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authority: giving agencies power to promulgate regulations
source: in the Federal Register (IL Register) is where regulation, text, and amendments are published |
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| Federal Rules Decisions (FRD) |
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| opinions interpreting federal rules of civil, criminal and appellate procedure |
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| transcript of floor debates; committees do not produce reports like federal congressional committees |
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| Federal Digital System (FDsys) |
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| webpage on produced by the GPO; grants access to Federal Register, CFR, USC, Congressional Record, committee resources, court opinions, presidential documents, House and Senate documents |
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| weekly publication including all things happening in state agencies; includes proposed and final regulations |
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| codified (subject based) title including all currently in force state regulations; online version at ilga.gov |
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| updated daily; includes proposed and final rules, executive documents; includes Preambles; can be found on HeinOnline, Westlaw, and Lexis |
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| Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) |
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| codified version of all regulations currently in force, organized by subject |
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| IL Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) |
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| produces many practice oriented titles; excellent place to find IL forms, practice materials, checklists |
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| go to for journal articles, federal administrative documents, agency decisions, and some federal legislative history information; can find the Federal Register, Congressional Record, CFR on Hein |
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| rules that must be followed when conducting a court case; some local jurisdictions have local court rules |
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| Pattern Jury Instructions |
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| you will suggest jury instructions to the court; can be general or very specific to an issue being decided (Court MUST include these) |
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| Non-Pattern Jury Instructions |
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| may be used, but not mandatory; pattern used over non-pattern if there is a conflict |
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| Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) |
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| judges appointed to help enforce regulations |
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