Berkeley Law
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|Real World Research: California Practice Materials |
|Law Library - University of California at Berkeley |
|March 14, 2007 |
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|California Secondary Sources |
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|Most Frequently Used Print Sources |
|Witkin Library (West): Summary, Procedure, Evidence, and Criminal Law sets |
|The Rutter Guides (West) |
|Research guides with forms: |
|California Forms of Pleading & Practice Annotated (LexisNexis Matthew Bender |
|California Legal Forms Transaction Guide (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|California Continuing Education of the Bar treatises |
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|Current Awareness: The Recorder (Insert: California Daily Opinion Service) |
|San Francisco Daily Journal (Insert: Daily Appellate Report) |
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|Publishers of California Legal Resources |
|California State Bar |
|Publications: |
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|Sections Bookstore: |
|California state and local governments (see web sites) |
|Data Trace Publishing Company |
|James Publishing, Inc. (family-owned) |
|Local Government Publications |
|Nolo Press |
|Reed Elsevier Group plc (Lexis, Matthew Bender, Shepard’s, Mealey’s) |
|Solano Press Books |
|Thomson (West, BAR/BRI, Findlaw, RIA, Rutter Group) |
|Wolters Kluwer (Aspen, CCH) |
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|Linda Spath, Librarian Nixon Peabody LLP, San Francisco lspath@ 3/07 |
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|Representative Print Resources |
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|Ask your librarian to recommend treatises that address your issue. Use you firm’s card catalog to identify titles handpicked to support your |
|firm’s practice. |
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|Advising California Employers & Employees (CEB) |
|Advising California Partnerships (CEB) |
|Ballantine & Sterling California Corporation Law (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|Bus. & Prof. C. §17200 Practice (Rutter) |
|Mealey’s California Section 17200 Report (monthly) |
|California Antitrust and Unfair Law - Third (State Bar of California) |
|California Attorney’s Guide to Damages (CEB) |
|California Compendium on Professional Responsibility (State Bar of California) |
|California Construction Contracts & Disputes (CEB) |
|California Causes of Action (James Publishing) |
|California Debt Issuance Primer |
|California Debt Issuance Primer Handbook |
|California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement Standards and Interpretation Manual |
|(2002) [under revision] |
|California Domestic Partnerships (CEB) |
|California Employment Law “Wilcox” (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|California Expert Witness Guide (CEB) |
|California Law of Contracts (CEB) New for 2007 |
|California Limited Liability Company: Forms & Practice Manual (Data Trace) |
|California Mortgage & Deed of Trust Practice (CEB) |
|California Practice Guide: California Corporations (Rutter) |
|California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial (Rutter) “Weil & Brown” |
|California Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial (Rutter) “the red set” |
|California Practice Guide: Professional Responsibility (Rutter) |
|California Pretrial Practice and Forms (James Publishing) Chapter 3. Statutes of Limitation |
|California Secured Transactions under Revised Article 9 (Data Trace) |
|California State Tax Reporter (CCH) |
|California Torts (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|California UCC Sales & Leases (CEB) |
|California Unfair Competition and Business Torts (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|Cohelan on California Class Actions (West’s Expert Series) |
|Deskbook on the Management of Complex Civil Litigation. Judicial Council of California (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act “CEQA” (Solano Press) |
|Guide to California Securities Law Practice (State Bar of California) |
|Handbook for Incorporating a Business in California (State Bar of California) |
|How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California (Nolo) |
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|Representative Print Resources (continued) |
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|Laws Pertaining to the California InnKeeper. 3d rev. ed. California Hotel & Lodging Association |
|Longtin’s California Land Use. 2d ed. Local Government Publications |
|Marsh’s California Corporation Law “Marsh” (Aspen) |
|Overly on Electronic Evidence in California (West’s Expert Series) |
|Practice under the California Securities Laws “Marsh & Volk” (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|Trade Secrets Practice in California (CEB) |
|Transportation Law in California: A Guide to Federal, State, and Regional Requirements |
|(Solano Press) |
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|Resources that are not California-specific |
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|Martindale-Hubbell – Law Digest – U.S. States |
|Uniform Commercial Code Reporting Service: State Variations |
|Uniform Laws Annotated: Directory (Uniform Laws Adopted by California) |
|ABA treatises, such as Spoliation of Evidence 2d ed. (2005), that include California as part of an all states survey of the law. |
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|Reference |
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|Henke’s California Law Guide. 8th ed. 2006. (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |
|Legal Research in California. 5th ed. 2004 (West) |
|Using the California Style Manual and the Bluebook: a Practitioner’s Guide. (West) See California Rules of Court. Rule 3.1113, subd. (i) amended |
|and relettered effective January 1, 2007. |
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|Key Electronic California Practice Resources |
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|Work product (your firm’s Document Management System) |
|Portal (your firm’s intranet with links to the firm’s library catalog and IP authenticated resources, such as BNA Reporters (searchable archive), |
|and Hein Online. |
|Lexis / Westlaw: know your firm’s policy; know your default settings (transactional/time |
|OnLaw (CEB): California treatises with links to cases and statutes; CEB provides a free one year subscription to new California attorneys |
|Pacer (Limit by Nature of Suit); CourtLink; Courthouse News Service |
|~Be sure to attend April 11 presentation on Records & Briefs~ |
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|Free Electronic Resources |
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|California Business Search |
|Martindale-Hubbell: Search Legal Articles (free registration): Law firm publications |
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|Tracking California legislation – free email alerts bin/pagequery?type=sen_bilinfo&site=sen&title=Bill+Information |
|Tracking California appellate cases – free email alerts |
|State Bar of California Attorney Search |
|Zimmerman’s Research Guide (A-Z) |
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|Other |
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|California Rules of Court Reorganization (Effective January 1, 2007) |
|Reorganization Concordance Tables (provided by CEB) |
|From Old Rule of Court Number to New Number |
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|Jury Instructions |
|CACI (Pronounced "Kay See"/”Casey”) is the name of the Judicial Council of California Civil Jury Instructions, the official civil jury |
|instructions and verdict forms approved by the council on July 16, 2003. "CACI" means "California Civil Instructions." LexisNexis Matthew Bender |
|is the official publisher of the Judicial Council jury instructions. The official instructions are the culmination of years of work by the Task |
|Force on Jury Instructions to draft comprehensive, legally accurate jury instructions that are readily understood by the average juror. |
|BAJI no longer is officially approved by state court rules. Los Angeles Superior Court's BAJI Committee has disbanded. The Thomson-West company, |
|who owns the BAJI copyright, continues to publish and update BAJI. “BAJI” means “Bar Approved Jury Instructions.” |
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|California Legislative History (is best left to the experts) |
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|Legislative History Clearinghouse |
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|Legislative Intent Service |
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|LRI Legislative Research, Inc. |
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