CALI Lessons
CALI lessons allow you to work through issues in civil procedure in an interactive format in which you answer questions and explain your reasoning. If you are confused or have questions about an issue, a CALI lesson may provide a quick way to test and improve your knowledge.
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Sources on Civil Procedure and Legal Ethics
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute)
To download a PDF of the FRCP, click here.
To download a PDF of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, click here.
Some Good Study Aids for Civil Procedure
As in your other classes, the first rule you should follow in Civil Procedure is to carefully read the casebook and relevant rules several times. While your assigned readings and class discussions should be your primary concerns, treatises, hornbooks, and texts provide additional perspectives, analyses, and explanations to help you make sense of tort law. It is important to choose your supplementary readings with care, because some study aids make tort law seem simpler than it really is. The concepts and rules of tort law are open-ended, and judges, lawyers, and scholars disagree about their meaning and application. This means that if you have a question about a tort concept or rule, it is a good idea to see how several different commentators treat the concept or rule. With these caveats in mind, the following are sources that provide useful discussion, analysis, and explanation of issues in civil procedure:
There are two classic treatises that provide thorough and thoughtful analysis of procedural issues in the federal courts. Wright and Miller's Federal Practice and Procedure (Thomson/West, updated regularly).(33 vols. - Located in the Reference Collection) For further information, click on the call number: KF8840 .W68
Friedenthal, Kane, and Miller's Civil Procedure, 4th ed. (West, 2005). This text is located in the stacks on the 4th floor of the Law Library. For further information, click on the call number: KF8840 .F72 2005
Joseph W. Glannon, Civil Procedure: Examples and Explanations, 6th ed. (Aspen Publishers, 2008) KF8839 .G58 2008 .
This text is available in the Law Library's collection of study aids, which is located on the bookcase on your right as you enter the library.
Some Good Study Aids for Legal Ethics
If you have questions about ethical issues, try consulting:
Geoffrey C. Hazard and W. William Hodes, The Law of Lawyering, 3rd ed. (supplemented annually) KF306 .H33 2001 .
W. Bradley Wendel, Professional Responsibility: Examples & Explanations, 3rd ed. (Aspen Publishers, 2011). KF306 .W46 2011
This text is available in the Law Library's collection of study aids, which is located on the bookcase on your right as you enter the library.
Audio Downloads of Civil Procedure Cases
The website for AudioCaseFiles allows you to download an audio version of the many important civil procedure opinions as an MP3 file.
To register for an AudioCaseFiles account, go to http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=54 and follow the instructions. If you have problems registering, please contact Beth Adelman at the Law Library for assistance.
For a list of audiorecorded opinions that are available for Friedenthal, et al., Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials, rev. 9th ed., click here.
For a list of audiorecorded opinions that are included in Yeazell's Civil Procedure, 7th ed., click here.
For a list of all civil procedure opinions available on AudioCaseFiles, click here.
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