The Student's Guide provides a lucid, up-to-date explanation of all the major topics that students are likely to encounter in a typical first-year course in civil procedure. It contains thousands of citations to cases applying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and also covers areas of procedure such as jurisdiction, venue, the Erie doctrine, forum non conveniens, and res judicata. All of the materials are designed to make it easy for students to find and use what they need.