1. Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Drafting Class Mar. 23, 2012

2. Free Web v. Lexis/Westlaw It’s Free! May have info on current topics Be careful of reliability/currency of web pages Lexis/Westlaw better search mechanisms Large sets of formbooks on Lexis/Westlaw

3. Forms Cleveland Marshall Law Library’s Research Guide: Forms and Practice MaterialsForms and Practice Materials

8. Forms and Sample Contracts Who publishes the site? A legal publisher? bar association? Does the site sell forms? Who wrote the form? Use with caution, tailor to your facts

16. “Business Contracts” and Court Forms Free. Others cost $.

24. Gale Legal Forms Via Cleveland Public LibraryCleveland Public Library Use Cleveland Public Library card no. to log in

26. Statutory Forms American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO) American Law Sources On-Line Ohio Revised Code

28. Free with OSBA Membership

29. Sites for Pro Ses Franklin County Law Library - frequently requested forms are prepared by the library. Franklin County Law Library Cleveland Law Library’s FAQs ex. Living Wills/Durable Power Of Attorney Cleveland Law Library’s FAQsLiving Wills/Durable Power Of Attorney

32. Attorney Work Product Sites JDSupra - Documents are tied to attorney profiles JDSupra Scribd DocStoc LawLink

33. TRY IT Look for a commercial lease form on JD Supra Find information about the attorney who submitted the form

40. Evaluating Web Sites Credibility: author; possible bias, accuracy. Currency / Updating, Coverage Writing Quality Ease of use Stability

41. Transactional Documents via SEC EDGAR EDGAR sample SEC filings documents attached: management contracts, executive compensation plans, articles of incorporation, by-laws, material contracts, voting trust agreements See Item 601, Regulation S-K.Item 601, Regulation S-K.

46. SEC Edgar Full Text Search Features Fields for company name, SIC code, date, form type (but not exhibit type) Natural language or Boolean Phrase (“”), AND, OR, NOT, truncation (*, communicat* ), proximity operator (general NEAR1 motors ) Past 4 years

47. Try it Find an executive compensation plan which provides for use of an automobile

49. More sophisticated SEC Filing databases Lexis and Westlaw Mergentonline – Available via University Library, Cleveland Public Mergentonline SECInfo.com

54. Practical Law Company Free to law students and faculty Transactional drafting resources – Sample documents & clauses – Checklists – Toolkits for compliance areas, eg HIPAA

58. Document Assembly Tools HotDocs TheFormTool – Basic Version is FREE! TheFormTool FillAnyPDF Free for 5 forms FillAnyPDF

60. Government Agency Forms Forms.gov USA Fed Forms.com (many fillable) USA Fed Forms.com State of Ohio - Agency Forms

63. Court Forms Casemaker – Ohio court & agency forms Casemaker Courts’ web sites LLRX- Court Rules, Forms and Dockets - links to federal & state courts LLRX- Court Rules, Forms and Dockets Forms and Practice Materials Guide

66. More Ohio Court Forms Uniform Ohio Domestic Relations forms Uniform Probate Forms Forms Translation Project Ohio Legal Services – Find Local Court Forms and Rules Ohio Legal Services – Find Local Court Forms and Rules

67. Court Dockets PACER – Federal Court dockets PACER LLRX to find state court dockets LLRX See – Legal research on the Web- DocketsLegal research on the Web- Dockets

68. Briefs, Motions & Pleadings On Lexis & Westlaw Ohio briefs 1990-, motions & pleadings 1999/2000- Full text searching–type of case & document, attorney At public or county law library

69. Dockets - Ohio Ohio – full text of documents on Summit and Montgomery County & othersSummitMontgomeryothers Full text on Ohio Supreme Court docket, 2006 and laterOhio Supreme Court docket, 2006 and later

70. PACER 10 cents a page Money savers: Justia Federal District Court Dockets FreeCourtDockets.com Recap Free PACER Training site - http://www.pacer.gov/announcements/ge neral/train.html

72. Court Dockets May search a case opinion database first, find case, then go on docket

73. Free Case Law Google Scholar Ohio Supreme Court More: Legal Research on the Web – Case LawLegal Research on the Web – Case Law

83. Jureeka Firefox/Chrome add-on Retrieve by citation toolbar Fed, Ohio Official Reports, Ohio Web Cites, ORC, OAC On web documents (html), Jureeka links legal citations

86. Legal Drafting Advice Cleveland Marshall Law Library’s Research Guide: Forms and Practice MaterialsForms and Practice Materials The Koncise Drafter blog The Koncise Drafter