The January 2026 Essential Forms™ Update is Ready
Stay up to date January 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026 | Full download instructions below
Contact Customer Support at (800) 232-3444 with any questions.
Getting Started with Essential Forms™
- Click the download button above.
- Find efinstaller.exe in your Downloads folder, and double click.
- A setup window will launch. Follow the prompts to install.
Note: you may get a Windows SmartScreen prompt saying it “prevented an unrecognized app from starting.” Click More info, then click Run anyway. - The Essential Forms Setup window will pop up. Follow the prompts to set up, the click Finish.
- The updater will now automatically run between January 1, 2026 and June 30, 2026 to ensure your forms are always up to date.
For more detailed download instructions, click here
Make the most of your Essential Forms™ Subscription with these helpful tools:
Quick Start Guide
First time using Essential Forms? Quickly learn how to add a new client and open and fill a blank form.
Essential Forms FAQs
We cover everything from available forms to technical requirements to errors you may encounter.
eFiling with Rapid Legal®
Get a smoother, more comprehensive eFiling experience with CEB’s expanded partnership with RapidLegal.
E-Filing Quick Start Guide
Quickly learn how to turn your completed forms into filed forms.
User's Guide
Download the latest Essential Forms User’s Manual to set you up for success.
Video Tutorials
Watch walkthroughs of some basic and more complex tasks within Essential Forms.
More ways to enhance your practice with CEB:
Practitioner
Work faster, draft smarter, and plan for what comes next. Combine extensive practical resources with our unmatched practice guides and attorney-reviewed case citator to deliver high-value strategic analysis that saves you time and your clients money.
Why people love Practitioner:
- Task-oriented layout and resources increase productivity
- Provides new attorneys, paralegals, and assistants with necessary foundation
- Allows all attorneys to expand into new practice areas with template documents and how-to guides
- Intuitive navigation
CLEPassport
Available for individuals and firms, our Passport gives you unlimited access to our entire MCLE Library. This package is ideal for the attorney or firm who wants to foster professional development, increase legal knowledge, in addition to CalBar compliance.
Why people love CLEPassport:
- Choose your own courses
- Quality content for a fixed, flat rate
- Sample any course until you find the right fit
- Access the latest courses year-round
Add Regional County Forms to your Essential Forms™ subscription:
Complete county-specific forms with the same ease and efficiency as you do the Judicial Council forms. Automatic updates ensure you never use an out-of-date county form. We know your practice isn’t isolated to one county. Get all the county forms your practice needs in one bundle:
- All Counties Forms Package (all California counties listed below, plus Alpine, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Nevada, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, and Yuba Counties)
- Bay Area Region County Forms Package (Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma Counties)
- Capital Region County Forms Package (Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Tuolumne, and Yolo Counties)
- Central Region County Forms Package (Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, Stanislaus, San Luis Obispo, and Tulare Counties)
- SoCal Region County Forms Package (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties)
Questions? We’re here to help!
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