LibGuides: Pennsylvania Legal Research: Secondary Sources

Pennsylvania Encyclopedias and Practice Guides

Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia
A comprehensive reference of Pennsylvania civil and criminal law. Updated quarterly.
Standard Pennsylvania Practice
This practice guide provides a comprehensive "how-to" discussion of criminal and civil practice and procedures. Updated annually.
Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d
A comprehensive encyclopedia of Pennsylvania civil and criminal law and procedure. Updated quarterly.

The Legal Intelligencer is the leading legal newspaper focused on the greater Philadelphia area.

The Legal Intelligencer
Current and recent content is available on Law.com
The Legal Intelligencer
Lexis provides archival access dating from January 2, 1992 to the present.

Practice books and form books for Pennsylvania are in the KFP section on the third floor.

Dunlap-Hanna Pennsylvania Forms
A source for litigation and administrative forms for estates, wills and trusts, commercial transactions, general business formations, and other topics. Updated semi-annually.
Goodrich-Amram 2d
This practice guide includes the rules of Civil Procedure for the Pennsylvania trial courts, with notes, citations, commentaries, and over 400 procedural forms. Updated quarterly.
Pennsylvania Bar Institute Materials
Biddle Law Library holds hundreds of course materials from the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the commonwealth's leading CLE provider.