Advanced Legal Research
Purchasing Plan
· Introduction to Purchasing Plan
o I have provided the applicable legal research resources necessary to practice in the area of animal rights, specifically dealing with dog bite law. The legal research resources I have included focus on four major resource areas; primary authority, secondary authority, practice materials, and online materials.
· Primary Authority
o Cases
§ Federal Practice Digest, 4th
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $9,498.00
§ Federal Reporter, 3d
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $5,651.00
§ Federal Supplement, 2d
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $8,543.00
§ State Digest
§ West’s Colorado Digest, 2d
§ Publisher: Thompson/West
§ Price: $1,489.00
§ State Reporter
§ West’s Colorado Reporter, 3d
§ Publisher: Thompson/West
§ Price: $1,108.00
o Statutes
§ Federal:
§ United States Code Service
§ Publisher: Michie
§ Price: $2,076.00
§ State:
§ West’s Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated
§ Publisher: Thompson/West
§ Price: $3,094.00
o Administrative Materials
§ Federal
§ Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
§ Publisher: LexisNexis
§ Price: $1,022.00
§ State
§ Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR)
§ Publisher: Michie
§ Price: $2,452.00
· Secondary Sources
o Encyclopedias:
§ American Jurisprudence 2d and
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $6,994.00
§ Corpus Juris Secundum
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $6,482.00
o Treatises
§ Dobb’s Law of Torts (Practitioner Treatise Series)
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $200.00
§ Personal Injury Defense Techniques
§ Publisher: LexisNexis
§ Price: $1,004.00
o American Law Reports Annotations:
§ Federal
§ American Law Reports, Federal, 2d
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $3,054.00
§ State
§ American Law Reports, 6th
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $3,568.00
o Legal Periodicals
§ Animal Law
§ Publisher: Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law
§ Price: $22.00 per Volume
· Practice Materials
o Looseleaf Services –
§ I could not locate anything under the topic of Animal Law in the Looseleaf Services.
o Federal:
§ America Jurisprudence Trials
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $3,365.00
§ American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $551.00
§ American Jurisprudence Pleadings and Practice
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $4,202.00
§ Causes of Action
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $1,855.00
§ Moore’s Federal Practice, Third Edition
§ Publisher: Matthew Bender
§ Price: $5,162.00
§ Wright’s Federal Practice and Procedure
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $2,664.00
o State
§ West’s Colorado Law Finder, 2008 Edition
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $136.00
§ West’s Colorado Practice Series
§ Colorado Personal Injury Practice – Torts and Insurance, 2d
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $369.00
§ Colorado Law Annotated, 2d
§ Publisher: Thomson/West
§ Price: $286.00
· Online
o Commercial
§ Westlaw Price Plan
§ Westlaw Pro: All State and All Federal
§ Price: $400.00 per Month
o Internet
§ Dog Bite Law - http://www.dogbitelaw.com
§ Colorado Dog Bite Lawyers - http://www.lawinfo.com/attorney/Animal-Dog-Bites/Colorado
§ Animal Legal and Historical Center - http://www.animallaw.info
· Conclusion
o As a solo practitioner working in Colorado and specializing in the area of dog bite law I would first purchase a Westlaw Price Plan. I would purchase the Westlaw Pro: All State and All Federal at $400 a month because it provides a comprehensive online resource, which would allow me to access cases, headnotes, court orders, statutes, and administrative codes from all fifty states. Additionally, as a solo practitioner I think that the Practice Materials that would be most beneficial would be the American Jurisprudence Pleadings and Practice. However, instead of purchasing the print series I would probably do a Westlaw transactional charge for utilizing the American Jurisprudence Database via Westlaw for $80.00. I think this would be one of the most cost efficient ways of utilizing the Practice Materials because once I have initially accessed the documents I could modified them for future clients. I think this would be more cost effective than paying the additionally $400 a month for the All Primary and Colorado Analytical Westlaw Purchasing Plan.
o In order to stay current in the area of dog bite law I would subscribe to Animal Law Review for $22.00 per Volume.