Nevada: Prepare to Practice  

• Steven Klearman, Elements of Nevada Legal Theories, Reno, NV: Nevada Legal Guides, 2006. LOCATION: 4^th Floor
CALL NO.: KFN1133 .K56 2006.
--Table of Contents lists causes of action alphabetically. Additional table of contents lists elements of causes of action. Chapters provide analysis.

NV Bar Exam Info
http://www.nvbar.org/content/bar-exam

Past Bar Exams & Model Answers
http://www.nvbar.org/content/model-answers

July 2012 Results
http://www.nvbar.org/content/july-2012-nevada-bar-exam-results

• State Bar of Nevada: Bar Exam [past exams from 1985]
LOCATION: 2^nd Floor Microforms Room
CALL NO.: KF 303 .N4

• State Bar of Nevada: http://www.nvbar.org/

• State Bar of Nevada: Admissions: http://www.nvbar.org/content/admissions%20

• Clark Co. Bar Association.: http://www.clarkcountybar.org

• Washoe County Bar Association.: www.wcbar.org

• Nevada Administrative Code & Nevada Register links from Nevada Law Library at http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Law1.cfm

• LEXIS: NV Administrative Regulations; NV Agencies’ & Attorney General Opinions, Combined: Includes selective coverage of NV Attorney General Opinions, NV Public Utilities Commission Decisions, NV Secretary of State, Securities Division

• WESTLAW: NV Administrative Code (NV-ADC); past editions of NV Administrative Code; specialized regulations; regulation tracking databases; NV Atty General Opinions (NV-AG); NV Environmental Records (EDR-NV); NV Insurance Bulletins (NVIN-BUL); NV Public Utility Reports (NV-PUR); specialized databases for insurance, labor & employment, and securities materials.

• Gaming regulations: http://gaming.nv.gov/index.aspx?page=51

• NV Gaming Commission & State Gaming Control Board: http://gaming.nv.gov : Click on “Publications”—includes links to agency forms. Also, List of Excluded Persons (ind’ls excluded from NV casinos) available at http://gaming.nv.gov/index.aspx?page=72

•          Clark County Law Library:  http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/LawLibrary

•          Nevada Law Library: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Law1.cfm 

•          G. LeGrande Fletcher, Nevada Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography, 91 Law Libr. J. 313 (1999).  [Available on HeinOnline and in print in 2^nd Floor Microforms Room.]

•          Cost of living is significantly cheaper in Reno, NV than in San Diego, with a 44% reduction in housing costs.  [SOURCE:  http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html ]

•          Taxes:  No Nevada state income tax [SOURCE:  http://tax.state.nv.us/documents/No%20Nevada%20Income%20Tax%2003%2011%2009.pdf ]

• Less competition for legal jobs than in California
  • Data Spotlight: New Lawyers Glutting the Market: http://www.economicmodeling.com/2011/06/22/new-lawyers-glutting-the-market-in-all-but-3-states/
  --Reports on a study of 2009 open jobs compared to the number of bar passers by state. NY was first with the biggest glut, followed by CA. NV was 25th & AZ was 26th. 

•          Incentives for businesses to incorporate [See, http://whynevada.com/

• Nevada Legal Research Guide (2012) [Print Resource]

·         Nevada’s Secretary of State, http://nvsos.gov/ :  Includes information on incorporation.

·         Incorp, Henderson, NV:  http://www.incorp.com
  Careers:  http://www.incorp.com/incorp-careers.aspx

·         Nevada Corporation Services, Ltd. (Lake Tahoe, NV) http://www.nevada123.com/

·         Nevada First Holdings (Las Vegas, NV) http://www.nevadafirst.com/

·         Corporate Services of Nevada (Carson City, NV) http://www.nevadacorps.com/

·         Nevada Corporate Services  (Las Vegas, NV) http://www.nevadacorporateservices.com/

·         Corporate Service Center (Reno, NV) http://www.corporateservicecenter.com/
  Careers:  http://www.corporateservicecenter.com/careers.html

·         Nevada Corporate Headquarters (Las Vegas, NV) http://www.nchinc.com/

·         And many more. . . 
See, Nevada Registered Agent Assn., http://www.nraa.biz/default.aspx

•          Nevada Reports [1865-1882; Supreme Court of Nevada]
LOCATION:  4^th Floor
CALL NO.:  KFN645 .A2

•           Pacific Reporter
LOCATION:  2^nd Floor
CALL NO.:   KF135 .P12;

•          Pacific Digest
LOCATION:  2^nd Floor
CALL NO.:  KF135 .P21 W42

•          WESTLAW: State Courts (NV-CS); State & Federal Courts (NV-CS-ALL)

•          LEXIS: Nevada Cases; Nevada State & Federal Cases

•          Supreme Court of NV (past 90 days): http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/advance-opinions

•          Updating:  Shepard’s on LEXIS; KeyCite on Westlaw.

•          Nevada Revised Statutes
LOCATION:   4^th Fl.
CALL NO.:  KFN630 1957 .A2 

•          WESTLAW:  Annotated: NV-ST-ANN; Unannotated: NV-ST; Nevada Legislative Service:  Current: NV-LEGIS; Archived: NV-LEGIS-OLD.  Also, various legislative history files.

•          LEXIS:  Nevada Revised Statutes Annotated; Nevada Advanced Legislative Service; NV Bill-Tracking & Full Text Bills; NV Legislative Bill History.

•          Nevada Law Library: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Law1.cfm  [Nevada State Statutes and Session Laws from 1999]

•          Nevada Session Laws (from 1864)
LOCATION:  2^nd Floor Microforms Room
FILE:  W.S. Hein’s  Session Laws of American States and Territories

•          Referenda & Initiatives:  Thomas R. Boone, Researching Initiatives and Referenda:  A Guide for Nevada, Leg. Ref. Serv. Q., Vol. 26, Nos. 3 & 4, 2007, at 223.

GOVERNMENT JOBS 

• State Bar of NV Career Center:  http://nvbar.legalstaff.com/Common/HomePage.aspx?abbr=NVBAR

•          NV Dept of Personnel:  http://dop.nv.gov/

•          City of Las Vegas Jobs:  http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Apply/jobs.htm

•          City of Reno Jobs:  http://www.cityofreno.com/Index.aspx?page=300

•          Carson City Job Opportunities:  http://www.carson-city.nv.us/Index.aspx?page=2045

•          Clark County Human Resources:  http://agency.governmentjobs.com/clarkcounty/default.cfm

•          Washoe County Human Resources:  http://www.washoecounty.us/humanresources/index.html

•          Federal jobs in NV: http://www.usajobs.gov/
--Click on “Search Jobs” tab & limit location to NV

 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS

Howard Riell, Government Contractors: Working with the System, Nev. Bus., July 6, 2012, available at http://www.nevadabusiness.com/2012/07/government-contractors-working-with-the-system/

 National Security Technologies: http://www2.nstec.com/Pages/index.aspx

 CACI Careers:  http://careers.caci.com/

General Dynamics: http://www.gdcareers.com/gdchq_jobs/main.cfm

Booz Allen Hamilton: http://www.boozallen.com/careers

United Technologies: http://careers.utc.com/index.asp

STATE

• Court Rules of Nevada, http://www.leg.state.nv.us/COURTRULES/ : Includes links to various court rules for the state.

• LEXIS: Nevada State & Federal Court Rules; Nevada Civil Practice Manual [index and full-text searching, as well as browsing of table of contents]

• WESTLAW: Nevada Court Rules (NV-RULES); Criminal Justice—Nevada Court Rules (NVCJ-RULES)

FEDERAL

• Federal Ninth Circuit Civil Appellate Practice
LOCATION: Reserve
CALL NO.: KF 9054 9^th .N4

• Federal Appellate Practice Guide: Ninth Circuit
LOCATION: 4^th Floor
CALL NO.: KF 9054 9^th .F43 1999

• Federal Local Court Rules
LOCATION: 4^th Floor
CALL NO.: KF 8820 .A193 1995

• Cyclopedia of Federal Procedure
LOCATION: 4^th Floor
CALL NO.: KF 8835 .C9

• Federal Rules of Evidence Digest
LOCATION: 4^th Floor
CALL NO.: KF 8935 .F42

• U.S. Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ctrules/ctrules.html

• Ninth Circuit: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/rules/

• U.S. District Court, District of Nevada:
http://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/
--Select “Local Rules” from left frame.

• Nevada County and City Codes Online, http://www.leg.state.nv.us/lcb/research/library/codes.cfm

LinkedIn Groups

• Nevada Law
• Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Twitter

• Law Tyme, Inc. (@Law_Tyme)--Legal recruiter with offices in San Francisco and Las Vegas
• Las Vegas Lawyers (@lasvegas_lawyer)--Blog on law in Las Vegas.

Facebook

• Nevada Legal News
• Las Vegas Legal Life

• Martin, Nevada in your future : the complete relocation guide for job-seekers, businesses, retirees and winter "snowbirds" (2004)—Available at several branches of the San Diego Public Library (http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/) , Call No. 917.9304/MARTIN

• Smith & Smith, Moving to Las Vegas (2002)—Available at the Coronado Public Library (Catalog: http://74.62.186.68/; Adult Shelves, Call No. 917.93135 SMI)

• Houses: www.realtor.com

• Rentals:

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