Trial Practice

Courses on Trial Practice, Planning, and Advocacy

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You may contact Nathan Robertson, the course liaison, for research-related questions at nrobertson@law.umaryland.edu.

Getting Started | Secondary Sources: Practice Manuals | Secondary Sources: Journals & Law Reviews | Secondary Sources: Books | Primary Law Materials | Related Websites

Getting Started

Secondary source material (practice manuals, journals and books and treatises) can provide an introduction to trial practice fundamentals and explanatory materials to assist with interpretation of court rules.

For specific federal and local court rules of practice, procedure, and evidence, consult primary law materials (the appropriate federal or state rules and codes).

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Secondary Sources: Practice Manuals

General Practice Manuals

• American Jurisprudence Trials (via Westlaw)
  
• Criminal Law Advocacy (via Lexis)
  
• Federal Criminal Trials (via Lexis)
  
• Federal Procedure (via Westlaw)
  
• Federal Trial Handbook (via Westlaw)
  
• Manual of Federal Practice (via Lexis)
  
• MICPEL Maryland CLE: General Civil Practice (via Westlaw)
  
• Moore's Federal Practice (via Lexis)
  
• Moore's Manual. Federal Practice and Procedure (via Lexis)
  
• Trial Handbook (via Westlaw)
  
• Trial Handbook for Maryland Lawyers (via Westlaw)

Forms

• American Jurisprudence Legal Forms (via Westlaw)
  
• American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms (via Westlaw)
  

Discovery

• Discovery Practice (via Lexis)
  
• Handbook of Federal Civil Discovery & Disclosure (via Westlaw)
  

Trial Advocacy

• Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice (via Lexis)
  
• Motions in Federal Court (via Westlaw)
  
• Questioning Techniques and Tactics (via Westlaw)
  
• Trial Communication Skills (via Westlaw)
  

Evidence

• American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts (via Westlaw)
  
• Courtroom criminal evidence (via Lexis)
  
• Federal Evidence (via Westlaw)
  
• Handbook of Federal Evidence (via Westlaw)
  
• Maryland Evidence: Courtroom Manual (via Lexis)
  
• Maryland Evidence Manual (via Lexis)
  
• Wharton's Criminal Evidence (via Westlaw)
  

Juries

• Federal Jury Practice and Instructions (via Westlaw)
  
• Modern Federal Jury Instructions, Criminal (via Lexis)
  

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Secondary Sources: Journals & Law Reviews

Search for a topic in LegalTrac and Index to Legal Periodicals & Books to find journal articles.

For additional help consult Finding Articles in Legal Journals and Law Reviews or ask a librarian.

Most print journals are shelved on level 1 of the library, in alphabetical order by journal title. To find out if the library has a particular journal title in electronic format, use the e-journals link on the Library web page or ask a librarian for help.

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)

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Books

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

For research hints on how to use the catalog, see the Research Guide - Searching the Catalog.

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Primary Law Materials

• Civil Procedure: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• Court Rules: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• Evidence: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• Federal Local Court Rules (3rd ed.).
  
  • General Stacks | KF8816 .A2 2001
  • Access to Court Rules via Westlaw
  • Access to Court Orders via Westlaw
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• General Stacks | KF8816 .A21
• Access via Westlaw (includes all court rules as they appear in the U.S.C.A.)
• Access via Lexis
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• General Stacks | KF8931.7 .F43
• Access via Westlaw (includes all court rules as they appear in the U.S.C.A.)
• Access via Lexis
• Federal Rulemaking
  • web site on the federal rules of practice, procedure and evidence
• Maryland Code
  Access via Westlaw
  Access via Lexis

  Maryland Rules
  

  Reading Room | KFM1230.5.M5 M37

  Access via Westlaw

  Search Maryland Court Rules via Lexis

  Maryland Rules Commentary / Paul V. Niemeyer, Linda M. Schuett.
  

  General Stacks | KFM1729 .N67 1992

  Access via Lexis

  Maryland Rules of Court. Federal.
  

  General Stacks | KFM1729 .A198

  Access via Westlaw (court rules governing state and local federal practice in Maryland)

  Maryland Rules of Court. State.
  

  General Stacks | KFM1729 .A197

  Access via Westlaw (court rules governing state and local federal practice in Maryland)

  Pleading: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

  United States Code (searchable full text)

  Access via Westlaw

  Access via Lexis

  U.S. District Court Web Sites

  U.S. Law Week/Supreme Court Today

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