Published Monthly In A PDF Format:
The Federal Evidence Review is a publication that focuses on current evidence law developments in the federal courts. Each monthly issue is delivered to subscribers via email in a PDF format so that they can easily search and copy the Review, and link to the cases and references that it cites.
Distilling Evidence Cases Down To The Essentials:
Each month the Review gathers reported evidence cases from the federal circuit courts, distills them to their essentials, and adds commentary and analysis. The coverage of each case has certain common features so that it is easy to read, to understand, and to appreciate what you need to know to use the case in your practice.
Case Summaries:
In each case summary, the Review identifies the circuit court deciding the case and the evidence issues involved. It sets out the case's significance for evidence law and it presents a short summary of the important facts in the case and how the circuit resolved the evidence issues.
Comment And Practice Points:
In addition to capturing the essence of each case, the Review analyzes each case’s evidence implications. This appears in Comments on the evidence principles in the case or as a Practice Point on how to apply or use the case in your practice.
Detailed Case Reference:
For most cases covered in the Review, a link provides easy access to the case itself. In addition, other background information about the case, such as its citation and the underlying nature of the litigation is also available in each case summary.
Evidence Docket:
Each month's Review includes an Evidence Case Docket that summarizes the evidence holdings of each case covered. In one convenient place the reader can efficiently understand developments in evidence law and focus on the cases and developments in the Review of most relevance to their law practice.
Feature Stories On Evidence Law:
Every month the Review includes feature stories on evidence law. The Lead Story assesses a current evidence issue and a Practice Tip focuses on practical issues of concern to the practitioner. Depending on the cases decided during the month, the Review also includes feature stories that highlight when a case suggests a Developing Consensus among the circuits on an evidence law issue, or a Circuit Split on an issue, or merely identifies an Open Question.
Make Your Own Evidence Decision:
You can assess whether the Review has what you need to sharpen your evidence edge with the free downloads available on this site. In addition to a free download of the April 2007 issue, you can also examine selected feature articles that commonly appear in the Review.
Giving You The Evidence Edge:
For as little as $2.75 a day you can subscribe to the Review. Each month’s issue usually averages over 140 pages of case summary, analysis and commentary. The Review provides a cost-effective way to find and keep current on federal evidence cases and developments. Your satisfaction with the Review is unconditionally guaranteed. The are three ways to subscribe to the Review online and to gain that edge in evidence law.
