In House Externship Resources

Practical guidance materials are resources that offer step-by-step instructions and practical advice designed to help lawyers navigate legal tasks and quickly understand complex legal concepts. They often include sample forms, contracts, policies and checklists authored by practicing attorneys that you can use as a model or adapt for your own use.

Westlaw Practical Law

From the Westlaw home page, select the Content types tab, and then select Practical law. Check under Practice Areas and Sectors for the legal topic or industry that you are researching. The Practice Notes provide quick, practical, plain language overviews of specific legal topics. The Standard Documents include sample forms, policies, and contracts (be sure to review the "Drafting Notes" for explanations of applicable law).

Lexis Practical Guidance

From the Lexis home page, select Practical Guidance from the left sidebar menu. Then select your practice area and subtopic to access Practice Notes (practical, plain language overviews of the law), templates (sample documents, such as complaints, license agreements, etc.), and checklists.

Bloomberg Law Practical Guidance

Browse the Bloomberg Practical Guidance library for step-by-step guidance, organized by topic. You can also select the Practice Centers tab from the top of the screen to locate practical guidance materials (and many other relevant resources) by topic.

Bloomberg: In-House Counsel Resources

Includes practical guidance materials from Bloomberg specifically for in-house counsel. Includes, for example, an Employee Handbook Toolkit, an In-House IP Toolkit, Pharma Contracts & Transactions, and more.