefs for each major case in Glannon's casebook on Civil Procedure. These briefs will help you identify, understand, and absorb the core knowledge points from each case. They are followed by legal analysis, providing contextual background about each case, and connecting the case to the broader concepts developed throughout the casebook. This title also supplies case vocabulary, with definitions of new or unusual legal words found throughout the cases.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636594774Publication Date: August 25, 2021 -
High Court Case Summaries on Civil Procedure (Keyed to Marcus, Redish, Pfander, and Zambrano, 8th ed.)
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This title contains briefs for each major case in Marcus, Redish, Pfander, and Zambrano's casebook on Civil Procedure. The briefs will help readers identify, understand, and absorb the core knowledge points from each case. They are followed by legal analysis, providing contextual background about each case, and connecting the case to the broader concepts developed throughout the book. This title also supplies case vocabulary, with definitions of new or unusual legal words found throughout the cases.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798892099165Publication Date: April 30, 2025 -
High Court Case Summaries on Civil Procedure (Keyed to Friedenthal, Miller, Sexton, Hershkoff, Steinman, and McKenzie, 13th ed.)
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This title contains briefs for each major case in Friedenthal, Miller, Sexton, Hershkoff, Steinman, and McKenzie's casebook on Civil Procedure. The briefs will help readers identify, understand, and absorb the core knowledge points from each case. They are followed by legal analysis, providing contextual background about each case, and connecting the case to the broader concepts developed throughout the book. This title also supplies case vocabulary, with definitions of new or unusual legal words found throughout the cases.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781685614799Publication Date: September 14, 2022 -
Civil Procedure Cold Call Companion by The day has arrived and your name rings out in class. This is it. The cold call. What might your professor ask? Did you understand the case? Did you miss anything important? Are you prepared? BARBRI & West Academic’s Cold Call Companion provides you with resources to critically analyze and brief a case, distill the main points of law, prepare for the kinds of questions professors may ask in class, and so much more. Included in each Cold Call Companion are: Animated case brief videos that bring the facts to life; A written case brief; Advice for prepping for class discussion; Contextual materials to offer additional color and background; Test Yourself questions; and Carefully curated sets of additional study materials to expand your knowledge of important concepts. Confidently prepare for and engage in classroom discussion, and easily navigate to the best and more relevant study aids – right when you need them! Cold Call Companion is your essential prep for class.Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: August 5, 2024
Aspen Learning Library
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Casenote Legal Briefs for Civil Procedure, Keyed to Yeazell, Schwartz, and Carroll's, 11th ed.
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After your casebook, a Casenote Legal Brief is your most important reference source for the entire semester. Expert case studies and analyses and quicknote definitions of legal terms help you prepare for class discussion.
Here is why you need Casenote Legal Briefs to help you understand cases in your most difficult courses:
Each Casenote includes expert case summaries, which include the black letter law, facts, majority opinion, concurrences, and dissents, as well as analysis of the case.
There is a Casenote for you! With dozens of Casenote Legal Briefs, you can find the Casenote to work with your assigned casebook and give you the extra understanding of all cases
Casenotes in 1L subjects include a Quick Course Outline to help you understand the relationships between course topics.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543850604Publication Date: March 30, 2023 -
Casenote Legal Briefs for Civil Procedure, Keyed to Friedenthal, Miller, Sexton, and Hershkoff, 13th ed.
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After your casebook, a Casenote Legal Brief is your most important reference source for the entire semester. Expert case studies and analyses and quicknote definitions of legal terms help you prepare for class discussion.
Here is why you need Casenote Legal Briefs to help you understand cases in your most difficult courses:
Each Casenote includes expert case summaries, which include the black letter law, facts, majority opinion, concurrences, and dissents, as well as analysis of the case.
There is a Casenote for you! With dozens of Casenote Legal Briefs, you can find the Casenote to work with your assigned casebook and give you the extra understanding of all cases
Casenotes in 1L subjects include a Quick Course Outline to help you understand the relationships between course topics.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798886143508Publication Date: March 26, 2023
Quimbee
Please click here to find case briefs keyed to specific casebooks.
LexisNexis
Please click here for a case brief bank.
West Academic Study Aids
These study aids below are intended to provide content about Civil Procedure.
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Acing Civil Procedure, 6th ed.
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Moving beyond the outline format used by most students, this book uses a checklist format to lead students through the questions they need to ask and answer to fully analyze the legal questions they are trying to resolve. It assembles the different issues, presenting a clear guide to procedural analysis that students can draw upon when writing their exams. Other study aids provide sample problems, but this book offers a systematic approach to problem solving.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798887861272Publication Date: January 11, 2024 -
A Short and Happy Guide to Civil Procedure
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Of the first-year subjects, Civil Procedure is the most foreign to students’ experience. This book unlocks Civil Procedure by explaining doctrine and rules and placing them in context – explaining the role of each and how each doctrine relates to the others. It includes a chapter on how law school differs from college and what that means for class- and exam-preparation. It provides concrete analytical frameworks for resolving exam questions. And throughout, scores of examples allow you to apply the law to fact patterns.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781685611873Publication Date: June 1, 2022 -
Sum and Substance Quick Review on Civil Procedure
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of civil procedure, convenient for class or exam preparation. It provides clear and concise explanations of legal concepts and terms, along with exam hints, strategies, mnemonics, charts, tables, and study tips. It includes self-testing and diagnostic review questions and case squibs, which are capsule summaries of significant cases identifying important facts, primary issues, and relevant law. It also provides a casebook table, which keys to relevant pages of leading casebooks, and numerous essay and multiple-choice questions with model answers and detailed explanations. A study guide offers suggestions for the critical hours before an exam.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780314191175Publication Date: July 9, 2008 -
Civil Procedure in a Nutshell
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Rules of civil procedure govern everything that happens outside of criminal proceedings. This Nutshell provides a road map to navigating civil procedure rules and helps build a foundation for understanding the overall picture. Topics discussed include: jurisdiction, venue, and other court-selection issues; pleading, discovery, summary judgment, and other pretrial matters; adjudication, judgments, and appeals; multi-party/multi-claim proceedings, including class actions and multidistrict litigation; plus standing, the Erie doctrine, arbitration, and other important procedural issues. The new edition covers all the subjects dealt with in today's civil procedure courses, whether four or five or six hours in length.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781685610142Publication Date: August 8, 2022 -
Federal Civil Jurisdiction in a Nutshell
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Now current up to 2018, the second edition of this one-volume text presents a clear and concise overview of one of the most challenging topics covered in a standard 1L civil procedure course: subject matter jurisdiction of federal courts. Whether you are grappling with the Court’s recent Spokeo opinion or the classic Osborn decision, you’ll find this book engaging. Written by an award-winning classroom professor, this updated Nutshell makes extensive use of diagrams and flowcharts, while using scores of examples and hypotheticals, to illustrate key concepts. The book is targeted especially to students studying civil procedure, but it will also be of value for students in other courses covering topics such as federal courts, complex litigation, and civil rights. In addition, this volume will provide practitioners with a quick, clear refresher on the basics of federal civil jurisdiction.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781640206816Publication Date: March 27, 2019 -
Civil Procedure Summary, a Student's Guide
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This short book summarizes the law of federal civil procedure. It uses diagrams and charts to provide a fresh look at civil procedure concepts. It will help the first-year law student grasp civil procedure principles, fill gaps in the practitioners’ knowledge, and provide a quick-start tool for civil procedure research. The author is a law professor and experienced practitioner who teaches civil procedure at Tulane Law School.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798892097918Publication Date: August 5, 2024 -
Federal Civil Procedure Logic Maps
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This thorough, full-color, easy-to-follow set of logic maps guides users visually through the structure and nuances of federal civil procedure—including the function and operation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, personal jurisdiction, federal subject-matter jurisdiction with removal/remand, federal venue, justiciability, the Erie doctrine, and claim and issue preclusion (res judicata and collateral estoppel). Using graphical and color cues, these logic maps provide readers with a linear, methodical orientation to connections between essential concepts in federal civil practice. Supports any civil procedure casebook or coursebook. An invaluable resource for learning federal civil procedure, preparing for a bar exam, or seeking reorientations as a new practitioner.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636595757Publication Date: October 26, 2022
LexisNexis Digital Library
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Mastering Civil Procedure, 2nd ed.
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Mastering Civil Procedure provides a thorough and practical guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as well as related doctrines, including personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and claim and issue preclusion. Not only does the book provide a concise and clear road map to civil procedure, it is designed to complement leading civil procedure case books by discussing many of the principal cases from those books. The book benefits from having been written by a civil procedure professor who, prior to teaching, litigated civil lawsuits in federal courts for 14 years with both large and small law firms.This updated edition not only addresses all of the latest amendments to the rules and updates to most major casebooks, but has also been expanded to include numerous flowcharts and other visual aids to help readers master civil procedure.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781594608087Publication Date: May 25, 2016 -
Understanding Civil Procedure, 7th ed.
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This well-established treatise is premised on the assumption that the key to understanding the principles of civil procedure is to know why: why the principles were created and why they are invoked. The treatise is written to answer these questions as it lays out the basic principles of civil procedure. It also reflects the authors' belief that students of civil procedure can understand and appreciate complex principles when they are clearly presented; teaching civil procedure does not require dumbing it down.
The authors use the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a model, but they also refer to different state rules and doctrines where appropriate in order to present a representative cross-section of state models. Although they discuss important civil procedure cases in the text, thus supporting the most widely used civil procedure casebooks using these same cases, they also provide useful references to secondary sources and illustrative cases for the reader who wants to explore further. Finally, they also treat thoroughly the most recent developments in personal jurisdiction and electronic discovery, among the most dynamic topics in modern procedure.
The resulting treatise will be useful to law students as a supplement to their civil procedure coursework, and to practitioners as a quick reference and refresher to procedural issues that arise in litigation.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781531025748Publication Date: April 12, 2024
Aspen Learning Library
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Examples and Explanations for Civil Procedure, 9th ed.
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With this ninth edition of Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations, Joseph Glannon’s uniquely entertaining style teaches and engages students in all aspects of the first-year Civil Procedure course.
Accessible introductions and explanations combine with a proven pedagogy in the popular Examples & Explanations format that is effective for learning and applying the fundamental concepts and rules covered in the Civil Procedure course.
New to the Ninth Edition:
A chapter that covers the full range of proper bases for personal jurisdiction
The new chapter includes discussion and examples applying the new approach to specific in personal jurisdiction recognized by the Supreme Court in Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eight Judicial District Court, decided in 2021
Updated case references
Updated citations
Incorporation of new rule changes
Professors and students will benefit from:
Glannon’s excellent reputation as best-selling author of his Civil Procedure E&E, his Torts E&E, and the first book in The Glannon Guide Series, The Glannon Guide to Civil Procedure
Covers all aspects of first-year Civil Procedure course including difficult areas of res judicata, collateral estoppel, and personal and subject matter jurisdiction
Examples progress gradually from simple to challenging to build students' confidence
Numerous visual aids, including diagrams, charts, and documents
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543839340Publication Date: February 27, 2023 -
Glannon Guide to Civil Procedure, 5th ed.
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Law school classroom lectures can leave you with a lot of questions.
Glannon Guides can help you better understand your classroom lecture with straightforward explanations of tough concepts with hypos that help you understand their application.
The Glannon Guide is your proven partner throughout the semester when you need a supplement to (or substitute for) classroom lecture. Here’s why you need to use Glannon Guides to help you better understand what is being taught in the classroom:
It mirrors the classroom experience by teaching through explanation, interspersed with hypotheticals to illustrate application.
Both correct and incorrect answers are explained; you learn why a solution does or does not work.
Glannon Guides provide straightforward explanations of complex legal concepts, often in a humorous style that makes material stick.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543839289Publication Date: July 12, 2023 -
Inside Civil Procedure: What Matters and Why, 3rd ed.
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Inside Civil Procedure: What Matters and Why, like a great teacher, helps law students understand civil procedure clearly and deeply. Procedural rules and doctrines that at first seem incomprehensible finally make sense when students understand what the rules are trying to do, how they are used in practice, and how they fit into the bigger picture.
Unlike oversimplified outlines or lengthy treatises, it actually teaches with clear explanations and features designed to help students master the material. By the end of each chapter, students will have a clear understanding of not only how the rules and doctrines work, but also how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
Overviews set up each topic
FAQs give straight answers to questions and clear up common mistakes and misconceptions.
Sidebars offer insights, study tips, and practice pointers.
Step-by-step analyses demonstrate how to apply the material.
Chapter summaries provide quick review guides.
Connections helps students fit the material with other topics in civil procedure.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781454897606Publication Date: December 12, 2017 -
Emanuel CrunchTime for Civil Procedure, 7th ed.
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When it’s exam time you need the right information in the right format to study efficiently and effectively. Emanuel® CrunchTime is the perfect tool for exam studying. With flowcharts and capsule summaries of major points of law and critical issues, as well as exam tips for identifying common traps and pitfalls, sample exam and essay questions with model answers – you will be prepared for your next big test.
Here's why you will need Emanuel® CrunchTime to help you ace your exams:
Perfect for the visual learner: The flow charts walk you through a series of yes/no questions that can be used to analyze any question on the exam.
Featured capsule summaries help you quickly review key concepts not just before the exam, but throughout the semester
Exams Tips recap the most commonly tested issues and fact patterns.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781454899310Publication Date: December 6, 2018
Hornbooks
Hornbooks below provides an overview of Civil Procedure.
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Civil Procedure, 6th ed.
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Gain insight into the laws governing all of the major steps in the civil litigation process, starting with jurisdiction, venue, and ascertaining the governing law, and moving through pleading, joinder, discovery, pretrial management and adjudication, trials, appeals, and the effect and enforcement of judgments. Class actions and other forms of complex, multiparty litigation, as well as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), are also covered. This text addresses the major themes underlying the various rules and procedures, and it has continuing utility as a desk book in legal practice and as an entrée into deeper research.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781647082697Publication Date: August 20, 2021 -
Principles of Civil Procedure, 7th ed.
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This Concise Hornbook covers the main points of civil procedure that any student needs to understand, and covers them briefly but thoroughly enough to be understandable. It focuses on the material covered in a typical law school course on civil procedure, tied to no one casebook. It breaks down the subject of civil procedure along the standard lines: a brief orientation; then a lengthier overview of the stages of litigation, followed by a close inspection of the major procedural problems (governing law, authority to adjudicate, former adjudication, and complex litigation); and finally some reflections in conclusion. It discusses specific problems and illustrations, with the aid of generously sprinkled diagrams and special text boxes. Special attention was given to fitting the civil procedure course's main points together to form the big picture, with each topic ending in a section on the “big idea” (separation of powers, vertical federalism, horizontal federalism, full faith and credit, or procedural due process) that the student is supposed to take from the topic.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798887864945Publication Date: January 11, 2024 -
Civil Procedure, 5th ed.
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This book analyzes legal procedure as part of a complicated interaction between private ordering and public intervention. Modern society brings people together in a variety of settings and injects an active state presence into all manner of everyday activities. Inevitably there are disputes. Yet, these disputes settle all around us, based on social norms or simply an understanding of what is right and what is wrong; what is contestable and what is not. This private ordering of responsibility occurs against a backdrop, sometimes but certainly not always invoked, of what might occur were the matter to be taken to the more costly system of public dispute resolution. In this sense, disputants outside the legal system are said to be bargaining in the shadow of the law. For those who cannot privately order their disputes, there are two public interests. The first is to provide a public resolution such that future similarly situated disputants may be better able to anticipate what are the likely outcomes should they proceed to litigation. The second is to provide finality so that the disputants may get on with their affairs. The central thrust of this book is to examine the overall structure of public dispute resolution through six basic concepts:
1. rudimentary fairness and the trade off between equity and efficiency;
2. defining the parameters of a dispute in terms of the presentation of issues and the obtaining of information;
3. defining the scope of the dispute in terms of parties, particularly as the judicial system confronts increasingly complex litigation;
4. defining the power of the courts;
5. securing finality; and
6. the costs of procedure.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781685610258Publication Date: June 15, 2022
Treatises
Treatises below provides an exposition of Civil Procedure.
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Aspen Treatise for Civil Procedure, 5th ed.
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Popular casebook author and bar review lecturer Richard Freer makes the complex principles of civil procedure accessible for students and practitioners in this treatise.
Filled with hundreds of examples, the book integrates legal doctrine with factual analysis. The book breaks the doctrines of civil procedure into easy-to-understand components, and then brings them together to show how they form a comprehensive body of law. As stated by one procedure scholar, this book “is a key reference not only for students, but also for any lawyer or scholar looking for a starting point to their research on procedure and jurisdiction. The latest edition is always on my bookshelf.”
New to the 5th Edition:
The Supreme Court’s most recent decision on specific personal jurisdiction, Ford Motor Company, and how it flows from the Court’s restriction of general personal jurisdiction
Detailed analysis of all recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Emerging law on class actions, including justiciability, ascertainability, cy pres, and issue certification
Detailed treatment of remedies, including provisional remedies
The Court’s 2020 recognition of “defense preclusion”
Professors and students will benefit from:
“Defining the Issue,” a section that opens each chapter, putting material into context and making connections to related areas of procedure and jurisdiction law
Analytical frameworks to synthesize key subject areas
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543839012Publication Date: December 9, 2021
Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright & Miller)
Please click here for Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright & Miller) on Westlaw.
Moore's Federal Practice
Please click here for Moore's Federal Practice on LexisNexis.
CALI Lessons on Civil Procedure
The CALI Civil Procedure Outline allows you to search for terms of art that correspond to topics you are studying to find suggestions for related CALI Lessons. The CALI Civil Procedure Index lists CALI Lessons about Civil Procedure.
Outlining Supplements from West Academic Study Aids
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Black Letter Outline on Civil Procedure, 13th ed.
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This outline summarizes the black-letter rules of civil procedure. It covers general considerations, litigating step-by-step, authority to adjudicate, complex litigation, governing law, and former adjudication. It allows students to understand how their course materials fit together, doing so by conveying a conception of civil procedure–the relationships among the ideas and the law that constitute the subject. This book is carefully designed and written as a study aid in preparing for classes and as a review aid in studying for examinations, containing all the many special features that characterize the highly successful Black Letter Series of books, such as a glossary and sample examination questions and answers.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798887864938Publication Date: January 29, 2024 -
Black Letter Outline on Civil Procedure, 3rd ed.
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Black Letter Outlines are designed to help a law student recognize and understand the basic principles and issues of law covered in a law school course. Black Letter Outlines can be used both as a study aid when preparing for classes and a review of the subject matter when studying for an examination. This outline covers: structure of the judicial system; choosing the forum - personal jurisdiction; choosing the forum - subject matter jurisdiction; removal of litigation from state court to federal court; venue; forum non conveniens; ascertaining applicable law (Erie doctrine); procedural due process and prejudgment seizures; commencing the action - notice and service of process; pleadings (plausible pleading standard; complaint, answer, reply); amendment of pleadings; attorney sanctions; joinder of parties and claims; cross claims and counterclaims; intervention; interpleader; obtaining information prior to trial – discovery (discovery mechanisms; protective orders; privileges and immunities; discovery sanctions); resolution without trial (voluntary and involuntary dismissal; summary judgment); pretrial judicial case management; trial (including right to trial by jury; trial motions; post-trial motions); appellate review (including mandamus and collateral order doctrine); and the binding, preclusive effects of judgments (res judicata; collateral estoppel; intersystem preclusion).
This third edition incorporates a number of changes and additions from the second edition, published in 2014. All the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and related statutes have been updated to reflect rule changes and amendments since 2014. This edition extensively revises the materials relating to personal jurisdiction, and includes cases and commentary on the Court’s personal jurisdiction decisions since 2014: Walden v. Fiore (2014); J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro (2011); Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown (2011); Daimler AG v. Bauman (2014); Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California (2017), Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District (2021); and Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway (2023). This edition also adds commentary relating to District Court Judge Linda Parker’s opinion and order in King v. Whitmer (E.D. Mich. 2021), concerning sanctions imposed on the attorneys who represented ex-President Donald J. Trump in his re-election challenges to the Michigan 2020 voting returns. Finally, this edition adds materials relating to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, concerning a state attorney general’s right of appellate intervention after an election caused a change in attorney general’s previously asserted position. to the court. The class action materials have been updated to reflect recent rule amendments relating to class action settlements and approval of class action settlements.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798887862835Publication Date: December 7, 2023 -
Sum and Substance Quick Review on Civil Procedure, 7th ed.
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of civil procedure, convenient for class or exam preparation. It provides clear and concise explanations of legal concepts and terms, along with exam hints, strategies, mnemonics, charts, tables, and study tips. It includes self-testing and diagnostic review questions and case squibs, which are capsule summaries of significant cases identifying important facts, primary issues, and relevant law. It also provides a casebook table, which keys to relevant pages of leading casebooks, and numerous essay and multiple-choice questions with model answers and detailed explanations. A study guide offers suggestions for the critical hours before an exam.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780314191175Publication Date: July 9, 2008
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Gilbert Law Summary on Civil Procedure, 19th ed.
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The topics discussed in this law-school study outline include territorial (personal) jurisdiction (including venue and forum non conveniens) and subject-matter jurisdiction (covering diversity jurisdiction, federal-question jurisdiction, removal and supplemental jurisdiction). The Summary provides an accessible explanation of the Erie doctrine and federal common law. It introduces contemporary doctrine on pleadings (including counterclaims, crossclaims, amendments and supplemental pleadings) and joinder of parties (including joinder and class actions). Coverage also includes discovery. There is a full chapter addressing summary judgment. Another chapter covers pretrial conferences, settlement-promotion devices, and the increasingly important topic of arbitration. The trial chapter covers the right to jury trial, trial motions, jury instruction and arguments, and post-verdict motions. There are also chapters on appeals and preclusion (both claim and issue preclusion). The Summary begins with an extensive Capsule Summary of all the topics covered, and also includes Review Questions keyed to the outline's coverage, and sample essay questions and answers. Throughout the outline, there are also Exam Tips and charts to summarize and explain the material.
Annual update memos will be added on this page when available.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636595993Publication Date: July 14, 2022
Outlining Supplements from Aspen Learning Library
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Emanuel Law Outlines for Civil Procedure, 26th ed.
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Any law school graduate will tell you that when picking your outline tool you need to pick the best because your outlines are the most important study tool you will use throughout your law school career. Developed by legendary study aid author Steve Emanuel, Emanuel® Law Outlines (ELOs) are the #1 outline choice among law students.
An ELO ensures that you understand the concepts as you learn them in class and helps you study for exams throughout the semester. Here's why you need an ELO from your first day of class right through your final exam:
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781454899280Publication Date: July 18, 2018
Outlining Supplement from Quimbee
Please click here to find civil procedure outline materials from Quimbee.
Outlining Supplement on LexisNexis
Please click here for a Civil Procedure BarBri Outline on the LexisNexis platform.
Multiple-Choice Practice Questions and Answers from West Academic Study Aids
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Exam Pro on Civil Procedure, 3rd ed.
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The new edition contains five objective exams in civil procedure with a total of 125 objective questions. Each exam consists of 25 objective problems followed by five multiple-choice answers. Each problem is based on recently decided federal district or appellate court decisions. Exam Pro provides the answers and a detailed analysis to enhance understanding of civil procedure. The tear-out answer sheets simulate exam conditions.
This edition reflects the typical course coverage in the now standard four credit-hour, one semester civil procedure course. The exam problems have been updated to reflect recent Supreme Court decisions on civil procedure issues, as well as recent amendments to the Federal Rules that became effective December 2015.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781634606837Publication Date: September 16, 2016 -
Mastering Multiple Choice for Federal Civil Procedure MBE Bar Prep and 1L Exam Prep, 4th ed.
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Need a little practice with multiple choice questions in federal civil procedure? Your solution has arrived.
You MUST buy this book if:
A. You are studying for your Bar Exam’s MBE multiple choice test, and are more than just a little freaked out by how broadly Civil Procedure can be tested;
B. You are in law school, enrolled in a Civil Procedure course, and you are exasperated trying to master the countless nuances of Civil Procedure;
C. You want a resource that helps coach you in improving multiple choice exam performance, with strategies, realistic questions, answers, and detailed explanations;
D. All of the above.
This fourth edition (expanded with new questions, new answers, and new explanations) encompasses material reflecting all Civil Procedure Rule amendments through December 2021, along with applicable new case law through February 2022. This multiple choice practice book is designed for: (a) bar exam takers, who are preparing to take the MBE multiple choice bar exam, and (b) 1L law students, who are preparing to take their course examinations. This practice book offers practical, easy-to-follow advice on multiple choice exam-taking strategies, clear suggestions on effective multiple choice practicing techniques, and a robust set of Civil Procedure multiple choice practice questions with answers and explanations (designed to simulate MBE-style questions). Tables help users decode the tested-topic for each practice question.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636593364Publication Date: April 25, 2022
Multiple-Choice Practice Questions and Answers from LexisNexis Digital Library
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Questions and Answers: Civil Procedure, 5th ed.
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Questions and Answers: Civil Procedure is a supplementary text for use primarily by first-year civil procedure students to obtain a clear understanding of the subject. The book is divided into easy-to-find subject areas so students can pinpoint the questions where they need more review. For students seeking a comprehensive review of civil procedure, the book also includes a sample exam covering a wide array of civil procedure subjects.
This edition of the book builds on the foundation established in the first four editions, by revising and updating the topics covered to include new developments in the law. It also includes coverage of all the civil procedure subject areas covered on the Multistate Bar Examination. Finally, the questions have been updated to use more inclusive language.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781531023744Publication Date: January 1, 2022
Multiple-Choice Practice Questions and Answers from Aspen Learning Library
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Strategies & Tactics for the Finz Multistate Method, 6th ed.
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Strategies & Tactics for the FINZ Multistate Method, Sixth Edition, is an indispensable tool for both law school exams and the Multistate Bar Exam. It features more than 1200 multiple-choice questions and detailed answers unavailable elsewhere.
New to the Sixth Edition:
16 new questions in Civil Procedure
19 new questions in Constitutional Law
18 new questions each in Contracts, Criminal Law, Evidence, and Property
17 new questions in Torts
16 new questions in the Practice Exam
Students will benefit from:
More than 1200 multiple-choice questions and answers: Each question contains a sophisticated and intricate fact pattern that tests your ability to pull out the essential facts and tie them to the rules and theories you’ve learned in class. The answers not only explain the reasoning behind the correct choice, but also why the other choices are incorrect.
Coverage of first-year subjects: Questions and detailed answers for each first-year course—Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law (including Criminal Procedure), Property (including Future Interests), and Torts—as well as the upper-year subject of Evidence.
Supplemental questions for your bar review: Every question is written in the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) style for school exams or MBE preparation and complies with the latest MBE formats. If you’re taking a bar review course, you still need Strategies & Tactics for the Finz Multistate Method because our questions are written in the MBE style and format, but are not actual released exam questions, so we guarantee you’ve never seen these questions before in your MBE review materials.
Special section on how to handle MBE-style questions: The book includes an In-depth guide, “Strategies & Tactics—Playing the MBE Game to Win,” on handling the MBE and MBE-style multiple-choice questions—how to break the question down to the essential facts, how to recognize the legal issues, how to avoid the examiners’ traps and pitfalls, and how to pick the right answer and avoid being misled by the wrong answers.
Complete MBE-style practice exam: The book comes with a complete 200-question practice exam, with detailed answers that explain the reasoning behind the correct choice and why each of the other choices is incorrect.
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Glannon Guide to Civil Procedure, 5th ed.
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Law school classroom lectures can leave you with a lot of questions.
Glannon Guides can help you better understand your classroom lecture with straightforward explanations of tough concepts with hypos that help you understand their application.
The Glannon Guide is your proven partner throughout the semester when you need a supplement to (or substitute for) classroom lecture. Here’s why you need to use Glannon Guides to help you better understand what is being taught in the classroom:
It mirrors the classroom experience by teaching through explanation, interspersed with hypotheticals to illustrate application.
Both correct and incorrect answers are explained; you learn why a solution does or does not work.
Glannon Guides provide straightforward explanations of complex legal concepts, often in a humorous style that makes material stick.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543839289Publication Date: July 12, 2023
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MBE Decoded
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MBE Decoded is a fresh approach to MBE study which makes the vast amount of MBE tested rules manageable and understandable. The authors fully analyzed all NCBE released MBE questions to determine rule coverage and identify common testing patterns so you don’t have to. This book can be used during law school for early bar preparation or during intensive bar preparation by first-time takers and repeat bar takers who struggled on the MBE the first time. This book is a great resource for students to get essential MBE practice before they fully “know” the law, allowing students to get additional essential practice recognizing the fact patterns and testing styles that are key to passing. Pedagogically, this book encourages students to engage with the material, develop deep rule understanding, gain MBE pattern recognition, and aids in critical memorization efforts.
Professors and student will benefit from:
MBE black letter law subject matter outlines that are clear and concise with key terms bolded.
Identification of the most frequently tested MBE rules.
Summary charts to help you understand confusing topics and how they interrelate.
MBE tips to improve accuracy and understanding of how the rules apply to fact patterns.
Decoy tips to help you avoid picking the wrong answer when more than one good option is available.
Examples, pulled from NCBE MBE released questions, which illustrate how the rules are MBE tested.
Bullet point memorization cheat sheets.
Guided MBE question deconstructions illustrating best MBE solving practices.
A guide on how to effectively solve MBE questions with troubleshooting tips to help improve your accuracy.
Guidance on effectively taking an MBE exam online.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543830910Publication Date: April 12, 2021 -
Emanuel CrunchTime for Civil Procedure, 7th ed.
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When it’s exam time you need the right information in the right format to study efficiently and effectively. Emanuel® CrunchTime is the perfect tool for exam studying. With flowcharts and capsule summaries of major points of law and critical issues, as well as exam tips for identifying common traps and pitfalls, sample exam and essay questions with model answers – you will be prepared for your next big test.
Here's why you will need Emanuel® CrunchTime to help you ace your exams:
Perfect for the visual learner: The flow charts walk you through a series of yes/no questions that can be used to analyze any question on the exam.
Featured capsule summaries help you quickly review key concepts not just before the exam, but throughout the semester
Exams Tips recap the most commonly tested issues and fact patterns.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781454899310Publication Date: December 6, 2018
Multiple-Choice Practice Questions and Answers from Quimbee
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Essay Questions and Answers from West Academic Study Aids
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Gilbert Law Summary on Civil Procedure, 19th ed.
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The topics discussed in this law-school study outline include territorial (personal) jurisdiction (including venue and forum non conveniens) and subject-matter jurisdiction (covering diversity jurisdiction, federal-question jurisdiction, removal and supplemental jurisdiction). The Summary provides an accessible explanation of the Erie doctrine and federal common law. It introduces contemporary doctrine on pleadings (including counterclaims, crossclaims, amendments and supplemental pleadings) and joinder of parties (including joinder and class actions). Coverage also includes discovery. There is a full chapter addressing summary judgment. Another chapter covers pretrial conferences, settlement-promotion devices, and the increasingly important topic of arbitration. The trial chapter covers the right to jury trial, trial motions, jury instruction and arguments, and post-verdict motions. There are also chapters on appeals and preclusion (both claim and issue preclusion). The Summary begins with an extensive Capsule Summary of all the topics covered, and also includes Review Questions keyed to the outline's coverage, and sample essay questions and answers. Throughout the outline, there are also Exam Tips and charts to summarize and explain the material.
Annual update memos will be added on this page when available.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781636595993Publication Date: July 14, 2022
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Acing Civil Procedure, 6th ed.
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Moving beyond the outline format used by most students, this book uses a checklist format to lead students through the questions they need to ask and answer to fully analyze the legal questions they are trying to resolve. It assembles the different issues, presenting a clear guide to procedural analysis that students can draw upon when writing their exams. Other study aids provide sample problems, but this book offers a systematic approach to problem solving.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798887861272Publication Date: January 11, 2024
Essay Questions and Answers from Aspen Learning Library
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Emanuel CrunchTime for Civil Procedure, 7th ed.
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When it’s exam time you need the right information in the right format to study efficiently and effectively. Emanuel® CrunchTime is the perfect tool for exam studying. With flowcharts and capsule summaries of major points of law and critical issues, as well as exam tips for identifying common traps and pitfalls, sample exam and essay questions with model answers – you will be prepared for your next big test.
Here's why you will need Emanuel® CrunchTime to help you ace your exams:
Perfect for the visual learner: The flow charts walk you through a series of yes/no questions that can be used to analyze any question on the exam.
Featured capsule summaries help you quickly review key concepts not just before the exam, but throughout the semester
Exams Tips recap the most commonly tested issues and fact patterns.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781454899310Publication Date: December 6, 2018
Essay Questions and Issue Spotting Content from Quimbee
Please click here for civil procedure practice essays and related content.
Video Resources
Aspen Learning Library
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Civil Procedure: In Other Words (Video Series)
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The videos from the In Other Words series cover fundamental topics in law. Each video is written and presented by a law professor or legal practitioner. In this Civil Procedure video, Adam Zimmerman explains the topic of Appeal.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543823974
LexisNexis
Please click here and here for videos on civil procedure topics such as personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and venue.
Quimbee
Please click here for a civil procedure course exploring a variety of topics, including but not limited to, jurisdiction and venue.
Audio Resources
West Academic Study Aids
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Law School Legends Audio on Civil Procedure, 4th ed. by This audio lecture covers subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, long arm statutes, and constitutional limitations. It also discusses in rem and quasi in rem jurisdiction, service of process, venue, transfer, forum non conviens, removal, waiver, governing law, pleadings, and joinder of claims. Also included are permissive and compulsory joinder of parties, counterclaims and cross-claims, ancillary jurisdiction, impleader, class actions, discovery, pretrial adjudication, summary judgment trial, post trial motions, appeals, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The lecture references all the newly restyled Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: March 18, 2016
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Sum and Substance Audio on Civil Procedure, 8th ed. by Convenient and effective, Sum and Substance Audio Set on Civil Procedure, 8th presents the essentials of civil procedure in a clear, succinct, time-saving format. Includes quick reference indexing, allowing you to quickly locate all topics in the recording, and informed exam tips to help maximize your performance. Sections discuss: clusters of procedure, citizenship, traditional basis of jurisdiction, constitutional principles, illustrative application, federal court jurisdiction, service of process, venue principles, pleading, sanctions, joinder, counterclaims, class actions, discovery, summary judgment, trial, jury trial, posttrial motions, new trial motions, motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, collateral estoppel, and appeals.Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: September 6, 2016
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Office Hours on Civil Procedure, 1st ed. by Gain the advantages of office hours with professors on your own schedule! The West Academic Office Hours series is a collection of short audio and video tracks that tackle some of the thorniest questions plaguing law students. The professors answer students’ most frequently asked office hour questions. With clear and easy-to-understand explanations, these professors will help you reach that “lightbulb” moment of comprehension, just as they have with their own students in their own offices. You now have virtual faculty explanations available at the click of a button! The Office Hours series features a variety of notable law faculty explaining these tough topics in new and thoughtful ways.Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781647088026Publication Date: July 30, 2020
LexisNexis Digital Library
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Understanding Civil Procedure, 6th ed. by This well-established treatise is premised on the assumption that the key to understanding the principles of civil procedure is to know why: why the principles were created and why they are invoked. The treatise is written to answer these questions as it lays out the basic principles of civil procedure. It also reflects the authors' belief that students of civil procedure can understand and appreciate complex principles when they are clearly presented; teaching civil procedure does not require dumbing it down. The authors use the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a model, but they also refer to different state rules and doctrines where appropriate in order to present a representative cross-section of state models. Although they discuss important civil procedure cases in the text, thus supporting the most widely used civil procedure casebooks using these same cases, they also provide useful references to secondary sources and illustrative cases for the reader who wants to explore further.Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: December 2018
Aspen Learning Library
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Aspen Aloud: Civil Procedure
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Aspen Aloud is a series of narrated audio summaries for legal studies in 1L or 2L subject areas: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations and Other Business Entities, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts. Consisting of easy-to-follow, non-casebook-specific chapters broken up into audio files of approximately 10 to 30 minutes each, Aspen Aloud covers the main topics of a subject area to help students understand the concepts they learn in class throughout the semester and to study for exams on the go.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9798889067481Publication Date: August 7, 2023 -
Civil Procedure: In Other Words Audio Series
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The audio files from the In Other Words series cover fundamental topics in law. Each lecture is written and presented by a law professor or legal practitioner. In these Civil Procedure lectures, Adam Zimmerman gives and Introduction to Civil Procedure and explains Appeal, Offensive Collateral, and Motion for Summary Judgement. Kelly McCracken covers Comparative Jurisdiction, Joinder, and Personal Jurisdiction. Kendall Jones covers Disclosure and Discovery, Erie, and Pleadings.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781543823769Publication Date: February 6, 2020
