New to the Collection: American Bar Association Publications
The Washington State Law Library frequently updates our collection with new legal treatises. We recently added books published by the American Bar Association on a variety of topics including police reform, abortion law, and photography law.
These books are available for checkout during our curbside service hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Contact the reference desk at Library.Requests@courts.wa.gov with questions or to place a hold on a book.
Internet Legal Research on a Budget: Free and Low Cost Resources for Lawyers, Second Edition (2020). Authors Judy K. Davis and Carole A. Levitt help legal researchers save time and money by sharing websites, apps, blogs, and other low or no-cost resources.
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Sample Chapter — Websites for General Legal Research
Law and Poetry: Promises from the Preamble (2021). This anthology edited by Kristen David Adams aims “to connect with the human experience of the law.”
Meeting the Legal Needs of Disaster Survivors: Third Responders (2021). Editor David Hoa Khoa Nguyen provides information on pro bono disaster relief services, including the Disaster Legal Services Program of the Young Lawyer’s Division.
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Sample Chapter — Introduction: The Need for Pro Bono Disaster Legal Assistance
Military Discharge Upgrade Practice Manual (2021). Called life changing by reviewers, this manual guides attorneys representing “veterans who unjustly received less-than-honorable or other stigmatizing discharges.” The authors, Margaret Kuzma, Dana Montalto, Elizabeth R. Gwin, and Daniel L. Nagin, work with veteran’s legal services programs.
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Sample Chapter — Introduction
Model Nonprofit Corporation Act: Official Text with Official Comments and Statutory Cross-references Adopted August 2008, Third Edition (2009). Edited by William H. Clark, Jr.
Professional Responsibility in Litigation, Third Edition (2021). This book authored by Douglas R. Richmond, Brian Shannon Faughnan, and Michael L. Matula “traces the ethical issues in the life of a lawsuit from start to finish.”
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Sample Chapter — Understanding Conflicts of Interest
Suicide and its Impact on the Criminal Justice System (2021). Authors Elizabeth Kelley and Francesca M. Flood discuss suicide in the criminal justice system, which impacts defendants, family members, criminal defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges.
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Sample Chapter — The Price of Empathy: Learning to Cope with Trauma in the Criminal Courtroom
The Deadly Force Script: How the Police in America Defend the use of Excessive Force (2021). “Anyone with an interest in the twin ideals of an equitable system of justice and a professional and bias-free police force will find this book both fascinating and enlightening.” Retired law enforcement officer and former forensic psychology professor, William Harmening, presents case studies relating to what he calls “the deadly force script,” verbal defenses used by law enforcement.
The Divorce Trial Manual: From Initial Interview to Closing Argument, Second Edition (2021). “Written by a veteran, nationally known family lawyer, [Steven Nathan Peskind] this is a comprehensive yet hands-on guide to managing and trying a divorce case.”
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Sample Chapter — Initial Client Contact
The Indian Child Welfare Act Handbook: A Legal Guide to the Custody and Adoption of Native American Children, Third Edition (2018). Kelly Gaines-Stoner, Mark Tilden, and Jack Frederick Trope have written a unique guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 for attorneys, counselors, and social workers. “The ICWA was enacted to ameliorate the problem of the massive removal of Native American children from their homes by both state welfare agencies and private agencies and to ensure that those children, once removed, would be placed in homes that reflect their cultures and traditions.“
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Sample Chapter — The Indian Child Welfare Act and Its Foundations
The Photography Law Handbook, Second Edition (2021). Photographer and lawyer Steven M. Richman has written a book on the rights and obligations of a photographer, including the conflicts of freedom of speech and copyright.
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Sample Chapter — The Legal Terrain
The Rights of the Accused under the Sixth Amendment: Trials, Presentation of Evidence, and Confrontation, Third Edition (2021). Authors Paul Marcus, David Duncan, Tommy Miller, and Joelle Moreno provide an understanding of rights of the accused under the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Updates for this third edition include the pandemic’s impact on the right to a speedy trial.
Whose Choice is it?: Abortion, Medicine, and the Law, Seventh Edition (2021). This is an updated guide for attorneys on abortion and reproductive health law, edited by attorney David F. Walbert and attorney/doctor J. Douglas Butler. “Constitutional law in the United States and Canada is explained in depth, and the chapter on comparative law is a unique treatment of applicable laws — both historically and presently — around the world.”
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Sample Chapter — Introduction
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