Other Relevant Guides
Practical Law
- Practical Law This link opens in a new windowtransactional law resource that provides model documents (with legal drafting and negotiating tips), step-by-step checklists, timelines, handy overviews of transactional practice areas, and legal updates on the latest market developments.
Bloomberg Law
- Bloomberg Law (BLAW) This link opens in a new windowBrowse to the "Transactional Intelligence Center" section.
Westlaw
- Westlaw Edge This link opens in a new windowWestlaw access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the Law School.
- Westlaw Business Transactions SolutionProvides helpful guidance for structuring and drafting documents relating to a range of business activities. This database also contains Business Counsel Update, a newsletter offering analysis of new developments. There are 6 modules covering the life cycle of a business.
- Westlaw Form FinderIncludes forms from West's Legal Forms, Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms Annotated, American Jurisprudence, and various practice materials.
Lexis+
- Lexis+ This link opens in a new windowGo to the Practical Guidance link from the Lexis+ home page to access forms, resource kits, and other useful sources.
Free Sources for Drafting Guides & Sample Documents
- CooleyGoCreated by Cooley LLP
- Founders Workbenchcreated by Goodwin Proctor LLP
- Orrick Total AccessCreated by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
- Document Generators & Startup FormsPDF list of document generators prepared for US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference 2017.
CLE Materials
- Practising Law Institute (PLI) Plus This link opens in a new window
- IICLE Online Library This link opens in a new windowAll IICLE titles include forms relating to the topic covered. For contract drafting, see especially:
Business Law (Illinois): Choice of Entity Issues and Corporations 2015 Edition
Business Law (Illinois): LLCs and Partnerships 2011 Edition with 2013 Supplement
Business Law (Illinois): Mergers and Acquisitions 2011 Edition with 2013 Supplement
Commercial Landlord-Tenant Practice 2015 Edition
Contract Drafting Books
A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting / by Kenneth A. Adams
Chicago : American Bar Association, 2017.
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks XXKF807.A33 2017 c.1
Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do / Tina L. Stark
New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2014.
D'Angelo Law, Reserve Room XXKF807.S73 2014
Drafting Effective Contracts: A Practitioner's Guide / R.A. Feldman, Raymond T. Nimmer
Gaithersburg, Md. : Aspen Law & Business, 1999- (continually updated)
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks XXKF807.F452 1999
Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice / Lenne Eidson Espenscheid
Chicago: American Bar Association, c2019
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks XXKF807.E84 2019 c.1
Commercial Leasing Books
Commercial Leasing: A Transactional Primer / Daniel B. Bogart, Celeste Hammond
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011.
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks, XXKF593.C6B64 2011
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011.
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks, XXKF593.C6B64 2011
Commercial Real Estate Leases: Preparation, Negotation, and Forms / Mark A. Senn
New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2011 - (continually updated)
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks, XXKF593.C6S42 2011
New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2011 - (continually updated)
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks, XXKF593.C6S42 2011
Commercial Real Estate Transactions: A Project and Skills Oriented Approach / James Geoffrey Durham, Debra Pogrund Stark, Thomas R. White III
New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, c2009.
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks, XXKF665.D87 2009
New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, c2009.
D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks, XXKF665.D87 2009
