Just saw this new tool, Contract Creator, from Freelancers Union and it's free to all members (and membership is free). Check it out if you are working without a contract or suspect your contract could be better.
It’s here! Contract Creator has arrived! You can create and customize your own contract with the easy to use template we’ve provided. Contract Creator also comes complete with easy instructions and detailed explanations and is free to all Freelancers Union members.
(Read more here.)
The Contract Creator was born eight months ago, in part as an outgrowth of the many comments posted by the Freelancers Union membership regarding the Freelancers Bill of Rights. It became undeniably clear from your remarks that freelancers needed something to help them achieve their most fundamental rights, among them getting paid on time and being treated with respect in the modern workplace.
It was decided that the best way to help freelancers achieve these goals was to take your comments and create a model that each freelancer could use to design their own individual contract, regardless of job or industry.
You can also find examples of contracts on this Resource page.
Any other contract resources to share?
I use the AIGA Standard Agreement as the basis for my contract. I ask clients to sign this long document once, which details all the terms; and then for each distinct project I prepare a Project Estimate will has the particulars. The two documents together (both accepted and signed) constitute a legal contract.
http://www.aiga.org/standard-agreement/