Research Guide - Federal & Multijurisdictional Legal Forms
Federal Civil & Criminal Procedure Formbooks:
California
Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial, Rutter Group,
3 volumes.
(KF 8900 .S387 Reference Desk)
A detailed practice guide containing some useful forms.
Also available on Westlaw (database: TRG-CAFEDCIVP).
Federal
Procedural Forms, Lawyers Edition, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing,
16 volumes.
(KF 8836 .F44 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
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 6th Floor 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 4th Floor Stacks)
A comprehensive
and carefully compiled collection of sample pleading and practice forms.
This set is not geared toward the law of any particular jurisdiction.
AmJur is also available on Westlaw (database: AMJUR-PP).
General Transactional Formbooks:
American
Jurisprudence Legal Forms, 2d ed., Lawyers Cooperative Publishing,
20 volumes.
(KF 170 .A52 4th Floor Stacks)
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 5th Floor 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).
Federal and Multijurisdictional Formbooks Organized by Topic:
Admiralty:
Knauth's Benedict on Admiralty, Matthew Bender.
Available on Lexis (database:
2NDARY;BENADM).
Bankruptcy:
Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th Revised ed., Matthew Bender, 15 volumes.
(KF 1524 .C6 Fifth Floor Stacks)
Also available on Lexis
(database: MATBEN;COLBKR).
Norton
Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2d, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 11 volumes.
(KF 1524 .N67 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Also available on Westlaw (database: NRTN-BLP).
Business
Law:
Business Transactions Solution, Thomson/West.
Available on Westlaw (database: BTS).
Provides forms, commentary, and drafting and review checklists.
Current Legal Forms for General Business, Lexis.
Available on Lexis (database: CLFGBU).
Provides sample general business forms, drafting guidance and expert commentary to assist in document drafting.
Drafting Business Contracts: Principles, Techniques & Forms, Continuing Education of the Bar.
KF801 .D72 (Research Alcove)
Also available on CEB OnLaw.
California specific practice guide with forms.
Forms & Checklists - Business Practice Library, LoisLaw.
Available on LoisLaw.
Includes choice of entity, LLC operating agreements, financing for startups, LLC and partnership answer book, and S corporation taxation guide.
Forms under Revised Article 9, ABA.
KF1048.5 .F67 2002 (Fifth Floor Stacks)
Handling the Business Emergency: Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions, ABA.
KF9014 .P38 2009 (Sixth Floor Stacks)
Legal Forms for Starting and Running a Small Business, Nolo.
KF1659.A65 S74 2010 (Reference Desk)
Civil
Rights Law:
Section
1983 Litigation, 4th ed., Martin M. Schwartz, 4 volumes.
(KF 1325 .C58 S36 2003 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Commercial
Transactions (Sales):
Uniform Commercial Code Legal Forms, 4th ed., West Group, 3 volumes.
(KF 886 .F53 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Uniform Commercial Code. Pleading and Practice Forms, Clark Boardman Callaghan.
KF8836 .N45 (Sixth Floor Stacks).
Uniform
Laws Annotated [Volume 5 contains Uniform Commercial Code Forms
and Materials].
(KF 165 .A5 Fourth Floor Stacks)
Commercial
Leases:
Commercial Lease Formbook: Expert Tools for Drafting and Negotiation,
American Bar Association, Section on Real Property, Trust & Probate
Law.
(KF 593 .C6 C597 2004 Fifth Floor Stacks)
Forms & Checklists - Real Estate Law Library, LoisLaw.
Available from LoisLaw
Construction
/ Architecture:
Construction
Industry Formbook, 2d ed., McGraw-Hill.
(KF 902 .A3 C8 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Forms & Checklists - Construction Law Library, LoisLaw.
Available from LoisLaw.
Practice guide with forms covering fifty state construction lien, and bond law and construction disputes.
Corporations:
Corporate Partnering: Structuring & Negotiating Domestic & International
Strategic Alliances, Aspen Publishers.
(KF 1380.6
V5522 2006 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations, Aspen Law & Business.
KFD213 .B35 1998 (Research Alcove).
Incorporate Your Business, Nolo Press.
(KF 1420 .Z9 M36 2007 Reference Desk)
Targeted at non-lawyers, includes forms involved in incorporating a business.
Public Company Organizational Documents: Model Forms and Commentary, ABA.
KF1420.A65 P83 2009 (Fifth Floor Stacks)
Model articles of incorporation, bylaws, and committee charters.
Employment Law:
Forms & Checklists - Employment Discrimination Library, LoisLaw.
Available from LoisLaw.
Forms & Checklists - Employment Law Library, LoisLaw.
Available from LoisLaw.
Includes covenants not to compete, drafting and revising employment policies and handbooks, dismissal, and employment relationships.
Nondisclosure Agreements: Protect Your Trade Secrets and More, Nolo Press.
(KF 3197 .Z9 S75 2001 Reference Desk)
Entertainment, Publishing, & Art Law:
Art Law: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers, and Artists, 3d ed., Practicing Law Institute.
(KF 390 .A7 L47 2005 Fifth Floor Stacks)
Entertainment Industry Contracts: Negotiating and Drafting Guide,
Matthew Bender, 10 volumes.
(KF 4290 .A6 E6 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Also available on Lexis (database:
2NDARY;ENTIND).
Entertainment
Law: Legal Concepts and Business Practices, 3d ed., Clark Boardman
Callaghan, 2 volumes.
(KF 4290 .S55 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Lindey
on Entertainment, Publishing, and the Arts: Agreements and the Law,
3d ed., Thomson/West, 8 volumes.
(KF 2991.5 .L55 2004 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Also available on Westlaw
(database: LINDEY).
Perle
and Williams on Publishing Law, 3d ed., Aspen Law & Business,
2 volumes.
(KF 2750 .P43 1999 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Jury
Instructions:
Federal
Jury Practice & Instructions, 6th
ed., Thomson West.
(KF 8984 .D4
2006 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Also available on Westlaw (database:FED-JI).
Federal Pattern Jury Instructions for the 9th Circuit, Mathew Bender.
Available on Lexis (databases: FCCV09 [civil]; FCCR09 [criminal]).
Jury Instructions on Damages in Tort Actions, Lexis.
KF8984 .D7 2003 (Research Alcove)
Also available on Lexis (database: JIDAMT).
Official pattern jury instructions for the Ninth Circuit.
Jury Instructions
on Products Liability, 4th
ed., LexisNexis.
(KF 8984 .D685 2006 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Also available on Lexis (database: 2NDARY;JURIPL).
Jury Instructions
in Real Estate Litigation, LexisNexis.
(KF 8984 .D675 1991 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Also available on Lexis (database: 2NDARY;JINREL).
Modern Federal Jury Instructions, Matthew Bender.
(KF9682.A6 M62 Fourth Floor Alcove)
Includes criminal and civil jury instructions.
Law
Office Management:
The Essential
Formbook: Comprehensive Management Tools for Lawyers.
(KF 318 .M85 2000 Fifth Floor Stacks)
Covers fee
agreements, partnership agreements, docket and file management, financial
reports, and billing.
Forms, Checklists, and Procedures for the Family Lawyer, ABA.
KF533.5 .C478 2010 (Fifth Floor Stacks)
Covers client intake, initial stages of representation, administration, case management, settlement, mediation, discovery, litigation, trial, file closing, and post-closing.
Legal
Opinion Letters:
Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, 2d ed. Aspen Publishers.
(KF 250 .L395 2003 Fifth Floor Stacks)
Products
Liability:
American Law of Products Liability 3d, Clark Boardman
Callaghan, 10 volumes.
(KF 1296 .H87 1987 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Forms & Checklists - Product Liability Library, LoisLaw.
Available on LoisLaw.
Tax Forms:
The Business Tax Return Handbook, 2d ed., American Bar Association.
(KF 6450 .Z9 Z83 2004 Sixth Floor Stacks)
Effectively Representing Your Client Before the "New" IRS:
A Practical Manual for the Tax Practitioner with Sample Correspondence
and Forms, 3d ed., ABA Section on Taxation.
(KF 6320 .E43 2009 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Tax Planning with Life Insurance: Analysis with Forms, Warren Gorham Lamont.
(KF 1175 .Z3 Fourth Floor Research Alcove)
Tax
Forms (Federal) on the Internet:
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html
Workers'
Compensation:
Forms & Checklists - Personal Injury Library, LoisLaw.
Available on LoisLaw.
Covers medical records review and understanding the AMA guides in workers' compensation
Larson's Workers' Compensation Law, Matthew Bender.
Also available on Lexis (database: MATBEN;LARWCL).
Legal Forms on the Internet:
Bender's Federal Practice Forms: A comprehensive set of forms arranged by federal rule (including Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure). Bender's is available on Lexis (database: 2NDARY;FDPRAC).
FedForms.gov provides "one-stop-shopping" for forms needed for the top 500 Government services used by the public. Available at http://www.fedforms.gov.
Fletcher Corporation Forms Annotated: Available on Westlaw (database: FLETCHER).
The Northern
District of California posts its forms online at
http://www.cand.uscourts.gov.
Click on "Forms" in the menu at the top.
Findlaw: 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.
LLRX: 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.
Last updated March 10, 2011
Originally prepared by Hilary Hardcastle, updated by Layna Moysich, Reference Intern.