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California Jury Instructions

The Judicial Council of California has adopted award-winning plain language civil and criminal jury instructions that accurately convey the law using language that is understandable to jurors.

California Civil
Jury Instructions
(CACI)
California Criminal
Jury Instructions
(CALCRIM)

Notice to Users
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The nonexclusive public license granted in the preceding paragraph does not extend to any commercial publisher for purposes of reproducing the instructions (in any format), preparing derivative works based on them, or publicly distributing or displaying copies of them. The Judicial Council will consider licensing commercial publishers on a case-by-case basis. For purposes of this license, "commercial publishers" means entities that publish works for sale, whether for profit or otherwise. For such inquiries, contact Grant Walker at (415) 865-7978.


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