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Legal Research Resources for Drafting Contracts

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Legal Research Resources for Drafting Contracts

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Anna Russell

Reference Desk

http://www.sandiego.edu/law/library/

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SOMEDAY THIS WILL HAPPEN:

You have never written a contract like the new one you are asked to write.

Don't worry = Look to samples!

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No need usually! And often your law firm has a form bank. But there's a CATCH! Contract drafting styles/clauses can get out of date - sometimes quickly. And not all writers are created the same. What can you do?

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Bloomberg Law $

WestlawNext $

Lexis Advance $

Practicing Law Institute $

SEC’s EDGAR database (publicly traded company SEC filings)

Legal websites also sell forms for a $fee$ per form

State websites have free forms (but no analysis)

Print books at your local library have forms (and analysis on how to fill the form in)

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All that and then some

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As an Example:

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This is an amazing resource for drafting contracts but very $$$$.

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Free Sample of Web Development Agreement

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Free Sample of Web Development Agreement

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Written in 2002, using phrases like "Witnesseth"

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Forms + Secondary Source Analysis

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Sample Analysis from a Bloomberg treatise

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Sample Analysis from a Bloomberg treatise