Civil Litigation Resources

Bar Associations

• ABA Section on Litigation.
• Massachusetts Bar Association Section on Civil Litigation.
• Boston Bar Association Litigation Section.
• American Association for Justice.  (Formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.)
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.
• International Association of Defense Counsel.
• American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.                            

Student Competitions

Mock Trial

• National Trial Competition
• Student Trial Advocacy Competition

Writing

• George Hutchinson Writing Competition. (Federal Circuit Bar Assoc.)
• International Association of Defense Counsel. Legal Writing Contest.
• James William Moore Federal Practice Award (includes federal civil practice).  Announced annually by LexisNexis.
• ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Law Student Writing Competition. 
• Thomson/Reuters, Beverly C. Moore, Jr., Memorial Student Writing Competition on a Topic Dealing with Class Actions.

Blogs

• Civil Procedure Prof Blog
• Mass Tort Litigation Blog
• Products Liability Prof Blog
• Torts Prof Blog
• Evidence Prof Blog 

LLM Programs 

Insurance Law

• University of Connecticut Law School
• Thomas Cooley Law School

Litigation/Trial Advocacy

• George Washington University
• Temple University, Beasley School of Law  

Public Service Opportunities

• Legal Aid Providers:  Massachusetts.
• National Center on Poverty Law - Poverty Law Manual
• Center on Law and Social Responsibility - NESL Center Home Page
• Public Interest Law Links - NESL Center Links
• National Coalition for the Homeless - National Homeless
• NeighborhoodLaw.org - Basic Legal Information from Neighborhood Legal Services
• Mass Legal Services Unemployment Guide
• Mass Legal Services Link to Unemployment Advocacy
• Greater Boston Legal Services
• AALS Equal Justice Project
• AALS Pro Bono Project

Continuing Legal Education

• Practicing Law Institute  (filter by interest – litigation.)
• ALI-ABA (search courses – litigation.)
• Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education ( search – civil litigation)
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy. 

Film

• A Civil Action, (Touchstone 1999). PN1997 .C49 1999
• The Verdict, (Twentieth Century-Fox 1990). PN1997 .V47 1990

Background Reading

• Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action (1995). KF228.A7 H37 1995
• Gerald M. Stern, The Buffalo Creek Disaster (1977). KF228.P75 S7 1977