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Lawyers’ Practice Materials
Barbara Swatt EngstromSeattle University School of Law
Last Will and TestamentAdvance Directive
Power of Attorney
Everyday Law Office Documents
• How to Start and Build a Law Practice
• WSBA Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP)www.wsba.org/lawyers/services/lomap.htm
Choosing a Business Entity
• CLEs• BNA Corporate Practice Series Portfolios• Business Law Monographs• Limited Liability Companies
Forms for Business Entity
• Topical: Fletcher’s Corporation Forms Annotated
• Washington Specific: Washington Business Entities: Laws & Forms (2005)
• WA Secretary of State: www.secstate.wa.gov
Finances
Sales: UCC Article 2Payments: UCC Articles 3 & 4Letters of Credit: UCC Article 5Security Interest: UCC Article 9
• Anderson on the Uniform Commercial Code • Department of Licensing has a financing
statement. www.dol.wa.gov
Lease Office Space
• Washington Real Property Deskbook• General Formbooks:
AmJur Legal FormsWest’s Legal FormsNichols Cyclopedia of Forms
Contracts
• Drafting Effective Contracts
• Williston on Contracts: Forms
Employment Issues
• Washington Employment Law Deskbook
Taxation
• Federal taxes: CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter BNA tax management portfolios
• State & Local taxes: Washington State & Local Tax Deskbook by WSBA
Intellectual Property
• Treatises: Nimmer on Copyright; McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition; Chisum on Patents
• United States Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov
Bankruptcy
• Collier on Bankruptcy and Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice
• United States Bankruptcy Courtshttp://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.html
Family Law
• Washington Family Law Deskbook• Washington Practice volumes on Family &
Community Property Law with Forms• Mandatory Domestic Relations Forms
www.courts.wa.gov/forms
Estate Planning & Will Drafting
• Washington Estate Planning Deskbook• Washington Probate Deskbook• Washington Law of Wills and Intestate
Succession (2005)
Recap Practice Materials
Old Stand Bys• Federal: Wright and Miller Federal Practice
and Procedure• Washington: Washington Practice
For Everything Else• Check with to see if there is a subject specific
practice set
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