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Research Guide - Federal & Multijurisdictional Legal Forms

This guide includes:

Federal Civil & Criminal Procedure Formbooks
General Pleading & Practice Formbooks
General Transactional Formbooks
Federal & Multijurisdictional Formbooks Organized by Subject Specialization
Legal Forms on the Internet


Federal Civil & Criminal Procedure Formbooks:

Bender's Federal Practice Forms, 19 volumes.
(KF 8836 .B45 First Floor Library Stacks)
A comprehensive set of forms arranged by federal rule (including Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure) (Bender's is also available on Lexis (database:
2NDARY;FDPRAC); Bender's is cross-referenced by Moore's Federal Practice (KF8837 .M6 1997 First Floor Library Stacks).
Moore's is also available on Lexis (database: 2NDARY;CIPRCP).

California Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial, Rutter Group, 3 volumes.
(KF 8900 .S387 Circulation)
A detailed practice guide with some useful forms.
Also available on Westlaw (database: TRG-CAFEDCIVP).

Federal Procedural Forms, Lawyers Edition, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 16 volumes.
(KF 8836 .F44 First Floor Library Stacks)
Practice-oriented forms for federal judicial and administrative proceedings. Organized by subject with cross-references to many other Lawyers Cooperative Publishing titles. Also available on Westlaw (database: FEDPROF).

West's Federal Forms, 9 volumes.
(KF 8836 .W4 First Floor Library Stacks)
A counterpart to Wright and Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure. Forms are arranged by federal court and by rule of court, and include bankruptcy and admiralty practice.
West's Federal Forms is also available on Westlaw (database: FEDFORMS).


General Pleading & Practice Formbooks:

American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms Annotated, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 25 volumes. (KF 8836 .A45 Gold Reading Room)
A comprehensive and carefully compiled collection of sample pleading and practice forms. This set is not geared to the law of any particular jurisdiction.
AmJur is also available on Westlaw (database: AMJUR-PP).

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General Transactional Formbooks:

American Jurisprudence Legal Forms, 2nd ed., Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 20 volumes.
(KF 170 .A52 Gold Reading Room)
Practice-oriented forms for legal and business transactions.
Also available on Westlaw (database: AMJUR-LF).

West's Legal Forms, Rev. 4th ed., 30 volumes with pocket parts and supplements.
(KF 170 .M6 2003 First Floor Library Stacks)
Includes practice forms arranged by subject. This set covers: business organizations; domestic relations; debtor and creditor relations; commercial transactions; estate planning; real estate transactions; employment, agency and service agreements; patents, trademarks and copyrights; retirement plans, elder law, alternative dispute resolution; and specialized forms.
Also available on Westlaw (database: WEST-LF).

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Federal and Multijurisdictional Formbooks Organized by Subject Specialization:

Admiralty:
Knauth's Benedict on Admiralty, 7th ed.(Revised), Matthew Bender, 10 volumes.
(KF 1104 .B47 First Floor Library Stacks). Also available on Lexis (database: 2NDARY;BENADM).

Bankruptcy:
Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th Revised ed., Matthew Bender, 15 volumes.
(KF 1524 .C6 1996 First Floor Library Stacks). Also available on Lexis (database: MATBEN;COLBKR).

Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2d, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 11 volumes.
(KF 1524 .N67 First Floor Library Stacks)
Also available on Westlaw (database: NRTN-BLP).
Also available on Lexis: (database: BKRTCY;NORTON).

Business & Employment Law:
The Complete Book of Business Forms and Agreements, McGraw-Hill.
(KF 886 .R63 1994 Reference).

Employment Discrimination, 2nd ed., Lex K. Larson.
(KF 3464 .A6 L27 First Floor Library Stacks) Also available on Lexis (database: 2NDARY;EMPDIS).

Civil Rights Law:
Section 1983 Litigation, 4th ed., Martin M. Schwartz, 4 volumes.
(KF 1325 .C58 S36 2003 First Floor Library Stacks)
.

Commercial Transactions (Sales):
Uniform Commercial Code Legal Forms, 4th ed., West Group, 3 volumes.
(KF 886 .F53 First Floor Library Stacks)

Uniform Laws Annotated, [Volume 5 contains Uniform Commercial Code Forms and Materials].
(KF 165 .A5 First Floor Library Stacks.

Commercial Leases:
Commercial Lease Formbook: Expert Tools for Drafting and Negotiation, American Bar Association, Section on Real Property, Trust & Probate Law.
(KF593 .C6 2004 First Floor Library Stacks).

Computer Law:
Computer Law: Drafting and Negotiating Forms and Agreements, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown.
(KF 390.5 .C6 R3 1984 Circulation).

Negotiating and Drafting Software Consulting Agreements, Raymond L. Ocampo.
(KF 905 .C6 O26 1996 First Floor Library Stacks).

Construction / Architecture:
AGC Contract Documents Handbook, Aspen Publishers.
(KF902 .A75 2003 First Floor Library Stacks).

Construction Industry Formbook, 2nd ed., James Acret.
(KF 902 .A3C8 First Floor Library Stacks).

Corporations:
Corporate Partnering: Structuring & Negotiating Domestic &International Strategic Alliances, Aspen Publishers.
(KF
1380.6 V5522 2006 First Floor Library Stacks).

Fletcher Corporation Forms Annotated, 4th ed., Clark Boardman Callaghan, 7 volumes.
(KF 1384 .F552 1990 First Floor Library Stacks).

Entertainment & Art Law / Publishing:
Art Law:The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers, and Artists, 3rd ed., Practicing Law Institute.
(KF 390 .A7 47 First Floor Library Stacks).

Entertainment Industry Contracts: Negotiating and Drafting Guide, Matthew Bender, 10 volumes.
(KF 4290 .A6 E6 First Floor Library Stacks) Also available on Lexis (database: 2NDARY;ENTIND).

Entertainment Law: Legal Concepts and Business Practices, 2d ed., Clark Boardman Callaghan, 5 volumes.
(KF 4290 .S55 1992 First Floor Library Stacks).

Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing, and the Arts: Agreements and the Law, 3rd ed., Thomson/West, 5 volumes.
(KF 2991.5 .L55 2004 First Floor Library Stacks) Also available on Westlaw (database: LINDEY).

Multimedia Law: Forms & Analysis, Richard Raysman, Peter Brown, and Jeffrey Neuburger.
(KF 390.5 .C6 E465 2002 Pageable)
.

Perle and Williams on Publishing Law, 3rd ed., Aspen Law & Business, 2 volumes.
(KF 2750 .P43 1999 First Floor Library Stacks).

Jury Instructions:
Federal Jury Practice & Instructions, 6th ed., Thomson West.
(KF 8984 .D4 2006 First Floor Library Stacks) Also available on Westlaw (database:FED-JI).

Jury Instructions on Products Liability, 3rd ed., Ronald W. Eades.
(KF 8984 .D685 1999 First Floor Library Stacks)
.

Jury Instructions in Real Estate Litigation, Graham Douthwaite.
(KF 8984 .B675 1991 First Floor Library Stacks)
.

Manual of Model Criminal Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit, West Publishing (KF 9682 .A65 M36 9th First Floor Library Stacks).

Manual of Model Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit, West Publishing.
(KF8984 .A65 M36 9th First Floor Library Stacks)

Model Jury Instructions: Business Tort Litigation, 3rd ed., American Bar Association.
(KF 8984 .Z9 A45 1996 First Floor Library Stacks)
.

For other jury instruction formbooks, please check the Hastings Online Catalog at
http://hopac.uchastings.edu/search.

Law Office Management:
The Essential Formbook: Comprehensive Management Tools for Lawyers, Gary A. Munneke (KF 318 .M85 2000 First Floor Library Stacks) Covers fee agreements, partnership agreements, docket and file management, financial reports, and billing.

Legal Opinion Letters:
Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, 2nd ed. Aspen Publishers.
(KF 250 .L395 2003 First Floor Library Stacks).

Products Liability:
American Law of Products Liability 3d, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 10 volumes.
(KF 1296 .H87 1987 First Floor Library Stacks).

Tax Forms:
Effectively Representing Your Client Before the "New" IRS: A Practical Manual for the Tax Practitioner with Sample Correspondence and Forms, 3 vol., American Bar Association, section on Taxation Law.
(KF 6320 E43 2004 First Floor Library Stacks)

Package X: Informational Copies of Federal Tax Forms, annual IRS publication.
(KF 6300 .A851 - current volume is in the Reference Collection; previous volumes are pageable)

Reproducible Copies of Federal Tax Forms and Instructions, IRS publication 1132.
(KF 6366 .U5 - current volume is in the First Floor Library Stacks; previous volumes are pageable)

Taxpayer Information Publications, IRS publication 1194.
(KF 6301 .A4 A6 C51 Pageable).

Tax Forms on the Internet (Federal) -
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html.

The Business Tax Return Handbook 2nd ed., American Bar Association, Section on Family Law.
(KF 6450 .Z9 2004 First Floor Library Stacks).

Workmen's Compensation:
Larson's Workers' Compensation Law, Matthew Bender, 12 volumes.
(KF 3613.4 .L3 First Floor Library Stacks) Also available on Lexis (database:MATBEN;LARWCL).

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Legal Forms on the Internet:

FedForms.gov provides "one-stop-shopping" for forms needed for the top 500 Government services used by the public at http://www.fedforms.gov.

The Northern District of California posts its forms online at
http://www.cand.uscourts.gov. Click on "Forms" in the menu on the left.

Findlaw: Forms - http://forms.lp.findlaw.com.

Internet Legal Resource Guide: Legal Forms Archive - http://www.ilrg.com/forms.

lexisONE provides access to more than 6,000 FREE forms, as well as forms from the extensive Matthew Bender collection. The forms are free, but users must register and select a password.

A gateway to court rules, forms, and docket information is available from
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules.
The site can be searched by keyword, or browsed by jurisdiction and type of document.

Tax Forms (Federal) are available at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html.

WashLaw WEB: Legal Forms are available at http://www.washlaw.edu/legalforms.

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Last updated August 31, 2006
Prepared by Susan Nevelow Mart, Reference Librarian and I-Wei Wang. Contact



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