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Forms & Sample Documents

Overview of Forms Resources

Bloomberg Law provides several different ways to locate forms.

Transactional Intelligence Center
See drafting tools for Transactional Precedents (sample documents) and standard clauses. Also provides practical guidance for drafting
In Focus: Contract Drafting
Bloomberg BNA Manuals
Practice guides that feature forms and sample documents

Forms can be located on Lexis+ in several ways:

1. Explore --> Content --> Sample Forms

2. Explore --> Content --> Briefs Pleadings and Motions

3. Explore --> Treatises, Guides & Jurisprudence --> select Jurisdiction or Practice Area to Browse. Many practice guides include sample forms and agreements

Browse by practice area, search by keyword or use the built in features like Resource Kits or the State Law Comparison Tool.

Lexis Practical Guidance
Forms, sample documents, checklists and other practice resources.

PLI is one of the largest producers of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses in the country. They offer course books from these CLEs including their sample forms. PLI Plus treatises also contain forms.

PLI Plus can be found on the Law Databases page
Select "Search" and check "Forms & Checklists" to search by keyword and then use the filters on the search results page to limit by form type, jurisdiction, date and other facets
OR use "Browse" to locate materials by practice area and use the "Form Type" filter to locate a particular type of form

Collection of practice resources from Thomson Reuters Westlaw.

Browse forms, checklists, sample agreements and drafting guidance by:

1. Practice area

2. Business Sector

3. Resource Type (type of document)

4. Jurisdiction

Short Forms Documents Center (Practical Law)

Westlaw offers several ways to access forms on its platform:

West's Form Finder
Filter by topic, jurisdiction, or publication
Trial Court Documents
Search by type of filing (motions, pleadings, interrogatories etc), by jurisdiction (federal and state) or by practice area/topic.
Sample Agreements
On main Browse page, organized by topic or search across the entire database using the “All Agreements” link; documents drafted by actual law firms and in-house counsel. Can search by key term or by such fields as “clause title,” “governing law,” “jurisdiction” and party or law firm name.

Form Resources in Print and in the Catalog

The Villanova Law Library catalog allows for searching by keyword and then using the "Genre" filter to narrow the results to Forms. Or search by subject/keyword and add "forms" to the search as many secondary sources, including practice guides and CLE handbooks, offer forms and sample agreements.

Once a book on the desired topic has been located, use the Forms subject tag on its catalog page to locate other similar resources.