Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys

The 2006 Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys has been updated to include relevant decisions from the Supreme Court’s 2006-07 term. Many subchapters have been edited and updated starting in February 2010.  Updated subchapters are indicated by revision dates appearing at the bottom of the subchapter. The manual covers all stages of federal litigation, from drafting and filing the complaint to trial practice and limitations on relief. Hyperlinks to federal statutes, Supreme Court case citations, and case pleadings available through the Shriver Center’s Poverty Law Library are included in the HTML version of the manual, which was edited by Jeffrey S. Gutman, Professor of Clinical Law at George Washington University Law School. In addition, the full text of the manual is searchable by keyword.