Jury Instructions and Jury Verdicts: Jury Instructions

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Federal Jury Practice and Instructions.  Kevin O'Malley, Jay Grenig, William Lee and Edward James.

[Second Floor KF8984 .F43 5th v.#]

Federal Jury Practice and Instructions: Civil Companion Handbook.  Kevin O'Malley, Jay Grenig, William Lee and Edward James.

[Second Floor KF8984 .D42 2009-10]

Federal Jury Practice and Instructions: Companion Handbook.  Kevin O'Malley, Jay Grenig, William Lee and Edward James.

[Second Floor KF8984 .D42 2008]

Federal Jury Practice and Instructions: Criminal Companion Handbook.  Kevin O'Malley, Jay Grenig, William Lee and Edward James.

[Second Floor KF8984 .D42 2008]

Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions.  Federal Judicial Center.

[Second Floor KF9682 .A65 J83 1998]

First Circuit

• Pattern Jury Instructions, First Circuit, Civil. 
• http://www.med.uscourts.gov/civil

• Pattern Jury Instructions, First Circuit, Criminal.
  
• http://www.med.uscourts.gov/pdf/crpjilinks.pdf

Third Circuit

• Model Civil Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Third Circuit.
  
• http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/modeljuryinstructions.htm

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Third Circuit, Criminal. 
• http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/modeljuryinstructions.htm

Fourth Circuit

• Horn's Federal Criminal Jury Instructions for the Fourth Circuit.
• [Second Floor KF9682 .H67 2009]
  

Fifth Circuit

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Fifth Circuit, Civil. 
  
• http://www.lb5.uscourts.gov/JuryInstructions/

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Fifth Circuit, Criminal.
  
• http://www.lb5.uscourts.gov/JuryInstructions/

Sixth Circuit

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Sixth Circuit, Criminal.
  
• http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/crim_jury_insts.htm

Seventh Circuit

• Federal Civil Jury Instructions of the Seventh Circuit. 
  
• http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/Pattern_Jury_Instr/7th_civ_instruc_2009.pdf

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Seventh Circuit, Criminal. 
• http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/7thcivinstruc2005.pdf

Eighth Circuit

• Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Eight Circuit. 
  
• http://www.juryinstructions.ca8.uscourts.gov/civil_instructions.htm

• Manual of Model Criminal Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Eighth Circuit.  
• http://www.juryinstructions.ca8.uscourts.gov/criminal_instructions.htm

Ninth Circuit

• Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit. 
  
• http://www.akd.uscourts.gov/docs/general/model_jury_civil.pdf

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Ninth Circuit, Criminal.
• http://www.rid.uscourts.gov/menu/judges/jurycharges/OtherPJI/9th%20Circuit%20Model%20Criminal%20Jury%20Instructions.pdf

Tenth Circuit

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Tenth Circuit, Criminal. 
  
• http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/clerk/pji10-cir-crim.pdf

Eleventh Circuit

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Eleventh Circuit, Civil. 
• http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/documents/pdfs/civjury.pdf

• Pattern Jury Instructions, Eleventh Circuit, Criminal. 
  
• http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/documents/jury/crimjury.pdf

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References from Coast to Coast: Jury Instructions Update.  Mary Heinen and Jan Bissett.  (2007). 

• http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference53.htm
  • Update to 2002 Publication.  Provides links to online jury instructions divided by state. 

References from Coast to Coast: Revisiting Jury Instructions (Part 1) Alabama through Mississippi.  Mary Heinen and Jan Bissett.  (2002). 

• http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference38.htm
  •  A list of print and online jury instructions divided by state.  

References from Coast to Coast: Revisiting Jury Instructions (Part 2) Missouri through Wyoming.  Mary Heinen and Jan Bissett.  (2002). 

• http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference39.htm
  •  A list of print and online jury instructions divided by state.  

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