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- 1. Connecticut Practice Research RWU LawPrepare for Practice Program
- 2. Secondary Sources Treatises Continuing Legal EducationMaterials Bar Association Journals Legal Newspapers Forms Jury Instructions
- 3. Secondary Sources: *Treatises Connecticut Practice Series 20Topicareas Includes: Typical discussion Forms Rules
- 4. Secondary Sources: *CLE Continuing Legal EducationMaterials Connecticut specific by – Connecticut Bar Association National Business Institute MassachusettsContinuing Legal Education Generally by – American Bar Association Practising Law Institute American Law Institute National Institute forTrialAdvocacy
- 5. Secondary Sources: * BarAssociation Journals / Newspapers BarAssociation Journals – Connecticut Bar Journal (HeinOnline, 1927 – present) Connecticut Lawyer (HeinOnline, 1990 – present) Newspapers – Connecticut LawTribune (LexisAdvance, 1991 – present)
- 6. Secondary Sources: * Forms Forms Connecticut PracticeSeries In print & viaWestlawNext Connecticut Practice Book Judicial Branch website, http://www.jud.ct.gov/pb.htm WestlawNext DraftingTrusts in Connecticut DraftingWills in Connecticut
- 7. Secondary Sources: *Jury Instructions Jury Instructions Connecticut PracticeSeries In print & viaWestlaw BloombergLaw State Civil & Criminal Jury Instructions
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- 9. Primary Sources *Statutes Statutes Available free fromConnecticut General Assembly with a separate supplement The Judicial Branch Libraries provide a “How to” page and a video on “Searching” the statutes via their website http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/statutes.htm
- 10. Primary Sources * Regulations Regulations Administrative Codeis available on BloombergLaw, CaseMaker, LexisAdvance, & WestlawNext Some regulations, policies & procedures are available free on government websites Judicial Branch Libraries link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/state.htm#Policies
- 11. Primary Sources *Cases Bloomberg Law Lexis Advance Westlaw Next State of Connecticut Supreme Court 1802 - present 1764– present 1786 - present 1991 - present Court of Appeals 1983 - present 1983 – present 1983 – present 1991 - present Superior Court 1935 - present 1935 - present 1785 - present See below Circuit Court 1961-1974 1961-1974 1961-1974 None Common Pleas Court 1935-1978 Included w/ Superior Court 1935-1978 None *State of Connecticut at http://www.jud.ct.gov **For the Civil/Family/Criminal/ MotorVehicle divisions of the Superior cases are generally available for no less than 1 year and no more than 10 years after the disposition date Cases
- 12. Primary Sources *Court Rules Court Rules Courtwebsite http://www.jud.ct.gov Connecticut Practice Book Judicial Branch website, http://www.jud.ct.gov/pb.htm Rules of Court (with code set) Connecticut Practice Series BloombergLaw LexisAdvance WestlawNext
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