Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys


The 2006 Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys, edited by Jeffrey S. Gutman, Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at George Washington University Law School and published by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is available in PDF format, below.

An updated version of this manual, which includes caselaw from the Supreme Court's 2006-07 term, is available at eJustice.org. This HTML version of the Manual also includes hyperlinks to statutes, case documents, and model pleadings and is fully searchable by keyword. eJustice is the national technology project of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. 

Table of Contents, Foreword, Dedication, and Preface (from the 2004 edition)

Chapter 1: Preparing for Litigation

Chapter 2: Jurisdiction

Chapter 3: The Case or Controversy Requirement and Other Preliminary Hurdles

Chapter 4: Drafting and Filing the Complaint

Chapter 5: Causes of Action

Chapter 6: Pretrial and Trial Practice

Chapter 7: Class Action

Chapter 8: Limitations on Relief

Chapter 9: Relief