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Court Rules & Practice Materials. Court Rules. Federal General Local Statutory requirements in U.S.C. State General Local. AZ court rules include: Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Rules of Procedure in Traffic Cases Local Rules for Pima County Justice of the Peace Courts
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Court Rules • Federal • General • Local • Statutory requirements in U.S.C. • State • General • Local
AZ court rules include: • Courts of Limited Jurisdiction • Rules of Procedure in Traffic Cases • Local Rules for Pima County Justice of the Peace Courts • Courts of General Jurisdiction • Rules of Civil Procedure • Local Rules of Practice – Superior Court – Maricopa County • Appellate Courts • Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure • Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona • Other • Rules of Professional Conduct • Code of Judicial Conduct
Finding AZ Court Rules • West pamphlets • ARS • Westlaw and Lexis • AZ Supreme Court web site -http://azrules.westgroup.com/home/azrules/ • Other states – http://www.llrx.com/courtrules
Finding Federal Court Rules • USCA & USCS • Westlaw & Lexis • Federal Local Court Rules – multi-volume set on reserve at library • The court’s web site, e.g. U.S. District Court of Arizona at http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/ • Cornell - http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Briefs • Briefs at our library • Briefs on free web sites • Lexis & Westlaw
Arizona Legal Forms • Civil procedure; debtor-creditor; domestic relations; commercial transactions; criminal procedure; and business organizations. • On Westlaw
AZ Practice Materials on Loislaw • http://www.loislawschool.com/
AmJur Proof of Facts • Outlines elements of proof needed to establish claim • Has model discovery forms • Has an index • On Westlaw
AmJur Trials • Provides outline of legal issues • Provides checklists for trial preparation • Samples of interrogatories, direct examinations, cross examinations, closing arguments • Has an index • On Westlaw
Federal Practice and Procedure (aka “Wright and Miller”) • Considered THE authority on federal rules • Arranged by rule number in the following volumes: criminal; civil; jurisdiction and related matters; and evidence • Analysis and citations to cases • On Westlaw
Moore’s Federal Practice • The other authority on federal practice issues • Covers civil, criminal, appellate, and admiralty procedure • On Lexis
West’s Legal Forms • Has an index • On Westlaw • Similar sets: AmJur Legal Forms; Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms Annotated