LibGuides: 1L Resources, Tips and Tools: Civil Procedure

Selected CALI Lessons: Civil Procedure

The following CALI lessons cover issues addressed in Civil Procedure classes. CALI requires users to log in. Feel free to contact askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu or to text (718) 734-2432 for assistance.

Transient Jurisdiction, General Jurisdiction and Domicile
This lesson reviews two types of personal jurisdiction: transient and general. This lesson also covers a related topic: domicile.
Joinder of Claims and Parties
The lesson includes units on a variety of joinder topics: Claim Joinder (Rule 18); Party Joinder (Rule 20); Counterclaims; Cross-claims; Third-Party Claims (Rule 14); Compulsory Joinder (Rule 19); and Intervention (Rule 24). It also includes a unit devoted to Subject Matter Jurisdiction problems raised by these rules.
Summary Judgment under Rule 56
This lesson reviews the elements of summary judgment under Rule 56.
The Erie Doctrine: Basics

Casebooks: Civil Procedure

Low and Jeffries' Federal Courts and the Law of Federal-State Relations by Curtis Bradley, Tara Grove, Peter Low & John c. Jeffries
Call Number: KF8735 .L69 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 10th ed. [2022]
Civil Procedure: A Coursebook by Joseph W. Glannon, Andrew M. Perlman & Peter Raven-Hansen
Call Number: KF8839 .G578 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 4th ed. [2021]
Complex Litigation: Cases and Materials on Advanced Civil Procedure by Richard Marcus, Edward Sherman, Howard Erichson & Andrew D. Bradt
Call Number: KF8900.A4 M37 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 7th ed. [2021]
Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions by Richard D. Freer, Wendy Collins Perdue; Robin J. Effron
Call Number: KF8839 .F74 2020 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 8th ed. [2020]
Civil Procedure by Stephen C. Yeazell & Joanna C. Schwartz
Call Number: KF8839 .Y43 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 10th ed. [2019]
Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context by Stephen Subrin, Martha Minow, Mark S. Brodin, Thomas O. Main & Alexandra D. Lahav
Call Number: KF8839 .C452 2016 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. 2016
Hart and Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the Federal System by Richard H. Fallon Jr, John F. Manning, Daniel J. Meltzer & David L. Shapiro
Call Number: KF8718 .H32 2015 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 7th ed. [2015]
2019 supplement also is on Reserve: KF8718 .H32

Rules: Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: With Selected Statutes and Other Materials by Stephen C. Yeazell, Joanna C. Schwartz & Maureen Carroll
Call Number: KF8816 .A198 2023 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 2023

Guide: Civil Procedure

A Guide to Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives by Brooke Coleman, Suzette Malveaux, Portia Pedro, Elizabeth Porter, eds.
Call Number: KF8840.A2 G85 2022 (Course Reserves)
Publication Date: [2022]
The book's description states that this guide is a tool that aims to center "questions of systemic injustice in the teaching, learning, and practice of civil procedure."

Treatises & Hornbooks: Civil Procedure

Treatises:

Federal Practice and Procedure (multi-volume treatise) by original authors: Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller
Call Number: KF8840 .W68 (Main)
Publication Date: 5th ed. w/ 2023 supplement integrated into updated sections in Apr. 2023. Federal Practice and Procedure's Supplemental Service updated in Oct. 2023.
BLS Library provides this treatise in print. It also is available in Westlaw. Westlaw access: In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WESTLAW. Enter your Westlaw username/password.
Moore's Federal Practice - Civil (multi-volume treatise) by Original author: James William Moore. Current Board of Editors: Daniel R. Coquillette, Gregory P. Joseph, Georgene M. Vairo & Chilton Davis Varner
Publication Date: 3rd ed., updated quarterly, current through Sept. 2023 (Release No. 219)
In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (LEXIS/NEXIS) - ID AND PASSWORD REQUIRED - Civil. Enter your Lexis username/password. BLS Library also provides this treatise in Lexis Digital Library.
Civil Procedure (Aspen treatise series) by Richard D. Freer
Call Number: Ebook + 1 print copy: KF8839 .F745 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2022]
In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC). This ebook circulates for 1 day. There also is 1 print copy on Reserve.

Hornbooks:

Civil Procedure (Hornbook series) by Jack H. Friedenthal, Mary Kay Kane, Arthur R. Miller & Adam N. Steinman
Call Number: KF8840 .F72 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 6th ed. [2021]
Principles of Civil Procedure (Concise Hornbook series) by Kevin M. Clermont
Call Number: KF8840 .C54 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 6th ed. [2021]
Law of Federal Courts (Hornbook series) by Charles A. Wright & Mary Kay Kane
Call Number: KF8840 .W755 2017 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 8th ed. [2017]

Study Aids Containing Multiple-Choice Questions & Short-Answer Questions: Civil Procedure

The Glannon Guide to Civil Procedure: Learning Civil Procedure Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis by Joseph W. Glannon
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2023]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
Mastering Multiple Choice for Federal Civil Procedure MBE Bar Prep and 1L Exam Prep by Steven Baicker-McKee; William M. Janssen
Call Number: KF8841 .J36 2022ebEBOOK
Publication Date: 4th ed. [2022]
1 copy of this ebook is available. This ebook circulates for 2 hours (like a print book on Reserve). In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - EBSCO.
Questions & Answers: Civil Procedure: Multiple-Choice and Short-Answer Questions and Answers by William V. Dorsaneo; Elizabeth G. Thornburg; Brooke D. Coleman
Call Number: KF8841 .D67 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2022]
1 copy of this ebook is available in Lexis Digital Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS DIGITAL LIBRARY. Enter your BLS username/password. The digital copy circulates for 3 days (b/c the vendor currently does not accommodate 2-hour loans).
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Civil Procedure (CrunchTime study guide series) by Steven L. Emanuel
Call Number: KF8841 .E524 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 7th ed. [2019]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Preface states that this CrunchTime study guide is designed "to be used in the last few weeks (or even less) before your final exams." Includes: "Exam Tips"; short-answer questions; multiple-choice questions; and essay questions.
Civil Procedure (Emanuel Law Outlines series) by Steven L. Emanuel
Publication Date: 26th ed., 2018
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
Includes: "Exam Tips" at end of each outline chapter. Also includes "Quiz Yourself" short-answer questions throughout each chapter. Each "pod" of "Quiz Yourself" questions also is highlighted in the table of contents.
Civil Procedure: Objective (Exam Pro study guide series) by Linda Mullenix
Call Number: KF8841 .M782 2016 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2016]

Additional Study Aids: Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure (Examples & Explanations series) by Joseph W. Glannon
Call Number: KF8840 .G54 2023 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 9th ed. [2023]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
2 print copies also are available on Reserve.
Civil Procedure (Gilbert Law Summaries) by Richard Marcus; Thomas Rowe Jr.
Call Number: KF8841 .C535 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 19th ed. [2022]
Format: Outline
Civil Procedure in a Nutshell by Mary Kay Kane, Arthur R. Miller & Adam N. Steinman.
Call Number: KF8841 .K364 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 9th ed. [2022]
Federal Courts in a Nutshell by Donald Doernberg
Call Number: KF8858.Z9 C877 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 6th ed. [2021]
Acing Civil Procedure: A Checklist Approach to Solving Procedural Problems by A. Benjamin Spencer
Call Number: KF8841 .S654 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2019]
Understanding Civil Procedure by Gene R. Shreve, Peter Raven-Hansen & Charles Gardner Geyh
Call Number: KF8840 .S52 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 6th ed. [2019]
2 copies are available in Lexis Digital Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS DIGITAL LIBRARY. Enter your BLS username/password. The digital copy circulates for 3 days (b/c the vendor currently does not accommodate 2-hour loans).
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Inside Civil Procedure: What Matters and Why by Howard M. Erichson
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2018]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.