Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions

The 2017 print edition of the Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions is current only as to instructions approved by the Committee as of January 2017. The jury instructions on this page include instructions that have been added or revised since that time and are current as of June 2024. Instructions that have been added or revised online after January 2017 are noted in the "Revisions" link below.

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• Revisions
• Introduction
• 1. Preliminary Instructions
• 2. Instructions in the Course of Trial
• 3. Instructions at the End of Case
• 4. Agency
• 5. Damages
• 6. Federal Employers’ Liability Act
• 7. Jones Act and Other Admiralty Claims
• 8. Civil RICO
• 9. Civil Rights Action—42 U.S.C. § 1983
• 10. Civil Rights—Title VII—Employment Discrimination; Harassment; Retaliation
• 11. Age Discrimination
• 12. Americans With Disabilities Act
• 13. Labor (Including Fair Representation)
• 14. Antitrust
• 15. Trademark
• 16. Patents
• 17. Copyright
• 18. Securities Exchange Act