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PRACTICE MATERIALS

Preliminary Top Picks:

  • Flying Solo. American Bar Association. Law Practice Management Section. Law Stacks at KF300 .F58 2005.
  • How to Start and Build a Law Practice. American Bar Association. Law Practice Management Section. Law Stacks at KF300 .F6 2004.
  • How to Draft Bills Clients Rush to Pay. American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section. Law Stacks at KF316 .M67 2003.
  • Iowa Legal Research Guide (online), by John D. Edwards.
  • FindLaw
  • HierosGamos
  • LLRX
  • GlobaLex
  • Zimmerman's Guide
  • MyShingle. Excellent resources for the solo practitioner.
  • Small Business Start-up Guide (U.S. Small Business Administration). Particularly good for business plans.
  • Legal Information Institute (affiliated with Cornell University Law School).
  • Rominger Legal
  • ABA Solo Practice Section
  • LexisNexis. Check on website for information on full subscriptions and per use subscriptions.
  • LoisLaw. Check on website for information on full subscriptions and per use subscriptions.
  • Westlaw. Check on website for information on full subscriptions and per use subscriptions.

Comprehensive Formbooks

  • West's Legal Forms. Published by Thompson/West. Found on Westlaw. Law Stacks at KF170 .M6 1981 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • American Jurisprudence (AmJur) Legal Forms 2d. Published by Thompson/West. Found on Westlaw. Law Stacks at KF170 .A542 1971 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms, Annotated. Published by Clark Boardman Callaghan. Found on Westlaw. Law Stacks at KF170 .N54 1955 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Current Legal Forms, With Tax Analysis. LexisNexis/Matthew Bender. Law Stacks at KF170 .R3 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • The Essential Formbook: Comprehensive Management Tools for Lawyers. American Bar Association. Law Stacks at KF170 .M86 2000 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • American Jurisprudence (AmJur) Pleading and Practice Forms, Annotated. State and Federal. Published by West Group. Law Stacks at KF8836.A45 1967. (Law Library has current subscription).

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Specialty Formbooks (a sampler)

  • Bender's Forms of Discovery. Published by Lexis Publishing/Matthew Bender. Law Stacks at KF8900.A3B42 (Law Library has current subscription) .
  • Current Leasing: Law and Techniques. Forms. By Patrick J. Rohan. Published by LexisNexis/Matthew Bender. Law Stacks at KF6540 .A6 R4 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Deposition Strategy, Law and Forms. Published by Juris Publishing. Law Stacks at KF8900.D4 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Federal Local Court Forms, Second Edition. Published by West Group. Law Stacks at KF8836.H58 1994 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Federal Procedural Forms. Lawyer's Edition. Published by Thomson-West. Law Stacks at KF8836.F4 2006 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Home Owner Assocations and PUDs. Law and Practice. Forms. By Patrick J. Rohan. Published by LexisNexis/Matthew Bender. Law Stacks at KF6540 .A6 R4 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Lane's Goldstein Litigation Forms. By Fred Lane. Published by West Group. Law Stacks at KF8836.L36 1991 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • West's Federal Forms. Published by West Group. Law Stacks KF8836.W4 1969 (Law Library has current subscription).

Practitioner Treatises

  • ABA guides: Click on the drop-down menu for “Sections, Divisions, and Forum Committees.” Then, once you're in your chosen section, choose the link for “Publications,” which is usually in a side-bar on the screen's left-hand side.   
  • State Continuing Legal Education Publications (“CLEs”). Use InfoHawk Advanced search to enter the specific state and topic (or the general topic “CLE) as keywords. Or, access state bar association websites and find publications section or do the following Google search: “[state] CLE.”
  • American Jurisprudence Trials (AmJur Trials); An Encyclopedia Guide to the Modern Practices, Techniques, and Tactics Used in Preparing and Trying Cases, with Model Programs for Handling All Types of Litigation. Law Stacks KF8915.A74 1964. Also available on Westlaw (AMJUR-TRIALS). For free access to the tables of contents for all volumes, go to: http://west.thomson.com/store/summaryofcontents.aspx?product_id=13504057
  • American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts (in three series) (POF). Examples of “[t]ext[s] and sample testimony to assist in proving contested facts.” Law Stacks KF8935 .A43 1988. Also available on Westlaw (AMJUR-POF). View American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts - Categorical List of Articles - Second and Third Series (Through Volume 88) (384KB PDF*)
    (scroll to bottom of page).
  • Causes of Action (COA) (in two series). Examples of trial actions and defenses. Law Stacks KF1250 .S54 1993. Also available on Westlaw (COA).

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General Periodicals (some are member access only)

Top Picks for Iowa Lawyers:

  • Litigation. American Bar Association, Section on Litigation.
  • Litigation Newsletter. Iowa State Bar Association. Law Stacks KFI4738.A1 L58
  • Iowa Lawyer. Law Library Browsing Area and Special Services (archival issues on microfiche).

General Picks:

  • Law Practice (formerly Law Practice Management). ABA, Law Practice Management Section. Law Stacks at KF315 .A15 L4. Also available online from UIowa Law Library computers.
  • Practice Development for Solos & Small Firms. Leader Publications. Online access only available from UI Law Library computers (or from any networked computer using a HawkID).
  • Law Office Management & Administration Report. Institute for Office Management and Administration. Online access only available from UI Law Library computers (or from any networked computer using a HawkID).
  • Of Counsel. Law & Business. Online access only available from UI Law Library computers (or from any networked computer using a HawkID)

State Bar Associations

Practice Associations

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Judicial Directories

  • Almanac of the Federal Judiciary: Profiles of All Active United States District Court Judges, edited by Susan Alexander. Law Letters, Inc. Law Reference Stacks KF8700 .A19 A44 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • The American Bench: Judges of the Nation. Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates. Law Reference Stacks KF8700 .A19 A47 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • The Directory of Minority Judges of the United States. American Bar Association. Law Reference Stacks KF8700 .A19 D57 2001.
  • Directory of State Court Clerks & County Courthouses. WANT Pub. Co. Law Reference Stacks KF8700 .A19 D58 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Judicial Staff Directory. Congressional Staff Directory, Ltd. Law Reference Stacks KF8700 .A19 J83 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Judicial Yellow Book. Leadership Directories, Inc. Law Reference Stacks KF8700 .A19 J84 (Law Library has current subscription).

Attorney Directories

  • Best Lawyers in America, edited by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. Seaview/Putnam. Law Reference Stacks KF190 .N23 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys. A.M. Best Co. Law Reference Stacks KF195.I5 B4 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Directory of Corporate Counsel. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Law Reference Stacks KF195.C6 D57 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Hine's Insurance Counsel. Hine's Legal Directory. Law Reference Stacks KF195.I5 H56 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers-Roster. Iowa Acad. of Trial Lawyers. Law Reference Stacks KF192.I6 I65 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. Law Reference Stacks KF190 .M3 (Law Library has current subscription).
  • NALP [National Association for Law Placement] Directory of Legal Employers. BAR/BRI Group. Law Reference Stacks KF190 .N25 (Law Library has current subscription).

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Legal Translation/Interpretation

  • Finding the Right Foreign Language Professional. By Janice Becker, Proprietor, German-American Business Translation, Chicago, Illinois. Veteran German-English translator provides law-oriented guidelines for hiring translators
  • Legal Translations: Some Tips, by Francisco Avalos. The University of Arizona's long-time Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian outlines resources to help with legal translations.

Law Practice Blogs

  • Jim Calloway's Law Practice Tips Blog. “An Oklahoma-based weblog about law practice management, the Internet and technology” as they apply to legal practice. Timely tips and relevant topics. Also, good links and good blog archives.
  • Law Biz Blog. Appears under the auspices of Ed Poll, a nationally-recognized law firm management consultant.
  • Immigration Law Blog. Authored by long-time California-based immigration attorney Paul Heller.
  • Iowa Family Law Blog. “Legal news, court decisions, and information on Iowa family law from the Des Moines law firm of Babich, Goldman, Cashatt & Renzo, P.C.”
  • Law Practice Today (blog of the ABA Law Practice Management Section).

Life in the Law

  • The Defense is Ready: Life in the Trenches of Criminal Law. By Leslie Abramson (with Richard Flaste). Law Stacks KF373.A275 A3 1997.
  • Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders. By Vincent Bugliosi. Law Stacks HV6533.C2 B83 1974.
  • The Man to See: Edward Bennett Williams: Ultimate Insider: Legendary Trial Lawyer. By Evan Thomas. Law Stacks KF373.W466 T46 1991.
  • Mouthpiece: A Life In—and Sometimes Outside—the Law. By Edward Hayes (with Susan Lehman). Law Stacks KF373.H389 A36 2006.
  • Without a Doubt. By Marcia Clark (with Teresa Carpenter). Law Stacks KF224.S485 C57 1997.

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