Contract Drafting

Catalog description

The course teaches students the principles of drafting commercial agreements. Although the course will be of particular interest to students pursuing a corporate or commercial law career, the concepts are applicable to any transactional practice. Students will learn how transactional lawyers translate business deals into contract provisions, as well as techniques for minimizing ambiguity and drafting with clarity. Through a combination of lecture, hands-on drafting exercises and extensive homework assignments, students will learn about different types of contracts, other documents used in commercial transactions, and the drafting problems that contracts and other documents present. Course will also focus on how a drafter can add value to a deal by finding, analyzing and resolving business issues. Grades will be based on the graded assignments, good faith completion of the ungraded assignments, and class participation. Credit Hour : 1-3