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The FRCP supplement that is required is a copy of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It is not a supplement like you are thinking. You should get the copy of the Fed. R. Civ. Pro. that your professor recommends, if only because you will have the same page numbers, etc., as the syllabus. The Fed. R. Civ. Pro. will not "change" in a different supplement.brickman wrote:So I have this as a required supplement for CivPro, but is there a better FRCP that I should I look into or are they all pretty much the same. I have Yeazell's casebook too (i've heard it's not very good), so that would maybe affect suggestions.
Thoughts?
I wasn't thinking of it as a supplement like an E&E or anything like that, if that is what you thought I meant. Is the above:5ky wrote:The FRCP supplement that is required is a copy of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It is not a supplement like you are thinking. You should get the copy of the Fed. R. Civ. Pro. that your professor recommends, if only because you will have the same page numbers, etc., as the syllabus. The Fed. R. Civ. Pro. will not "change" in a different supplement.brickman wrote:So I have this as a required supplement for CivPro, but is there a better FRCP that I should I look into or are they all pretty much the same. I have Yeazell's casebook too (i've heard it's not very good), so that would maybe affect suggestions.
Thoughts?
The supplement is keyed to the casebook in most cases. Thus, the FRCP Yezell supplement is keyed to the Civil Procedure casebook Yeazell wrote that I'm presuming you've also been assigned. This can be helpful for when the casebook refers you to the supplement (e.g. you're reading a case on Discovery and the casebook tells you to turn to page so-and-so in the supplement).5ky wrote:I was answering your original question, which asked whether you should look into a different "FRCP." Perhaps you should clarify your question.
As for that book, I've never heard of it nor heard of anyone using it. I don't think it is necessary.
i would hold off on buying any supplements until you've had a chance to see how you're doing with the material. i know lots of people who have a pile of 1L supplements they never used.brickman wrote:thanks all, v. helpful.
just based on the casebook review, any good substantive supplement help you through civpro?Geist13 wrote:oh goodness there's a lot of people who don't know what they are talking about in this thread. OP, what you have been assigned is the FRCP rule book which is attached to the Yeazell casebook; it's just all the rules of civil procedure, plus whatever new cases have come out since the most recent edition of the casebook. I would suggest getting the Yeazell rule book because it has a large font and has wide margins. Unlike some other FRCP rule books I've seen there's lots of space for margin notes. The size of the book makes it easier to navigate and use in general. Unlike the free pocket size westlaw version they will have at your school, the pages are labeled in the corner which makes flipping through to the correct rule easier.
You should get it. However, I will confirm what you have heard about the Yeazell casebook; it's fucking atrocious.
A lot of people like the Glannon E&E. But it all depends on the way you prof teaches the class. If I had used Glannon, I would have been sunk. See if there's a copy in the library before you get it.brickman wrote:just based on the casebook review, any good substantive supplement help you through civpro?Geist13 wrote:oh goodness there's a lot of people who don't know what they are talking about in this thread. OP, what you have been assigned is the FRCP rule book which is attached to the Yeazell casebook; it's just all the rules of civil procedure, plus whatever new cases have come out since the most recent edition of the casebook. I would suggest getting the Yeazell rule book because it has a large font and has wide margins. Unlike some other FRCP rule books I've seen there's lots of space for margin notes. The size of the book makes it easier to navigate and use in general. Unlike the free pocket size westlaw version they will have at your school, the pages are labeled in the corner which makes flipping through to the correct rule easier.
You should get it. However, I will confirm what you have heard about the Yeazell casebook; it's fucking atrocious.
My civ pro mantra: always Freer; never Glannonbrickman wrote:just based on the casebook review, any good substantive supplement help you through civpro?Geist13 wrote:oh goodness there's a lot of people who don't know what they are talking about in this thread. OP, what you have been assigned is the FRCP rule book which is attached to the Yeazell casebook; it's just all the rules of civil procedure, plus whatever new cases have come out since the most recent edition of the casebook. I would suggest getting the Yeazell rule book because it has a large font and has wide margins. Unlike some other FRCP rule books I've seen there's lots of space for margin notes. The size of the book makes it easier to navigate and use in general. Unlike the free pocket size westlaw version they will have at your school, the pages are labeled in the corner which makes flipping through to the correct rule easier.
You should get it. However, I will confirm what you have heard about the Yeazell casebook; it's fucking atrocious.
The Freer one is great. Make sure you get second edition(the new one) because a lot of stuff has changed since the 2005 one.Geist13 wrote:My civ pro mantra: always Freer; never Glannonbrickman wrote:just based on the casebook review, any good substantive supplement help you through civpro?Geist13 wrote:oh goodness there's a lot of people who don't know what they are talking about in this thread. OP, what you have been assigned is the FRCP rule book which is attached to the Yeazell casebook; it's just all the rules of civil procedure, plus whatever new cases have come out since the most recent edition of the casebook. I would suggest getting the Yeazell rule book because it has a large font and has wide margins. Unlike some other FRCP rule books I've seen there's lots of space for margin notes. The size of the book makes it easier to navigate and use in general. Unlike the free pocket size westlaw version they will have at your school, the pages are labeled in the corner which makes flipping through to the correct rule easier.
You should get it. However, I will confirm what you have heard about the Yeazell casebook; it's fucking atrocious.
His barbri lecture is also great for bringing the rules together. I credit that man with teaching me anything I know about civ pro.eandy wrote:The Freer one is great. Make sure you get second edition(the new one) because a lot of stuff has changed since the 2005 one.Geist13 wrote:My civ pro mantra: always Freer; never Glannonbrickman wrote:just based on the casebook review, any good substantive supplement help you through civpro?Geist13 wrote:oh goodness there's a lot of people who don't know what they are talking about in this thread. OP, what you have been assigned is the FRCP rule book which is attached to the Yeazell casebook; it's just all the rules of civil procedure, plus whatever new cases have come out since the most recent edition of the casebook. I would suggest getting the Yeazell rule book because it has a large font and has wide margins. Unlike some other FRCP rule books I've seen there's lots of space for margin notes. The size of the book makes it easier to navigate and use in general. Unlike the free pocket size westlaw version they will have at your school, the pages are labeled in the corner which makes flipping through to the correct rule easier.
You should get it. However, I will confirm what you have heard about the Yeazell casebook; it's fucking atrocious.
edit: quote fail
I swore by Friedenthal, but I imagine either one is fine.brickman wrote:I've seen some suggestions for this:
http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Procedure-H ... BXQUTO8PNJ
worth it or we goin' Freer all the way to the bank?
jkay wrote:Yeazell casebook, you say? Here's something you might find useful: http://www.macabelegal.com/yeazell.html
No.Manash wrote:I'm in the same boat as OP. Only thing is my course requires the 2011 FRCP. Possible to get away with an earlier edition? I don't see any used 2011 versions floating around.