440 likes | 551 Views
Practical Resources for Drafting Legal Documents. FORMS:. University of Michigan Law Library Urban Communities Clinic Ann Chase January 10, 2008. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY. Ann Chase, Foreign & Comparative Law Librarian Room S-171 achase@umich.edu 764-6151.
E N D
Practical Resources for Drafting Legal Documents FORMS: University of Michigan Law Library Urban Communities Clinic Ann Chase January 10, 2008
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY • Ann Chase, Foreign & Comparative Law Librarian • Room S-171 • achase@umich.edu • 764-6151
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Overview • How to find books in the law library • Searching the catalog • Finding books in the stacks (where are they?) • How to find FORM BOOKS in the law library • Focused searching with examples • Online resources for forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Forms and Legal Drafting • Why do you want forms? • Find examples to adapt • Examples/forms may not be perfectly tailored to your purpose
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Variety of Sources for Forms • Commercially published form books • Forms prepared by courts, conforming to rules of specific jurisdiction • Institutional in-house databank, archive of forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY How to find books in the Law Library
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Online Catalog • http://umil.iii.com/ • Keyword searching (e.g. Michigan and forms) • Subject searching (e.g. Real Property—Michigan—Forms) • Note Call Number, Location and Status
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Keyword Searching
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Keyword Searching – Results
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Keyword Searching – Full Record
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Online Catalog • Keyword searching (e.g. Michigan and forms) • Subject searching (e.g. Real Property—Michigan—Forms) • Note Call Number, Location and Status
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Subject Searching
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Subject Searching – Results
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Subject Searching – Full Record
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Subject Searching
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Online Catalog • Keyword searching (e.g. Michigan and forms) • Subject searching (e.g. Real Property—Michigan—Forms) • Note Call Number, Location and Status
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Finding Books in the Law Library • BEFORE you go to the shelves, consult the handouts at the reference desk to find out where in the library you can find the book • e.g. Call numbers beginning with “JX2” are located in Sub-3 North • Call Number Locator • Book Locator • Map
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Call Number Locator
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Book Locator
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Finding FORM BOOKS in the Law Library
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Form Books • Contain sample legal forms • Multi-volume sets, arranged by topic • Accessed by index and/or table of contents • Usually include multiple versions of forms, optional clauses to add in or remove
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY General Forms • Variety of legal topics, from “Abandoned Property” to “Zoning” • Not jurisdiction-specific • E.g., AmJur Legal Forms, West’s Legal Forms (related to business issues) • Title search in online catalog: http://umil.iii.com/
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Title Search – West’s Legal Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Subject-Specific Forms • Forms related to a specific subject • Keyword search in the catalog (http://umil.iii.com/): [business] and forms • Examples, • Legal forms for starting & running a small business • Fletcher Corporation Forms, Annotated
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Jurisdiction-Specific Forms • Forms related to a specific jurisdiction, either federal or state • Bender’s Federal Practice Forms; West’s Federal Forms • To find in the catalog (http://umil.iii.com/), Keyword search: [Michigan] and forms • Michigan Real Estate Practice and Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Jurisdiction-Specific Forms, Advanced Keyword Search • Conduct Advanced Keyword search with author: Michigan and forms and author: Institute of Continuing Legal Education • Michigan Business Formbook
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Advanced Keyword Search
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Advanced Searching with Author
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Online resources for forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Michigan Forms Online – ICLE • Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) –http://www.icle.org • “Partnership” Section • Business • Real Property
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY ICLE Website
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY ICLE FormBank
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY ICLE How-to Kits
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY ICLE SCAO (State Court Administrative Offices) Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY ICLE SCAO Forms, MI Court Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Forms Online - Generally • Lexis and Westlaw (screenshots in subsequent slides) • ‘Lectric Law Library – http://www.lectlaw.com/form.html • FedForms – http://www.fedforms.gov • Findlaw Forms – http://forms.lp.findlaw.com
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Westlaw, Michigan Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Westlaw, All Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Lexis, Michigan Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Lexis, All Forms
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Reference Assistance • Come to the reference desk in person, staffed 9AM to midnight 7 days a week • Ask a Law Librarian – Email Reference (askalawlibrarian@umich.edu) • Call the reference desk: 734-764-9324 • Schedule an individual research consultation with a professional librarian • Self-help: Online Tutorials and Audio Tours
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY Questions?