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Introduction to Practice Aids

Recorded by Diane Murley, SIU Law Library, March 2007

Listen to Practice Aids. Duration of audio: ~10.5 minutes.

You can follow along with the transcript. The times in the outline below indicate the point in the recording when that topic begins.

1. General comments (0:53)
   • "Need Trial Practice Tips? Browse the Stacks of Your Local Law Library," Illinois Trial Practice Weblog, Mar. 1, 2006
2. Types of practice aids (3:26)
   1. Legal or transactional forms (3:37)
      • Am. Jur. Legal Forms on Westlaw and in the SIU law library at KF 170 .A542
      • West's Legal Forms on Westlaw and in the SIU law library at KF 170 .M58
   2. Litigation or practice forms (4:24)
      • Illinois Civil Practice Forms on Westlaw and in the SIU law library at KFI 1730 .A65 C55
      • American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms on Westlaw and in the SIU law library at KF 8836 .A45
      • Bender's Forms of Discovery on LexisNexis and in the SIU law library at KF 8900 .A3 B4
   3. Trial practice resources (5:14)
      • Causes of Action on Westlaw and in the SIU law library at KF8863 .S53 1993
      • Am. Jur. Trials on Westlaw and in the SIU law library at KF 8915 .A74
      • Am. Jur. Proof of Facts on Westlaw and in the SIU law library at KF8935 .A793
   4. CLE (Continuing Legal Educations) materials (5:37)
      • IICLE Smartbooks
3. Evaluation criteria (7:33)