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California Practice Materials: Guides & Treatises

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This page lists examples of guides and treatises offered by some major publishers of California practice materials, and gives an idea of the scope and variety available, but is not a complete list.

To find additional California practice materials accessible in the Law Library, try searching the Law Library Catalog:

  • Search for California AND [topic] AND practi* —for example: California AND "family law" AND practi*
  • Advanced Search in Subject field, for All of the words: California [topic], then filter results (left side) for Location: Reserve Collection.

Major publishers of California practice materials

CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar) - a self-supporting organization foudned in 1947 within the University of California, publishing materials designed to serve the needs of the practicing bar, including (all available online via OnLaw):

LexisNexis Digital Library

Nolo Press - Berkeley-based, specializes in plain English, law-for-the-layperson, small business, and personal financial guides such as:

Thomson Reuters Westlaw - many titles available online via WL, some also available via Lexis:

  • California Civil Practice (multivolume set covering range of subjects including Business, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Family Law, Real Property, Torts, UCC)
  • California Jurisprudence (Cal. Jur.) (legal encyclopedia linked to ALR, AmJur, Proof of Facts and other West products)
  • California Medical Malpractice: Law and Practice
  • Miller & Starr California Real Estate 
  • Rutter Group series -
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Civil Procedure Before Trial
    • Civil Trials and Evidence
    • Civil Writs and Appeals
    • Corporations
    • Employment Litigation
    • Enforcing Judgments and Debts
    • Family Law
    • Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial
    • Federal Ninth Circuit Civil Appellate Practice
    • Insurance Litigation
    • Landlord Tenant
    • Personal Injury
    • Probate
    • Professional Responsibility
    • Real Property Transactions
  • Witkin Legal Institute publications -
    • Criminal Law and Procedure
    • Evidence
    • Procedure (Civil)
    • Summary of California Law

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Specialty sources

Aspen Publishing - not a major publisher of California practice material, but Marsh's is a mainstay of California corporations lawyers: