Legal Resource
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General National Materials:
Corpus Juris Secundum or American Jurisprudence, 2d
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- Lexis: Content Type >Secondary Materials > Treatises, Practice Guides & Jurisprudence
- Westlaw: Content Type > Secondary Sources > Jurisprudence & Encyclopedias – Alphabetized list has Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S) and American Jurisprudence, 2d.
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Dictionaries:
A legal dictionary
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- Black’s Law Dictionary on Westlaw: Secondary Sources > Tools and Resources bar on the right side.
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Annotated Reports:
American Law Reports - Federal
American Law Reports, 4th and 5th
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- Lexis: Content Type> Secondary Materials > Treatises, Practice Guides & Jurisprudence
- Westlaw: Content Type> Secondary Sources> “By Type” – American Law Reports
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American Law Institute Publications:
Model Codes, Reports and Drafts
Restatements of the Law, Reports and Drafts
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- Westlaw: Content Types > Secondary Sources > “American Law Institute”
- Lexis: Content Type> Secondary Materials > Varies
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Forms of Pleading and Practice and Legal Forms:
CA Judicial Council Forms
Current set of CA forms
Current set of Federal Forms
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- Lexis: State Materials > California > Secondary Materials > “Top Secondary Sources” > California Forms Of Pleading and Practice – Annotated OR “Forms”
- Westlaw: Form Finder > Forms by Publication > Federal Procedural Forms
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Uniform Laws Annotated
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- Westlaw > Statutes & Court Rules > Uniform Laws Annotated
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CA Materials:
-CA Supreme Court case reports (official or unofficial)
-CA Appellate Courts case reports (official or unofficial
-West Digest
-CA Jurisprudence 3rd
-Wests or Deering’s -Annotated Codes, including indices
-CA Jury Instructions, -Civil and Criminal
-Law Commission Reports
-Attorney General Opinions
-CA Code of Regulations
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- Westlaw> State Materials> Cases > California State & Federal Cases > California State Cases / Lexis: Advanced Search: CA Supreme Court Cases from 1850
- Westlaw: State Materials > Cases > California State & Federal Cases > California Courts of Appeal Cases Lexis: State > California > Cases > “CA Courts of Appeal Cases from 1905”
- West’s Digest: Westlaw – State Materials > California > "Key Number Search Tool", which uses a word search to identify up to five key numbers OR with the "Key Numbers and Digest" feature (browse by subject using an expandable tree – no search terms required)
- Cal Jur 3rd: Westlaw – “State Materials” > California > Secondary Sources > California Jurisprudence
- West’s Annotated Codes: Westlaw > Statutes & Court Rules
- California Statutes & Court Rules > California Statutes Index
- CA Jury Instructions: Lexis> Content Type > Jury Instructions > California / Westlaw: Secondary Sources > California Secondary Sources > Judicial Council of California Civil Jury Instructions (CACI)
- CA Law Commission: direct website http://www.clrc.ca.gov/
- Attorney General Opinions: Westlaw> Administrative Decisions & Guidance > California Administrative Decisions & Guidance > California Attorney General Opinions / Lexis: State Materials > California > Administrative Materials, Codes and Regulations > CA Attorney General Opinions
- CA Code of Regulation: Lexis > California > Administrative Materials, Codes and Regulations / Westlaw: California Regulations > Current version of Barclays Official California Code of Regulations (CCR)
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Federal Materials:
United States Supreme Court cases, any set
Federal Reporter, 1st – 3rd
Federal Supplement
Federal Rules Decisions
Tax Court Cases
Board of Tax Appeals decisions
Federal Digest
Supreme Court Digest
Annotated edition of US Code
United States Statutes at Large
Code of Fed Regulations
Loose leaf Tax Service
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- Supreme Court Cases: Westlaw > Cases > U.S. Supreme Court Cases / Lexis: Content Type > Federal > US Supreme Court Cases
- Federal Reporter, Federal Supplement, and Federal Rules Decisions (all very similar) :Westlaw: Cases > Federal Cases / Lexis: Federal > All Federal Cases
- Tax Court Cases & Board of Tax Appeals Decision: Westlaw > Cases > Tax Court > Right sidebar: US Tax Court Cases
- Federal Digest / Supreme Court Digest: General Search Boxes work on both
- US Annotated Code (USCA) – Westlaw > Statutes & Court Rules
- United States Code Annotated (USCA) / Lexis: Federal> US Code Service
- US Code of Federal Regulations – Lexis & Westlaw: Search box: Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- Looseleaf Tax Service: Lexis: Search “CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter”
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National Reporter System
(1st to date for all)
Atlantic Reporter
New York Official Reports
Northeastern Rept
Northwestern Rept
Pacific Rept
Southwestern Rept
Southern Rept
Southeastern Rept
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- Searchable by case on both Lexis and Westlaw
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Text and Treatises
Encyclopedia, treatises, or current text for all bar tested courses taught
Witkin, Summary of CA Law
Witkin, CA Procedure
Witkin, CA Criminal Law
Witkin, CA Evidence
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- Witkin on Westlaw: Secondary Sources > California Secondary Sources > California Texts & Treatises > Witkin's California Materials
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Law Reviews and Journals
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- Westlaw: Secondary Sources > Law Reviews and Journals
- Lexis: Secondary Materials> Law Reviews and Journals
- 2,200+ Law Journals on HeinOnline
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Other Resources:
Current Law Index or Index to Legal Periodicals
Local county and city ordinances
Local Municipal Codes
Legislative history – United States Code
Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAAN)
Local Court Rules
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- Index to Legal Periodicals on Westlaw only- Secondary Sources > Current Index to Legal Periodicals
- Local county and city ordinances/ municipal codes –Search by County/City on the web
- Local Court Rules – Searchable on Google
- USCCAAN – Westlaw: Legislative History > U.S. Code Congressional & Administrative News
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Cite Checking Resources:
Shepard’s Citation Service or Westlaw KeyCite
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- Embedded into Lexis (Shepards) or Westlaw (Keycite)
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