Civil Procedure Laws Download

Download key Constitutional provisions, statutes, and federal rules (FRCP) tested on the Civil Procedure portion of Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), covering both the the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) and Multistate Essay Exam (MEE).

*Updated March 2023

Constitutional Provisions

Article III, section 2
Fifth Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment

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U.S. Code

Section 1291 – Final decisions of district courts
Section 1292 – Interlocutory decisions
Section 1331 – Federal question
Section 1332 – Diversity
Section 1335 – Interpleader
Section 1338 – Intellectual Property
Section 1359 – Parties collusively joined or made
Section 1367 – Supplemental jurisdiction
Section 1391 – Venue generally
Section 1397 – Interpleader
Section 1404 – Change of venue
Section 1406 – Cure or waiver of defects
Section 1407 – Multidistrict litigation
Section 1441 – Removal generally
Section 1446 – Removal procedure
Section 1447 – Post-removal procedure
Section 1738 – Full faith and credit
Section 1870 – Challenges
Section 2072 – Rules of procedure and evidence; power to prescribe
Section 2361 – Process and procedure

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FRCP

Rule 3 – Commencing an action
Rule 4 – Summons
Rule 6 – Computing and extending time
Rule 7 – Pleadings allowed
Rule 8 – General pleading rules
Rule 9 – Pleading special matters
Rule 10 – Form of pleadings
Rule 11 – Signing pleadings, motions, and other papers
Rule 12 – Defenses and objections
Rule 13 – Counterclaim and crossclaim
Rule 14 – Third-party practice
Rule 15 – Amended and supplemental pleadings
Rule 16 – Pretrial conferences, scheduling, management
Rule 19 – Required joinder of parties
Rule 20 – Permissive joinder of parties
Rule 22 – Interpleader
Rule 23 – Class actions
Rule 24 – Intervention
Rule 25 – Substitution
Rule 26 – Duty to disclose
Rule 30 – Depositions by oral examination
Rule 31 – Depositions by written questions
Rule 33 – Interrogatories
Rule 34 – Producing documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things
Rule 35 – Physical and mental examinations
Rule 36 – Requests for admission
Rule 37 – Failure to make disclosures or to cooperate in discovery
Rule 38 – Right to a jury trial
Rule 41 – Dismissal of actions
Rule 42 – Consolidation; separate trials
Rule 45 – Subpoena
Rule 47 – Selecting jurors
Rule 48 – Number of jurors; verdict; polling
Rule 49 – Special verdict; general verdict and questions
Rule 50 – Judgment as a matter of law in a jury trial
Rule 51 – Instructions to the jury; objections; preserving a claim of error
Rule 52 – Findings and conclusions by the court; judgment on partial findings
Rule 54 – Judgment, costs
Rule 55 – Default
Rule 56 – Summary judgment
Rule 59 – New trial; altering or amending a judgment
Rule 60 – Relief from a judgment or order
Rule 65 – Injunctions and restraining orders

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FRAP

Rule 4 – Appeal as of right
Rule 21 – Extraordinary writs

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