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More Civil Litigation Forms added to practicelaw.org

Posted Dec 21 2011 by in Civil Litigation, Forms with 0 Comments

Practicelaw.org, the MSBA’s online source of forms and other practice resources, has recently expanded its civil litigation form set. MSBA members now have access to forms spanning every phase of civil litigation.

During November and December, 21 new civil litigation forms joined the 25 civil litigation forms already on the site:

  • CIV-431   Order (Proposed)
  • CIV-436   Order for Summary Judgment (Proposed)
  • CIV-437   Order Denying Summary Judgment (Proposed)
  • CIV-460   Notice of Motion and Motion to Compel Discovery – General
  • CIV-462   Certification of Compliance with Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 115.10
  • CIV-463   Order Compelling Discovery (Proposed)
  • CIV-480   Notice of Motion and Motion for Sanctions Pursuant to [Rule 11][Minn. Stat. 549.211]
  • CIV-568   Rule 68 Offer of Settlement (Total Obligation)
  • CIV-569   Rule 68 Offer of Judgment (Damages Only)
  • CIV-580   Witness and Exhibit List
  • CIV-583   Authorization for Release of Financial Information
  • CIV-585   Authorization for Release of Personnel Records
  • CIV-602   Notice of Dismissal
  • CIV-603   Order for Dismissal Pursuant to R. 41
  • CIV-604   Stipulation for Dismissal
  • CIV-605   Order for Dismissal (Pursuant to Stipulation)
  • CIV-606   Confession of Judgment
  • CIV-607   Promissory Note
  • CIV-818   Waiver of Independent Counsel

A form Settlement Agreement is in draft stage and should be posted soon as well.

We decided to add additional civil litigation forms because of survey data and user requests. We survey practicelaw users annually, and the percentage of users who indicate that they’ve used or relied upon civil litigation forms has increased each year:

  • 2009 – 29%
  • 2010 – 33%
  • 2011 – 38%

Additionally, 98% of users surveyed this month indicated that practice-related forms are the most valuable of all those resources posted on practicelaw.

Also, just a reminder that in addition to civil litigation forms, the MSBA has other resources helpful to the civil litigator, namely a Statute of Limitations Handbook and a Judicial Survey Service. The Service collects information from district court judges with respect to their individual preferences on motion practice and courtroom conduct. The information is organized by judicial district and by the judge’s name.

Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions on the new forms.

Category: Civil Litigation, Forms

Nancy Hupp - Nancy is the practicelaw Director at the MSBA, where she plans, solicits, drafts, and edits practice-related content for practicelaw. After graduating from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1983, she worked in a mid-size civil practice firm in St. Paul specializing in real estate matters. She then left private practice and started teaching. She taught as an Assistant Professor in Hamline University’s undergraduate Legal Studies Department and later, as an Adjunct Writing Professor at William Mitchell College of Law. She and her husband have three children and live in Minneapolis.

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