Forum Selection Clause A forum-selection clause is the term in a contract which “seeks to provide a court with ‘personal jurisdiction’ and to establish ‘venue.’” Put another way, it is an agreement by the parties as to where they would like to litigate the disputes between them arising out of the subject matter that is within the scope of the forum-selection clause. What does that even mean? Here is an example: All actions or proceedings arising directly or indirectly fr