Legal Research Guides by Course - Civil Procedure I

Course Description

This course examines the procedures used to resolve civil litigation, with an emphasis on litigation in federal courts. It covers basic jurisdictional principles; discovery and summary judgment; and trying a lawsuit. (2 credits) Required Course

Faculty Who Teach This Course

• Steven F. Baicker-McKee (Assistant Professor of Law)
• Nicholas Cafardi (Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law)
• Susan C. Hascall (Assistant Professor of Law)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Print Collection

KF8810-KF9075 Federal Civil Procedure 

Legal Research Databases

• Bloomberg Law (includes access to Pacer)
• CVN - Civil Procedure (cases for civil procedure) (Users must first create a CVN Account using their Duquesne email address)
• HeinOnline
• Legal Scholarship Network
• LexisAdvance
• LoisLaw Treatises - General Litigation Library
• WestlawNext
• Civil Procedure: an Overview (LII)
• Civil Procedure (Encyclopedia of Everyday Law)
• Civil Procedure (lawschoolhelp.com)
• Civil Procedure (WashLaw)

Discovery

• Discovery: an Overview (LII)
• Fact Finding: Understanding the Discovery Process (FindLaw)
• Discovery (USLegal)
• Discovery (lawschoolhelp.com)

Summary Judgment

• Summary Judgment (LII)
• Summary Judgment Motions (Pa Code)
• Motions for Summary Judgment (USLegal)
• Ten Commandments of Summary Judgment
• Discovery to Set up Summary Judgment (Rhoads & Sinon)
• Summary Judgment in Pennsylvania: a Time for Another Look at Credibility Issues (bePress Select Works)

Trying a Lawsuit

• How Lawsuits Work (How Stuff Works)
• Developing a Trial Theme
• Trial (USLegal)

Blogs

• Civil Procedure and Federal Courts Blog

DCLI Webpage Links

• Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law
• Legal Research Guides: Civil Procedure

 Course Satisfies: Required Course

rev. 2/18/2013
Patricia Horvath