Trial Evidence

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Primary Law

Evidence: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
Civil Procedure: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
Court Rules: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
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 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 Rulemaking
- web site on the federal rules of practice, procedure and evidence
Pleading: An Overview (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
United States Code (searchable full text)
Access via Westlaw
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U.S. District Court Web Sites

U.S. Law Week/Supreme Court Today

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

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

Federal evidence (2nd ed.) / Christopher B. Mueller and Laird C. Kirkpatrick.
New York, N.Y. : Lawyers Co-operative Pub., 1994.: General Stacks | KF8935 .L68 1994; Access via Westlaw

Federal evidence (4th ed.) / Glen Weissenberger and James J. Duane.
Cincinnati : Anderson Pub. Co, 2001: General Stacks | KF8935 .W42 2001; Access via Lexis

Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell (6th ed.) / Michael H. Graham.
St. Paul, MN: Thomson West, c2003.: Reading Room | KF8935.Z9 G7 2003

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

Maryland and Federal Evidence / with the Hon. Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. and the Hon. Paul W. Grimm.
Baltimore, MD: MICPEL, 2002.: General Stacks | KFM1740 .M377 2002

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 (5th ed.) / John William Strong, et al.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 1999.: Reading Room | KF8935 .M29 1999

Reference manual on scientific evidence (2nd Ed.) / Federal Judicial Center.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Pub. Co., 2000.: General Stacks | KF8961 .R33 2000; Access via Westlaw; Access via the Web

Scientific evidence (3rd ed.) / Paul C. Giannelli, Edward J. Imwinkelried.
Charlottesville, Va. : Lexis Law Publishing, c1999.: General Stacks | KF9660 .G5 1999

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

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

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

Civil Procedure (4th ed.) / Jack H. Friedenthal, Mary Kay Kane, Arthur R. Miller.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2005.: Reading Room | KF8840 .F72 2005

Criminal Law Advocacy

Access through Lexis

Federal Civil Judicial Procedure and Rules.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Pub. Co., 1985-: Reading Room | KF8816 .A21

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. Civil / Robert S. Hunter.
St. Paul, MN : Thomson West, 2003-: General Stacks | KF8915 .H851 2003; Access through Westlaw

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

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

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 (3rd ed.) / Paul Bergman.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Pub. Co., 1997.: Reading Room | KF8915.Z9 B47 1997

Trial Handbook (2nd ed.) / Kent Sinclair.
New York, N.Y. : Practising Law Institute, 1990.: General Stacks | KF8915.Z95 S7 1990; Access through Westlaw

The trial lawyer: what it takes to win / by David Berg.
Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, c2003.: General Stacks | KF8915 .B448 2003

Trial and practice skills in a nutshell (3rd ed.) / Kenney F. Hegland.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2002.: Reading Room | KF8915.Z9 H43 2002

Trial techniques (6th ed.) / Thomas A. Mauet.
New York : Aspen Law & Business, c2002.: General Stacks | KF8915 .M38 2002

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

Closing argument: the art and the law / Jacob A. Stein.
Mundelein, Ill.: Callaghan 1969-: General Stacks | KF8915 .S7

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

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
http://forms.lp.findlaw.com/
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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