Contract Drafting for LLM

Catalog description

This course will examine the role that contracts play in transactional law and how to properly draft and analyze contract language. Students will learn the basic principles of contract drafting by working through drafting and interpretation exercises - in class, on their own, and in teams. Students in this course will receive hands-on training by completing weekly assignments consisting of drafting, revising, analyzing, and marking-up contracts and contractual provisions. Students will receive individual written feedback on each assignment. The goal is to make students more practice-ready by teaching skills that will enable them to effectuate their clients' needs through contractual language, and to anticipate and avoid potential legal disputes. The course will meet once a week for 2 hours. There is no final exam, though there will be a final drafting assignment. Class attendance is required.