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Study Aids, Strategies & Exam Prep: Civil Procedure
Print and online study aids for required and suggested 2L and 3L classes most of which are part of bar exam study.
Call Number: Print Copies on Reserve Study, ask at Circulation Desk
Easy to read explanations and hypotheticals. Recommended by Prof. Samahon for his Civil Procedure class. Older editions available in Study Aids First Floor
Introduces the basic structure of our legal system and to the distinctive features of legal reasoning. To prepare students for exams, the book explains in clear and careful detail what exams are designed to test. It then devotes a single, clearly written chapter to each step of the process of answering exams. Includes sample exams for Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property and Torts as well as student answers, model answers and professor analysis.
Questions & Answers: Civil Procedure
Call Number: 3rd Floor: KF8935.Z9 .L463 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Multiple-choice and short-answer questions and answers.
Offers over 1,000 short answer questions that present a fact pattern and ask you to provide a conclusion. Questions cover: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Property, and Torts.
Authored by Richard Freer (casebook author) and is a companion to the casebook. Also offers hypotheticals
Civil Procedure in a Nutshell by Mary Kane
Call Number: Reserve Study, ask at Circulation Desk
ISBN: 168328111X
Publication Date: 2018
Offers a roadmap of the Rules of Civil Procedure including how to choose the proper court, pretrial and trial preparation, adjudication, judgments, appeals, and specialized multi-party/multi-claim proceedings. Older editions on 3rd Floor: KF8841 .K13 2013
Online self-paced interactive lessons with sample questions on a variety of civil procedure topics. Villanova Law students and faculty should contact Lori Corso (lori.corso@law.villanova.edu) to request the access code.
Click Listen to view the entire playlist .Topics include: Introduction to Civil Procedure, Appeal, Comparative Jurisdiction, Disclosure and Discovery, Erie Doctrine, Joinder, Offensive Collateral, Personal Jurisdiction, Pleadings, Motion for Summary Judgement and Trials.
Podcast of Prof. Thomas Main who teaches Civil Procedure at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Features episodes like Claim and Issue Preclusion in 40 Minutes and Rule 11 in Practice. Apple Podcast
Well-respected 31 volume set available in print or on Lexis. Each volume offers analysis of different federal rules. Available in print on 3rd Floor at KF8716.5 .M782 1997.