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Legal Forms and Transactional Law Research Guide

This guide provides law students and practitioners with a variety of resources for finding model forms, sample documents, and transactional law resources.

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Below you will find select electronic resources for locating subject specific forms. Please use the Law Library catalog to locate more.

A

Aging

Advising the Elderly Client. Available on Westlaw

Elder Law Form Finder. Available on Westlaw.

Tax, Estate & Financial Planning for the Elderly. Available on Lexis

Arbitration

Arbitration forms from Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

Art (see also Intellectual Property)

Art Law: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers, and Artists. KF390.A7 L47 and PLI Plus.

B

Business (see also Uniform Commercial Code) 

Advising Small Businesses: Forms, Alberty. Available on Westlaw. 

Bloomberg Law, Transactional Intelligence Center.

Founder's WorkbenchGuidance for the start-up corporation. The Document Driver includes a suite of forms necessary for starting up a Delaware corporation.

Hillman on Commercial Loan DocumentationKF1035 .H54 and PLI Plus

Williston on Contracts: Forms. KF801.W53 and Westlaw

C

Child Custody (see Family Law)

Commercial (see Business)

Computer (see also Intellectual Property)

Computer Contracts. Available on Lexis. 

Corporate Counsel's Guide to Technology Management and Transactions. Available on Westlaw.

Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms Annotated. KF170 .N53 and Westlaw. Most comprehensive set of computer forms among the general forms books. Includes software, employment, and Internet agreements.

Computer Software: Protection, Liability, Law, Forms, Kutten. KF3024 .C6 K88 and Westlaw. Forms related to intellectual property issues.

Consumer

Consumer Credit Regulation, available on NCLC Digital Library.

Contracts (see Business)

Copyright (see Intellectual Property)

Corporation 

Bloomberg Law, Transactional Intelligence Center

Founder's WorkbenchGuidance for the start-up corporation. The Document Driver includes a suite of forms necessary for starting up a Delaware corporation.

Nonprofit Corporation Forms Handbook, Kirschten. KF1388 .A65 K57 and Westlaw

Delaware Division of Corporations, Corporate and UCC Forms and Certificates.

Criminal Law

Bender's Federal Practice Forms. Available on LexisOrganized so that forms follow applicable Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure. 

Complete Manual of Criminal Forms. Available on Westlaw.

Criminal Procedure Form Finder. Available on Westlaw.

D

Divorce (see Family Law)

E

Employment (see Labor and Employment)

Entertainment (see also Intellectual Property)

Entertainment Law: Legal Concepts and Business Practices, Selz. KF4290 .S44 and Westlaw. See Appendices for forms.

Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts: Agreements and the Law. KF2991.5 L73 and Westlaw.

Environmental Law

Environmental Form Finder. Available on Westlaw

Environmental Law Forms Guide, Mays. Available on Westlaw.

Forms from Environmental Law Practice Guide. Available on Lexis.

Handling the Land Use Case: Land Use Law, Practice & Forms. Available on Westlaw.

Estate Planning (see Wills, Trusts, and Estates)

F

Family Law (includes Child CustodyDivorce, and Gender Law).

Many family law forms are state specific, so run a keyword search in the catalog using the state and the word forms. For example, Virginia forms.

Family Law Form Finder. Available on Westlaw

Child Custody Practice & Procedure, Elrod. Available on Westlaw

Child Custody and Visitation Law and Practice. Available on Lexis.

Sexual Orientation and the Law, Achtenberg. Available on Westlaw.

Federal Practice and Procedure (Civil, Criminal, Appellate, etc.)

American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms AnnotatedKF8836 .A45 and Westlaw. Provides forms for all types of pleading and procedural steps in civil proceedings, state and federal, including jury instructions. 

Bender's Federal Practice Forms. Available on Lexis. Organized so that forms follow applicable Federal Rule of Civil or Criminal Procedure.

West's Federal Forms, KF8836 .W4. Available on Westlaw.

Federal Procedural Forms, KF8717.F4 and Westlaw. Practice-oriented forms for federal judicial and administrative proceedings. 

Nichols Cyclopedia of Federal Procedure Forms, available on Westlaw.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. KF8816. A2 A2Westlaw, and current and archival copies available on CALI for free. Look in the appendix of forms. 

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Practice & Procedure: Appeal & Review of Patent and Trademark Cases, available on Lexis.

G

Gender Law ( see Family Law)

H

Health Law

Health Care Law: A Practical Guide. Available on Lexis.

Health Law Form Finder. Available on Westlaw

Health Law Practice Guide. Available on Westlaw

Durable Powers of Attorney and Health Care DirectivesKF1348 .D8 D7 and Westlaw

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services forms.

Housing

Housing Discrimination Practice Manual, KF8925.D5 R45 and Westlaw

Housing Discrimination: Law and Litigation, KF5740. S39 and Westlaw. See Appendix D: Attorney's Forms.

Cooperative Housing Law and Practice - Forms. Available on Lexis.

I

Immigration

Immigration Law Form Finder. Available on Westlaw

Immigration Law and Procedure, KF4819 .G62 and LexisSee extensive listing of forms in Index.

Immigration Law Service 2nd, KF4815 .I45 and WestlawSee vol. 8, Index for forms. 

Immigration Procedures Handbook. Available on Westlaw

Labor Certification Handbook. Available on Westlaw

Immigration Official Forms. Available on Westlaw

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services forms

Insurance

Couch on Insurance 3rd Forms. Available on Westlaw

New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide. Available on Lexis

Insurance Defense Form Finder. Available on Westlaw.

Intellectual Property (includes PatentsTrademarkCopyright, and Trade Secrets) (see also Computer

Nimmer on Copyright. Available on Lexis.

Bloomberg Law, Transactional Resources.

Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis. Available on Lexis.

Patents Form Finder. Available on Westlaw

Trademark Law Practice Forms. Available on Westlaw

Kane on Trademark Law: A Practitioner's Guide, KF 3180 .K36, and PLI Discover Plus. See Appendices.

Copyright Law in Business & Practice, KF2994 .H35 and Westlaw. See Forms in index. 

Computer Software: Protection, Liability, Law, Forms, Westlaw.  See appendices at end of each chapter.  

Emerging Technologies and the Law: Forms and Analysis, KF390.5.C6 E465 and Lexis

U.S. Copyright Office forms.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office forms

J

Joint Ventures

Corporate Counsel's Guide to Strategic AlliancesWestlaw. See Forms section at the end of each chapter. 

Structuring and Drafting Partnership Agreements: Including LLC Agreements, KF6452 .M26 and Westlaw

INTERNATIONAL:

Transnational Joint Ventures. Available on Westlaw

Jury Instructions 

See our Jury Instructions Research Guide.

K

L

Labor and Employment

All Labor and Employment Law Forms, Lexis.

Labor and Employment Law Practice Center. Available on Bloomberg Law. See Trackers and Practice Tools.

Labor Relations ReporterKF3315 .B95 (see Labor Relations Expediter ** volume).

Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts. Available on Bloomberg Law. See Practice Tools. 

Labor Certification Handbook, KF4819 .I4842 and Westlaw

Employment Law Checklists and Forms, Westlaw

Investigating Employee Conduct, Westlaw.

Legal Guide to Human Resources, KF3319 .P47 and Westlaw

Covenants Not to Compete: A State-by-State Survey, KF898 .C68 and Bloomberg Law.

Department of Labor forms

Law Practice

How to Manage Your Law Office. Available on Lexis.

Leases (see Real Estate)

Licensing

Eckstrom's Licensing in Foreign and Domestic Operations: the Forms and Substance of Licensing, KF3147.A6 E34 and Westlaw.

Licensing of Intellectual Property, Lexis. See Appendix.

Milgrim on Licensing, Lexis.

Living Will (see Wills, Trusts, & Estates)

Loans (see Business)

M

Marital Contracts (see Family Law)

N

O

Oil and Gas

The Law of Oil and Gas: With Forms, Summers. KF1849 .S83 and Westlaw.

Oil and Gas Law, Williams & Meyers, Lexis

P

Patents (see Intellectual Property)

Personal Injury

Forms from Personal Injury: Actions, Defenses, Damages, Lexis.

Handbook of Personal Injury Forms and Litigation Materials, Swartz. Westlaw

Q

R

Real Estate

Real Property Law Form Finder. Available on Westlaw

Current Leasing Law and Techniques: Forms on Lexis.

Friedman on Contracts and Conveyances of Real PropertyKF670 .F7 and PLI Discover Plus

Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions, Tucker. KF6540 .T83 and Westlaw

Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings. KF665 .Z9 H58 and PLI Discover Plus.

Holtzschue, Purchase and Sale of Real Property. Available on Lexis.

Right to Die (see Wills, Trusts, & Estates)

S

Securities

Securities Law Form Finder. Available on Westlaw

Matthew Bender's Federal Securities Act of 1933. KF1436.5 .F42. (see vol. 1, Chapter 7, Registration Forms) and Lexis

Blue Sky Regulation, Sowards & Hirsch. Available on Lexis

Blue Sky Law Reporter: State Blue Sky Laws, Legal Investment Laws, Regulations, Forms, Lists. VitalLaw and WestlawSee Forms List for each state, including address and phone number for ordering forms. 

Federal Securities Law Reporter. Westlaw and VitalLaw.

Manual of Corporate Forms for Securities Practice, Jacobs. KF1437 .J3 and Westlaw.

Securities Law Techniques, Lexis.

Securities Litigation: Forms & Analysis, Alston & Bird LLP. KF1437 .S535. (see vol. 2, white tab - Index to Forms at the end) and Westlaw

Securities Regulation Forms, Rice. KF1437 .S45 and Westlaw.

Separation Agreements (see Family Law)

Sports

Fundamentals of Sports Law, Champion. KF3989 .C47 and Westlaw

States

To find form books for a particular state, run a keyword search in the catalog using the state and the word forms. For example, Virginia forms.

T

Tax

IRS Forms & Publications 

Checkpoint

McGaffey Legal Forms with Tax AnalysisWestlaw

Tax Planning for Family Wealth Transfers: Analysis with Forms, Zaritsky. Available on Westlaw

INTERNATIONAL:

U.S. International Tax Forms Manual, Tilton. Available on Westlaw.

Timesharing (see Real Estate)

Trademark (see Intellectual Property)

Trade Secrets (see Intellectual Property)

Trusts (see Wills, Trusts, & Estates)

U

Uniform Commercial Code (see also Business)

See general form books for sections on U.C.C. forms. For a specific state, run a keyword search the catalog using the state and the word forms. For example, Virginia forms.

Uniform Laws Annotated. KF165 .A5 and WestlawSee Vols. 4 - 5, Uniform Commercial Code Forms and Materials. 

V

W

Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Estate Planning & Probate Form Finder. Available on Westlaw.

Page on the Law of Wills, Including Probate, Will Contests, Evidence, Taxation, Conflicts, Estate Planning, Forms, and Statutes Relating to Wills. KF755 .P35. See vol. 7, Forms. Also on Lexis.

Bogert's Trusts and Trustees. KF730 .B63  and WestlawSee Forms volumes, sections 1031-1180 and 1181-End, Index to Forms on page 593.

Revocable Trusts, Turner. KF734 .T87 and WestlawSee appendices.

Family Estate Planning Guide, Hoops. WestlawSee appendices.

Tax Planning for Family Wealth Transfers: Analysis with Forms, Zaritsky. WestlawSee end of chapters for sample forms.

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