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Additional Electronic Resources

General Resources and Practice Manuals

American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, 3d series.
Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co., 1988-: General Stacks | KF8933 .A35 1988; Access through Westlaw

American Jurisprudence Trials.
Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co., Rochester, N.Y., 1964-: General Stacks | KF8913 .A35; Access through Westlaw

Criminal Law Advocacy

Access through Lexis

Federal Criminal Trials (6th ed.) / James C. Cissell.
Newark, NJ ; San Francisco, CA : LexisNexis, c2003.: General Stacks | KF9660 .C57 2003; Access through Lexis

Federal Practice and Procedure / Wright, Charles Alan and Miller, Arthur.
St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1969-: General Stacks | KF8816 .W7; Access through Westlaw

Federal Procedure: Access through Westlaw

Federal trial handbook. Criminal / Robert S. Hunter.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2003-: General Stacks | KF8915 .H85; Access through Westlaw

Fourth circuit criminal handbook.: General Stacks | KF9610.3 .H67; Access through Lexis

Fundamentals of Pretrial Litigation (3rd ed.) / Roger S. Haydock, David F. Herr, Jeffrey W. Stempel.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Pub. Co., 1994.: General Stacks | KF8900 .H433 1994

Goldstein Trial Technique / Fred Lane.
Wilmette, Ill.: Callaghan, c1984-: General Stacks | KF8915 .G62 1984


The litigation manual: pretrial (3rd ed.) / John G. Koeltl, John S. Kiernan, editors.
Chicago, Ill.: Section of Litigation, ABA, c1998: General Stacks | KF8915.A9 L57 1998

The litigation manual: trial (3rd ed.) / John G. Koeltl, John S. Kiernan, editors.
Chicago, Ill.: Section of Litigation, ABA, c1998: General Stacks | KF8915.A9 L577 1998

Manual of Federal Practice (5th ed.) / Richard A. Givens.
Charlottesville, Va. : Lexis Law Publishing, c1998.: General Stacks | KF8840 .G56; Access through Lexis

Manual on recurring problems in criminal trials (5th ed.) / by Donald S. Voorhees ; edited by Genevra Kay Loveland.
Washington, DC (One Columbus Circle, N.E., Washington 20002-8003) : Federal Judicial Center, 2001.: General Stacks | KF9655.A7 V65 2001; Access through GPO

Moore's Federal Practice / James Wm. Moore.
New York, NY: M. Bender, 1997-: General Stacks | KF8820 .A313.M63 1997; Access through Lexis

Moore's Manual. Federal Practice and Procedure / James Wm. Moore, Allan D. Vestal, and Philip B. Kurland.
New York, M. Bender, 1978- [i.e. 1962-: General Stacks | KF8816 .M63; Access through Lexis

Pretrial (6th ed.) / Thomas A. Mauet.
New York: Aspen Publishers, c2005.: General Stacks | KF8900 .M386 2005

Trial advocacy in a nutshell (4th ed.) / Paul Bergman.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2006.: Reading Room | KF8915.Z9 B47 2006

Trial Handbook (2nd ed.) / Kent Sinclair.: Access through Westlaw

The trial lawyer: what it takes to win / by David Berg.
Chicago, Ill : American Bar Association, c2006.: General Stacks | KF8915 .B448 2006

Trial and clinical skills in a nutshell (4th ed.) / Kenney F. Hegland.
St. Paul, Minn. : Thomson/West, c2005.: Reading Room | KF8915.Z9 H43 2005

Trial techniques (7th ed.) / Thomas A. Mauet.
New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2007.: Reading Room | KF8915 .M38 2007

Oral Advocacy

Art of advocacy: opening statement / Leonard Decof.
New York, N.Y.: M. Bender, 1982-: General Stacks | KF8915 .D43

Art of advocacy: summation / Lawrence J. Smith.
New York: M. Bender, 1978-: General Stacks | KF8915 .S74

Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice / Steven Lubet.
Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2000.: General Stacks | KF8915 .L82 2000; Access through Lexis

Opening statements / Alfred S. Julien.
Wilmette, IL: Callaghan, 1980: General Stacks | KF8915 .J84

Persuasion: the litigator's art / Michael E. Tigar.
Chicago, Ill.: Section of Litigation, ABA, c1999.: General Stacks | KF8915 .T55 1999

The trial lawyer's art / Sam Schrager.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.: General Stacks | KF8915 .S263 1999

Trial communication skills (2nd ed.) / Roberto Aron, Julius Fast, Richard B. Klein.
Deerfield, Ill.: Clark Boardman Callaghan, c1996-: General Stacks | KF8915 .A85 1996; Access via Westlaw

Pleading and Practice Forms

American Jurisprudence Legal Forms 2nd ed.
[St. Paul, Minn.], West Group, 1971-: General Stacks | KF170 .A542; Access through Westlaw

American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms Annotated.
Rochester, N.Y., Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co., West Group, 1966-.: General Stacks | KF8836 .A45; Access through Westlaw

Bender's Forms of Discovery.
New York, M. Bender, 1963-: General Stacks | KF8900.A3 B4; Access through Lexis: Interrogatories (Volumes 1 to 10a)
and Treatise (Volumes 11 to 16)

Federal local court forms (3rd ed.).
[St. Paul, Minn.] : Thomson West, 2002-: General Stacks | KF8836 .F422

Maryland practice forms (5th ed.) / Alex M. Allman ... [et al.] ; Young Lawyers Section, Maryland State Bar Association.
Baltimore, MD : Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, c2003-: Clinic and General Stacks | KFM1738.A65 M34 2003; Access through Lexis; Included in Westlaw's MICPEL CLE Materials

Nichols Cyclopedia of Federal Procedure Forms.
Wilmette, Ill.: Callaghan, c1952- .: General Stacks | KF8840 .C932; Access through Westlaw

West's Federal Forms.
St. Paul, West Pub. Co. c1952-: General Stacks | KF8836 .W32; Access through Westlaw

West's Legal Forms.
St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1981-: General Stacks | KF170 .W46; Access through Westlaw

Discovery

Bender's Forms of Discovery.
New York, M. Bender, 1963-: General Stacks | KF8900.A3 B4; Access through Lexis: Interrogatories (Volumes 1 to 10a)
and Treatise (Volumes 11 to 16)

Deposition Questioning Strategies and Techniques / David A. Binder, Albert J Moore, Paul Bergman.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2001.: General Stacks | KF8900 .B56 2001

Discovery Practice (4th ed.) / Roger S. Haydock, David F. Herr.
New York: Aspen Law & Business, c2002-: General Stacks | KF8900 .H42; Access through Lexis

Discovery problems and their solutions / Paul W. Grimm, Charles S. Fax, Paul M. Sandler.
Chicago, Ill. : ABA, Section of Litigation, c2005.: General Stacks | KF8900 .F29 2005

Discovery Proceedings in Federal Court (3rd ed.).
New York: Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1995-: General Stacks | KF8900 .S5 1995; Access through Westlaw

Effective Depositions / Henry L. Hecht, ed.
Chicago: American Bar Association, 1997.: General Stacks | KF8900 .E35 1997

Pattern Deposition Checklists / Douglas Danner and Larry L. Varn.
Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, c1993.: General Stacks | KF8900 .D3 1993; Access through Westlaw

Pattern Discovery [Various topics] / Douglas Danner, Larry L. Varn.
Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan.: General Stacks | KF8900 .D32 through KF8900 .D36; Access through Westlaw: Employment Discrimination, Tort Actions, Products Liability, Motor Vehicles, Premises Liability

Pretrial Discovery: Strategy and Tactics / Edward J. Imwinkelried and Theodore Y. Blumoff.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, c1999.: General Stacks | KF8900 .I483 1999

Pretrial Litigation in a Nutshell (3rd ed.) / R. Lawrence Dessem.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2001.: Reading Room | KF8900 .D49 2001

Evidence

Courtroom criminal evidence (3rd ed.) / Edward J. Imwinkelried ... [et al.].
Charlottesville, Va. : LEXIS Law Pub., c1998.: General Stacks | KF9662 .C68 1998; Access through Lexis

Criminal evidence (6th ed.) / John C. Klotter.
Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub. Co., c1996.: General Stacks | KF9660 .K57 1996

Criminal evidentiary foundations / Edward J. Imwinkelried, Daniel D. Blinka.
Charlottesville, Va. : Lexis Law Pub., c1997.: General Stacks | KF9660 .I49 1997; Access through Lexis

Evidence law : a student�s guide to the law of evidence as applied in American trials (2nd ed.) / by Roger C. Park, David P. Leonard, Steven H. Goldberg.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2004.: Reading Room | KF8935 .P368 2004

Evidentiary Foundations (6th ed.) / Edward J. Imwinkelried.
Newark, N.J. : LexisNexis/Matthew Bender, c2005.: General Stacks | KF8935 .I45 2005; Access through Lexis

Federal evidence (3rd ed.) / Christopher B. Mueller and Laird C. Kirkpatrick.
[St. Paul, MN.]: Thomson West, 2007.: General Stacks | KF8935 .M84 2007; Access via Westlaw

Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell (7th ed.) / Michael H. Graham.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2007.: Reading Room | KF8935.Z9 G7 2007

Handbook of Federal Evidence (5th ed.) / Michael H. Graham.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2001.: General Stacks | KF8935 .G68 2001; Access through Westlaw

Hearsay handbook (4th ed.) / David F. Binder.
[Eagan, MN] : West Group, c2001-: General Stacks | KF8969 .B56 2001; Access through Westlaw

Maryland and Federal Evidence / with the Hon. Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. and the Hon. Paul W. Grimm.
Baltimore, MD: MICPEL, 2005.: General Stacks | KFM1740 .M377 2005

Maryland Evidence: Courtroom Manual / Alan D. Hornstein, Glen Weisseberger.
Cincinnati, OH.: Anderson Publishing Co., 2000-: General Stacks | KFM1750 .H688; Access through Lexis

Maryland Evidence Handbook (3rd ed.) / Joseph F. Murphy, Jr.
Charlottesville, Va.: LEXIS Law, c1999.: General Stacks | KFM1740 .M87 1999; Access through Lexis

Maryland Evidence: State and Federal (2nd ed.) / Lynn McLain.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2001.: General Stacks | KFM1740 .M37 2001

McCormick on Evidence (6th ed.) / by Kenneth S. Broun, general editor, et al.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2006.: Reading Room | KF8935 .M22 2006

Reference manual on scientific evidence (2nd Ed.) / Federal Judicial Center.: Access via Westlaw; Access via the Web

Scientific evidence (4th ed.) / Paul C. Giannelli, Edward J. Imwinkelried, Jr.
[Newark, NJ] : LexisNexis, c2007.: General Stacks | KF8961 .G53 2007

Trial evidence (3rd ed.) / Thomas A. Mauet, Warren D. Wolfson.
New York : Aspen Publishers, 2005.: General Stacks | KF8935 .M28 2005

Weinstein's Federal Evidence: Commentary on Rules of Evidence for the United States Courts (2nd ed.)
New York, NY: Matthew Bender, 1997-: General Stacks | KF8935 .W45 1997; Access through Lexis

Weissenberger�s federal evidence (5th ed.) / Glen Weissenberger, James J. Duane.
Newark, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, c2006.: General Stacks | KF8935 .W42 2006; Access via Lexis

Wharton's Criminal Evidence (15th ed.) / by Barbara E. Bergman and Nancy Hollander.
[St. Paul, MN] : West Group, 1997-: General Stacks | KF9619 .W43 1997; Access through Westlaw

Witnesses

Art of advocacy: direct examination / Scott Baldwin.
New York: Matthew Bender, 1981.: General Stacks | KF8925.P4 B34

Cross-examination: science & techniques (2nd ed.) / Larry S. Pozner, Roger J. Dodd.
Newark, NJ : LexisNexis, 2004.: General Stacks | KF8920 .P68 2004

Examining witnesses (2nd ed.) / Michael E. Tigar.
Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, c2003.: General Stacks | KF8950 .T54 2003

Handbook of cross-examination: the mosaic art (2nd ed.) / John Nicholas Iannuzzi.
Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, c1999.: General Stacks | KF8920 .I36 1999

How to excel during cross-examination: techniques for experts that work / Steven Babitsky, James J. Mangraviti.
Falmouth, Mass. : SEAK, Inc., c1997.: General Stacks | KF8961 .B244 1997

How to prepare witnesses for trial (2nd ed.) / Roberto Aron, Jonathan L. Rosner.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, c1998-: General Stacks | KF8915 .A83

Model witness examinations (2nd ed.) / by Paul M. Sandler and James K. Archibald.
[Chicago] : Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, 2003.: General Stacks | KF8900 .S26 2003

Modern scientific evidence: the law and science of expert testimony / David L. Faigman
St. Paul, Minn.: West Pub. Co., 1997.: General Stacks | KF8961 .M63 1997; Access via Westlaw

Preparing witnesses, 2d / By Daniel I. Small.
Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, c2004.: General Stacks | KF8950 .S63 2004

Questioning techniques and tactics (3rd ed.) / by Jeffrey L. Kestler.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 1999.: General Stacks | KF8915 .K47 1999; Access through Westlaw

Juries

Federal criminal jury instructions (2nd ed.) / Josephine R. Potuto, Stephen A. Saltzburg, Harvey S. Perlman.
Charlottesville, Va. : Michie Co., c1991-: General Stacks | KF9682 .S34 1991

Federal jury practice and instructions (5th ed.) / Kevin F. O'Malley.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2000-: General Stacks | KF8984 .D4 2000; Access via Westlaw

Jury selection (3rd ed.) / V. Hale Starr, Mark McCormick.
Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen Law & Business, c2001.: General Stacks | KF8979 .S73 2001

Jury selection: strategy & science (3rd ed.) / Ted A. Donner and Richard K. Gabriel.
St. Paul, MN: West Group, c2000-: General Stacks | KF8979 .D66 2000

Maryland criminal jury instructions and commentary (2nd ed.) / David E. Aaronson.
Charlottesville, Va. : Michie Co., [1988].: General Stacks | KFM1783 .A92 1988

Maryland criminal pattern jury instructions / prepared by Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., Committee on Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions. Baltimore, Md. : Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, 1991.: Clinic | KFM1783.A65 M37 1991

Mastering voir dire and jury selection : gain an edge in questioning and selecting your jury (2nd ed.) / Jeffrey T. Frederick.
[Chicago, Ill.] : GP/Solo ; ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Section [c2005]: General Stacks | KF8979 .F73 2005

Modern federal jury instructions, criminal [...].
New York, N.Y. : Matthew Bender, 1991.: General Stacks | KF9682.A6 M62 1991; Access through Lexis

What makes juries listen today / Sonya Hamlin.
Little Falls, N.J.: Glasser LegalWorks, c1998.: General Stacks | KF8915 .H252 1998

Additional Electronic Resources

Subscription Databases

Web Resources

Court Rules, Forms and Dockets (LLRX)
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/
Famous Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
Federal Rulemaking (Administrative Office of US Courts)
http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/
FindLaw - Court Forms
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US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Forms and Notices
http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/formsNots.htm
US District Court for the District of Maryland: Forms/Manuals/Policies/Rules
http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/WebDataPages1/displayForms.asp

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Journals:

The following journals focus specifically on trial practice and procedure. Some of them may have full text online; all are available in print at the Thurgood Marshall Law Library. Click the "Find It" link to check for online availability and/or do a catalog search for the journal.

American journal of criminal law
The American journal of trial advocacy
Criminal justice
Litigation
The Prosecutor : journal of the National District Attorneys Association
The Pretrial reporter
Trial / the American Trial Lawyers Association

Note: Each of the files on Lexis and Westlaw are combined files of journals focusing on trial practice. It is also possible to search these journals individually.

Lexis:

Criminal Law Review Articles
Combined General Litigation Materials
Law Reviews and ALR combined
Legal Resource Index (online version of LegalTrac)

Westlaw:

Criminal Practice Guides
Criminal Practice Report
Litigation - Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals
Legal Resource Index (online version of LegalTrac)

Additional Print Materials : Books

Use the online catalog to find Trial Practice treatises available in the Thurgood Marshall Law Library . Some suggested subject headings to search are: