Form Books

Formbooks contain sample or prescribed forms for a variety of legal and business transactions. This list identifies formbooks in the Law Library's collection. It is divided into three sections: Illinois formbooks, general formbooks, and subject-specific formbooks. The Illinois formbook section is sub-arranged by subject. General formbooks are listed first within each section.Many of the treatises prepared by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) contain forms on Illinois practice areas. Other looseleaf services and treatises throughout the Law Library also contains forms on specific subjects. Consult a Reference Librarian for help in locating such material.

Abbreviations
  • Annot. = Annotated
  • App. = Appendix
  • IICLE = Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
  • Ill.Alc. = Illinois Alcove
  • Para. = Paragraph
  • Ref. = Reference
  • Res. = Reserve
Illinois Form Books

General

  • Callaghan's Illinois Legal Forms KFI1268.C3 (Ill.Alc.)
  • Illinois Forms: Legal and Business KFI1268.I56 (Ill.Alc.)
  • Midwest Transaction Guide KFI1413.Y68x
  • See also IICLE's (Res.)

Civil Practice

  • Callaghan's Illinois Civil Practice FormsKFI1730.A65C55
  • Nichols Illinois Civil Practice w/Forms KFI1730.N5

Commercial

  • Uniform Commercial Code Forms Annot.KFI1352.A65D38x
  • Illinois Business Corporation Act KFI1410.A3

Divorce

  • Gitlin on Divorce KFI 1300.G57

Real Estate

  • Estate Planning & Administration in Illinois KFI 1340.H8
General Form Books
  • Am. Jur. Legal Forms 2d KF 170.A542
  • Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms Annot. KF 8836.A45
  • Basic Legal Transactions KF 170.D5
  • Benders Federal Forms for Pleading KF 8836.S9
  • Collier Forms Manual KF 1521.R9
  • Current Legal Forms with Tax Analysis KF 170.R33x
  • Cyclopedia of Legal Forms (Nichols) KF 170.N52x
  • Federal Procedural Forms (L.Ed) KF 8836.F4
  • Guide to American Law (Vol. 11, App.) KF 156.G77 (Ref.)
  • Legal and Tax Planning Forms KF 170.K76
  • Modern Legal Forms (West) KF 170.B44x
  • More Everyday Legal Forms (Sloan) KF 170.S53
  • West Federal Forms KF 170.W4x
  • West Legal Forms 2d KF 170.W48x
Subject-Specific Form Books

Actions and Remedies

  • Bender's Forms of Discovery (interrogatories) KF 8900.A3B45x
  • Commercial Damages A Guide to Remedies KF 446.C54

Admiralty

  • Benedict on Admiralty (Vol. 4, 4A, 7) KF 1104.R4 1950x

Agriculture

  • Agricultural Law KF 1681.A8H37x

Banking

  • Banking Law(Bender) KF 9715.B35x
  • Federal Banking Law Reporter (CCH) KF 9715.F43x

Bankruptcy

  • Bankruptcy Act, Rules and Forms KF 1527.A2x
  • Bankruptcy Code Rules and Forms KF 1511.596.A2
  • Bankruptcy Forms and Practice KF 1521.M45
  • Forms, Rules... in Bankruptcy KF 1521.H28
  • Hertzog's Bankruptcy Forms and Practice KF 1527.H45
  • How to File for Bankruptcy KF 1524.6E4
  • How to File Your Own Bankruptcy (Haman) KF 1524.6H3

Business & Commercial

  • ALI-ABA Business Forms (Course material) KF 1411.B87
  • Asset-based Financing - A Transactional Guide (Vol. 4) KF 1428.A94
  • Basic Book of Business Agreements KF 886.G64
  • Forms of Commercial Agreements of the World K 1004.35.D53
  • Gordon's Modern Annot. Forms of Agreement KF 801.A65G61
  • Government Contracts (Vol. 11) KF 846.5.M33x
  • Make Your Own Contract KF 801.Z9E54

Civil Rights

  • Civil Rights Actions KF 4746.5.C66

Computers

  • The Legal Guide to Computer Software Protection KF 3024.C6H37

Contracts, see Business & Commercial

Credit & Consumers

  • Credit/Consumer Guide (CCH) Vol. 5 KF 1039.A8C6
  • Equal Credit Opportunity Manual KF 1040.C5
  • Truth in Lending Manual KF 1040.C54

Criminal

  • Complete Manual of Criminal Forms KF 9616.B252
  • Defense of Narcotics Cases KF 3890.B45

Divorce

  • Lindey on Separation Agreements & Antenuptial Contracts KF 529.L5
  • Mediate Your Divorce: A Guide to Cooperative Custody, Property and Support Agreements KF 535.B56
  • See also Illinois Form Books

Education

  • Education Law (Rapp) Vol. 4 KF 4115.R37

Entertainment

  • Cable Television Law (Vol. 3, App. C) KF 2844.F394
  • Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts KF 2976.5.L58x

Environmental Law

  • Environment Reporter (General Laws Index) KF 3775.A6E48

Estate Planning & Wills

  • Drafting Wills & Trust Agreements KF 748.1.W55
  • Estate Planning Complete Guide KF 748.B76
  • Financial & Estate Planning (CCH) Vol. 2 KF 748.K47x
  • Page on Wills (Vol. 7) KF 755.P34
  • Revocable Trusts KF 734.T87
  • Will Clauses, Annot. & Forms w/Tax Effects KF 748.1M87x

Freedom of Information

  • Federal Information Disclosure (Vol. 2) KF 5753.O74
  • Litigation under the FOIA and Privacy Act KF 5753.L57
  • Your Right to Government Information (ACLU) KF 5753.Z9M37
  • See also West's Legal Forms, Vol. 27 Sec. 20

Gay Rights

  • Sexual Orientation and the Law (Achtenberg) KF 4754.5.S49

Immigration

  • Immigration Law and Defense (App. A, Vol. 2) KF 8925.E4I46
  • Immigration Law and Procedure (Desk Ed.) KF 4819.G59
  • Steel on Immigration Law 2d. (App. A) KF 4819.S74

Insurance

  • Insurance Law and Practice KF 1164.A76

Intellectual Property

  • The Inventor's Notebook KF 390.I6I6 1989
  • Legal Guide for the Visual Artist KF 390.A7C73
  • Patent It Yourself KF 3114.6.P74 (Ref.)
  • Patent Litigation: Procedure & Tactics KF 3153.W5
  • Patent Office Rules & Practice-Forms KF 3120.A6H6
  • The Visual Artist's Guide to the New Copyright Law KF 3050.C7

Labor Law

  • Employment Discrimination (Vol. 4) KF 3464.L37
  • Employment Practices Guide (Vol. 1, Para. 1700) KF 3315.L32x
  • Labor Relations Reporter (Vol. 1, Index) KF 3365.L33x

Military Law

  • Department of Justice Manual (Vol. 12) KF 5107.D47

Municipal Law

  • Municipal Legal Forms (Callaghan) KF 5305.A3M6
  • Zoning Law & Practice (Vol. 8, Index) KF 5698.Y62

Patent Law, see Intellectual Property

Pensions

  • Pension and Profit Sharing Plans (Vol. 8) KF 3512.Y65
  • Pension Plan Guide (Vol. 2) KF 3512.A6C65

Power of Attorney

  • Drafting the Durable Power of Attorney KF 1347.D7
  • The Power of Attorney Book KF 1447.Z9C56

Products Liability

  • American Law of Products Liability 3d KF 1296.A6A43

Real Estate

  • Condemnation Procedures & Techniques- Forms KF 5599.R6
  • Condominium Law & Practice: Forms KF 581.R6
  • Current Leasing Law and Techniques KF 588.1.R64
  • The Law of Real Estate Financing with Tax Forms KF 693.M32x
  • Powell on Real Property KF 570.P57
  • Purchase & Sale of Real Property KF 665.H65
  • Real Estate Financing KF 695.R6
  • Real Estate Forms from ALI-ABA KF 568.1.R4
  • Unclaimed Property Law & Reporting Forms (Vols. 3 & 4) KF 780.Z95E67

Securities

  • Securities Law Locator (Vol. 6, Index) KF 1435.5.S5
  • Shareholder Litigation (Callaghan) KF 8925.S7M33

Social Security

  • Social Security Disability Claims KF 3649.F7
  • Social Security Practice Guide KF 3646.5.S62

Taxation

  • Bender's Federal Tax Forms KF 6285.B464 (Res.)
  • Current Legal Forms with Tax Analysis KF 170.R33x
  • Federal Income Taxation of Corporate/Share KF 6464.B5
  • Federal Income Taxation of Real Estate KF 6535.R6
  • Federal Tax Guide to Legal Forms (Am.Jur. Legal Forms) KF 170.A5422
  • McGaffey Legal Forms with Tax Analysis KF 6450.A65M33
  • Tax Action Coordinator KF 6286.R43x
  • Tax Management IRS Forms KF 6297.T3 (Res.)
  • West's Federal Taxation Comprehensive KF 6289.W47
  • See also General Form Books

Torts

  • Comparative Negligence Law & Practice KF 1286.A6C64

Trusts, see Estate Planning & Wills

  • Uniform Commercial Code
  • Forms and Procedures under the UCC KF 885.B45x
  • Modern UCC Litigation Forms (Bender) KF 885.B44x
  • See also Illinois Form Books

Utilities

  • Energy Management (Vol. 3) oil and gas KF 2120.A6C64
  • Oil & Gas Law (Vol. 7) KF 1846.5.W5
  • Utilities Law Reporter (Vol. 1) KF 2096.C65x

Wills, see Estate Planning & Wills