Guidance on drafting pleadings and pre-trial motions for California federal courts. The library owns the California & Ninth Circuit edition, and Westlaw offers both the California & Ninth Circuit Edition and a national edition.
Publication Date: Last updated 2015 in print; Current on Westlaw
General guidance on drafting pleadings and motions, with research references to relevant forms. Covers federal civil and criminal procedure, arranged chronologically and by specific issue.
Comprehensive guide, arranged chronologically from preliminary planning through appeal. Guidance on drafting pleadings, motions, and appellate briefs, including sample forms.
Comprehensive guide, arranged chronologically from establishing an attorney-client relationship through appeal. Guidance on drafting pleadings, motions, and appellate briefs.
Call Number: Law 2nd Floor/California Collection ; KFC1020.Z9 O28
Guidance on conducting discovery in California civil litigation, including depositions, interrogatories, and requests for documents, electronic evidence, and mental and physical examinations. Includes a small number of forms in an appendix.
Guidance on the law and strategy of depositions and other forms of discovery. Forms are included at the end of subsections in Division III: Methods of Civil Discovery.
Guidance on drafting legally permissible discovery requests and objecting to impermissible discovery requests. Provides sample citations to legal authorities justifying or objecting to discovery requests.