Legal Forms
Legal Forms
• There are more than 400 databases that contain forms on
Westlaw.
• Many of the forms can be copied and pasted into a word
processing document.
• The forms multibase is Forms-All ( FORMS-ALL).
• National forms databases include
– American Jurisprudence Pleading and
Practice Forms (AMJUR-PP)
– Federal Procedural Forms (FEDPROF)
– National Pleading and Practice Forms
(FORMS-PP)
– West’s Legal Forms, which contains the full text
of the print publication that has long been a favorite
(WEST-LF)
Legal Forms Database
Examples
• Many of the forms databases are state-specific.
– Arizona Legal Forms (AZ-LF)
– California Civil Practice–Combined (CCP-ALL)
– Colorado Forms (CO-FORMS)
– Personal Injury Forms:Illinois (PIFRM-IL)
• Many of the forms are specific to an area of the law, such as
bankruptcy, arbitration, or patent law.
– Alternative Dispute Resolution with Forms (ADR)
– Complete Manual of Criminal Forms (CMCRF)
– Doing Business on the Internet: Forms and Analysis
(DOBUSNET)
– Uniform Commercial Code Official National Forms
(UCC-ART9FM)
Litigation
Litigation
Treatises, CLEs, Practice Guides
Forms
Treatises, CLEs, Practice Guides
Forms
This is a partial list of the forms databases
on Westlaw. They are sprinkled throughout
the Treatises, CLEs, and Practice Guides
and the Litigation sections of the Westlaw
Directory. Many of the other practice
materials databases also include forms.
Field Searches in Forms Databases
• Database: FORMS-ALL
• Structured Search: power of attorney health-care
Title: Power of Attorney
for Health Care Title: Alphabetical
List of Titles
Database: AMJUR-PP
Search: ti(“list of titles”)
Title: Annuities
Search: ci(outline & annuity) Outline
Natural Language Searches in Forms
Databases
• Database: AMJUR-PP Database: WEST-LF
• Search: Deed of land for Search: unlawful detainer
park purposes for failure to pay rent
Title: Complaint for Unlawful
Detainer and Rent
Title: Complaint, Petition, or
Declaration to Enjoin the Diversion
of Park Property to Nonpark Use