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The World of Legal Forms
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Two basic types of forms to discuss
today:
• Practice forms are designed for litigation
procedures or other business before courts
and administrative agencies.
• Transactional forms …are instruments
designed for specific legal transactions
such as contracts, leases, wills and deeds
from Morris Cohen, et. al., How to Find the Law 426 (9th 3d.
1988)
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Use Forms With Caution
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Fill in the Blanks?
It’s Not That Easy!!!!
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LEGAL
PRACTICE
FORMS
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FEDERAL
PRACTICE
FORMS
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Federal Procedural Forms
• Multivolume with general index
• Covers
• civil practice
• criminal practice
• administrative practice
• Index lacks good cross-
references
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Fed. Proc. Forms on WESTLAW
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West’s Federal Forms
• Multivolume set with general index
• Index provides ample cross
references
• Cross referenced to Wright & Miller
• Provides multiple variations of basic
form
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West’s Federal Forms on WESTLAW
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Bender’s Forms of Discovery
• 17-volume set
• keyed to FRCP rule numbers
• 10 volumes on interrogatories
• covers criminal discovery also
• separate indexes for
interrogatories and other
discovery methods
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Bender’s Forms of Discovery on LEXIS
LN Advance
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Bender’s Forms of Discovery on LEXIS
LN Advance
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Federal Jury Practice and Instructions
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Federal Jury Practice on WESTLAW
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Federal Jury Practice on WESTLAW
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PRACTICE FORMS:
ARIZONA-SPECIFIC
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Arizona Legal Forms WESTLAW
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Arizona Legal Forms WESTLAW
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Arizona Legal Forms:
Practice Forms
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PRACTICE FORMS:
GENERAL
&
NON JURISDICTION-
SPECIFIC
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Am. Jur. Pleading &
Practice Forms
• Multivolume set
• Detailed general index
• General Practice
Forms
• not specific to
jurisdiction
• applicable to state or
federal
• check for
compliance with
local law
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Am. Jur. Pleading & Practice on WESTLAW
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Pattern Deposition Checklists
Index
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Pattern Deposition Checklists on WESTLAW
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TRANSACTIONAL
FORMS
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Am. Jur. Legal Forms
• Multi-volume set covering wide range of topics
• Most forms include drafting guides and checklists for relevant tax implications
• Index at end provides references to specific chapters and sections
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Am. Jur. Legal Forms on WESTLAW
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West’s Legal Forms
Covers wide range of subject matter in
multiple volumes
Topics include:
• Business Organizations
• Domestic Relations
• Retirement Plans
• Debtor and Creditor Relations
• Commercial Transactions
• Estate Planning
• Real Estate Transactions
• Employment, Agency, and Service
Agreements
• Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks
• Specialized Forms
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West’s Legal Forms on WESTLAW
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TRANSACTIONAL FORMS:
ARIZONA-SPECIFIC
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Arizona Legal Forms
Westlaw
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Arizona Legal Forms:
Transactional Forms
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USE
INTERNAL
RESOURCES
• Pleading Banks--ask the firm librarian
• Form Banks--ask the firm librarian
• Ask supervising/assigning attorney--many have their
own set of standard forms for pleadings and
transactions
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CAUTION!!!
DANGER ABOUNDS IN USE OF
FORMS!!!
• Form books are potentially helpful but also very dangerous.
• Many paralegals (and attorneys) consciously or unconsciously use ‘model’ examples as replacements for thinking
• Form books cannot be used as a short cut to avoid thinking.
Laurie Zimet, 1994: Basic Litigation: Legal Research and Writing, 501PLI/Lit 507