Form Databases
Westlaw and Lexis have compiled the forms from all of the sources, including form books and treatises, within their platforms.
- Westlaw Form Finder This link opens in a new window
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This collection contains the text forms, fillable PDF forms, clauses and checklists available on Westlaw from numerous national and state form sets, including legal and business, transactional, litigation and pleading and practice forms. - Lexis Forms This link opens in a new window
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This Lexis database features transactional, litigation, and pleading and practice forms from across state and national form books and treatises.
Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg Law all have platforms that focus on practical guidance and include forms (also called standard documents on the platforms) alongside checklists, practice notes, and other useful resources.
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Access to Westlaw's practice material is included with your law school account, and includes practice notes, standard documents and clauses, checklists, and toolkits. - Lexis Practical Guidance This link opens in a new window
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Practical Guidance provides forms, practice notes, checklists, articles, and other secondary sources by practitioners for practitioners.
- Bloomberg Law Practical Guidance
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Bloomberg Law's collection of step-by-step and topical guidance on specific transactions, compliance issues, the litigation process, and other issues that includes sample and precedent documents.
There are a number of additional tools available for drafting legal documents that are available. Alongside forms and a thorough understanding of the surrounding law, these can be useful additions to your toolbox.
- Draft Analyzer
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Draft Analyzer uses an algorithm to compare your draft document to precedent documents take from SEC filings within Bloomberg Law's database.
