{"id":4343,"date":"2021-10-08T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2021-10-08T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:00:13","slug":"rules-of-evidence-made-easier-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/?p=4343","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Evidence made easier &#8230; to read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At some point during law school, nearly every student has to consult the Federal Rules of Evidence.\u00a0 Just last month, somebody updated them to make them more practical, easy to read and .. well, just more useful.\u00a0 Designer Jessica Gore, who maintains the website <a href=\"https:\/\/ipillustrated.com\/\">IP Illu\u00a7trated<\/a>, just published a new version of the F.R.E. with examples shown here:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4343 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-Cover.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Federal Rules of Evidence Book Cover\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-Cover.png 593w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-Cover-239x300.png 239w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-Cover-120x150.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4346'>\n\t\t\t\tCover page for the re-envisioned Federal Rules of Evidence for 2021\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-system.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Federal Rules of Evidence navigation system\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-system.png 440w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-system-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-system-150x147.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4345'>\n\t\t\t\tAn explanation of the system of navigation for F.R.E. rules.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-sample.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Federal Rules of Evidence sample entry\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-sample.png 607w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-sample-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/10\/FRE-sample-135x150.png 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4344'>\n\t\t\t\tA sample entry page for the new F.R.E.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The beauty of the F.R.E. is that it is actually FREE to download.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/federal_rules_of_evidence_-_december_2020_0.pdf\">Get the current version directly from U.S. Courts website<\/a>. Alternatively, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/rules\/fre\">read the evidence rules directly<\/a> on a site like Cornell&#8217;s Legal Information Institute. Michigan Legal Publishing also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rulesofevidence.org\/\">sells a version of the F.R.E. with cross-references.<\/a> If you want one that&#8217;s easy on the eyes, easy (or at least <em>easier<\/em>) to navigate and just feels somehow &#8220;more modern&#8221; &#8211; check out the newly-envisioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Federal-Rules-Evidence-Castleberry-Publishing\/dp\/1737854104\/\">Federal Rules of Evidence<\/a>, designed by Jessica Gore and published by Castleberry Publishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about a new and innovative compilation of the Federal Rules of Evidence, intended for easier navigation and cross-referencing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3011,"featured_media":4346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36495,36878],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-resource","category-student-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4349,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions\/4349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}