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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit  Manuals of Model Jury Instructions (Civil and Criminal):  http://juryinstructions.ca8.uscourts.gov/

U. S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions: http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/clerk/downloads/criminal-pattern-jury-instructions

Lexis.com > Area of Law – By Topic > Litigation Practice & Procedure > Find Jury Instructions > View More > Federal Pattern Jury Instructions 8th Circuit Civil > Browse ToC

Kansas PIK: Online access to Pattern Instructions for Kansas Civil 4th, and the Pattern Instructions for Kansas Criminal 3d. is available, without charge, to Kansas lawyers registered as active under Supreme Court Rule 208. Also available in print in the Law Library.   http://www.kansasjudicialcouncil.org/publications/pik4th_civil.shtml

Missouri    Missouri Approved Instructions (MAI) also available in the Law Library  http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=589   

WestlawNext > State Material > Missouri > All Content > search MAI > scroll to Order Approving Seventh Edition > Click Table of Contents link

Missouri Approved Instructions (Civil) ToC