Tcl - Sample Document and Form Resources - November 2005 - the Legal Research Corner

• Publication year: 2005
• Pages: 107
• Citation: Vol. 34 No. 11 Pg. 107

34 Colo.Law. 107 Colorado Bar Journal 2005.

2005, November, Pg. 107. TCL - Sample Document and Form Resources - November 2005 - The Legal Research Corner

The Colorado Lawyer
November 2005
Vol. 34, No. 11 [Page 107]

Departments and More
The Legal Research Corner
Sample Document and Form Resources
by Andrea Hamilton

This department, published quarterly, is sponsored by the Colorado Association of Law Librarians ("CoALL") to assist attorneys with common problems in legal research. Readers interested in submitting research questions may send them to: CoALL, The Legal Research Corner, at http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/coall; or to: "The Legal Research Corner," c/o Arlene Abady, Managing Editor, The Colorado Lawyer, 1900 Grant St., Suite 900, Denver, CO 80203-4336 or e-mail: aabady@cobar.org.

Members of CoALL will attempt to answer as many questions as possible, either individually or as part of this department. The information provided in this space is for educational purposes only and is not intended as legal advice. No endorsement or recommendation is made of any product named in this department. Department contributors are CoALL members and include Andrea Hamilton, Wanda McDavid Mariann Storck, and Patty Wellinger. For more information about CoALL, see http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/coall.

Andrea Hamilton is the Research Librarian at the Boulder office of Faegre & Benson and a member of our Colorado Lawyers Committee - (303) 447-7755, ahamilton@faegre.com.

Many law librarians can attest that a strong demand exists for good sample document and form resources. New lawyers often rely on sample documents and forms for help with the process of drafting documents. Such resources also can be helpful to "seasoned" attorneys working in unfamiliar subject areas or jurisdictions. A recent search in FirstSearch's WorldCat® yielded more than 900 print titles related to legal forms.1

This article does not attempt to cover all available resources. It does, however, provide an introduction to many of the resources attorneys can use for help with drafting documents and conducting research. The article is organized by practice area, starting first with "general" resources. It then discusses resources specific to tax law, corporate law, and litigation. Colorado-specific resources are noted throughout the article.

General Resources

Two collections that provide samples of general legal forms are American Jurisprudence Legal Forms2 and Current Legal Forms, with Tax Analysis.3 American Jurisprudence Legal Forms is a sixty-two-volume set that contains over 22,000 documents for legal and business transactions. It is also available electronically via Westlaw® in the AMJUR-LF database.4 Current Legal Forms is a thirty-four-volume set covering practically every area of law, except criminal law and...