An Introduction To Contract Drafting

Author : William K. Sjostrom (Jr.)
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780314287236
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Contract Drafting written by William K. Sjostrom (Jr.) and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Softbound - New, softbound print book.

Author : Cynthia M. Adams
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1543820891
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Practical Guide to Drafting Contracts written by Cynthia M. Adams and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-02 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From concept to closure, A Practical Guide to Drafting Contracts provides detailed instruction for drafting contracts. Moreover, it teaches readers how to adapt existing contracts and forms to the specific needs of their client--as is frequently done by lawyers in legal practice. Step-by-step instruction and examples unpack the purpose of each provision for a wide range of contracts and integrate the basic principles that apply to both domestic and international transactions. Practice exercises further develop students’ drafting skills, as well as their working knowledge of the language and syntax of contract law. New to the Second Edition: Enhanced coverage of negotiating and drafting contracts in the United States Mind-mapping exercises that help learners think deeply about key contract provisions and their effect on other important aspects of the contract New contract simulations and drafting exercises Clear signposting of text and exercises specifically written for non-native speakers Professors and students will benefit from: Step-by-step instruction through the entire drafting process In-depth explanations and helpful examples Insights into the strategic decisions behind drafting contracts Hands-on exercises that: Raise awareness of commonly occurring contract provisions Encourage use of phrasing appropriate to audience and purpose Build familiarity with the legal principles of contracts Provide practice modifying forms and contracts drafted by other parties Discussion of U.S. law regarding key contract provisions and drafting issues Online Student Resources including: Additional exercises A wealth of sample APA contracts, Consulting Agreements, and Distribution Contracts that students are encouraged to mine for appropriate language and provisions in the process of drafting new contracts

Author : Lenné Eidson Espenschied
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781604427950
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contract Drafting written by Lenné Eidson Espenschied and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2010 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice presents an overview of the stages in the contract process and offers a comprehensive introduction to the substantive areas addressed in transactional documents. In fourteen lessons, readers will learn how to work from prior documents to produce effective and complete legal documents that protect the client's interests.

Author : Thomas R. Haggard
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780314144492
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contract Law from a Drafting Perspective written by Thomas R. Haggard and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This law school casebook takes a student beyond knowledge of the substance of contract principles, doctrines, and rules. It contains a concise review of the contract drafting process and the accepted rules of style and usage, with corresponding exercises. Students then put this into practice through a series of exercises in which they draft a variety of contract provisions and complete contracts. The book is suitable for use as a supplemental text in a first-year contracts course or in an upper-class course on contract drafting.

Author : Sue Payne
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1454831766
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Basic Contract Drafting Assignments written by Sue Payne and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic Contract Drafting Assignments: A Narrative Approach is a unique supplement of contract drafting exercises designed to be used with any contracts or drafting course book. Instructors who want to incorporate drafting exercises into the classroom experience will find an invaluable asset in his supplement, which provides students with the tools necessary to develop skills that can be applied to various types of advanced transactional work. Divided into four interest-catching sequences, this concise paperback takes a narrative approach, and gives students the opportunity to learn by doing: The first assignment in each sequence introduces the clients, their businesses, and their needs. In the second and third assignments those clients evolve and grow, and their business needs change. Each sequence features assignments of varying lengths and types, including gathering information, interviewing the client, outlining the issues that need to be considered from both sides of the table, and drafting the necessary memos, letters, and final contract. The assignments focus on methodologies in four areas: How to conceptualize in writing the parties rights, duties, risks, and protections. How to organize a contract on both the macro and the micro levels. How to draft for clarity and enforceability. How to express boilerplate terms. Additional resources for students and instructors include: Entertaining and informative appendices, among them What Deal Lawyers Say to Each Other: A Dictionary of Contract Negotiation and Drafting Slang Ten Tips for Interviewing a Client about a Transaction Decoding the Comments on Student Contracts: Some Samples with Illustrations Basic Contract Drafting Assignments will augment and enhance any book you are currently using by providing a wealth exercises that will help students learn real-world drafting techniques and skills.

Author : Tina L. Stark
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1454829052
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drafting Contracts written by Tina L. Stark and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eagerly anticipated second edition of this established and highly regarded text teaches the key practice skill of contract drafting, with emphasis on how to incorporate the business deal into the contract and add value to the client's deal. Features: More exercises throughout the book, incorporating More precedents for use in exercises Exercises designed to teach students how to read and analyze a contract progressively more difficult and sophisticated New, multi-draft exercises involving a variety of business contracts New and refreshed examples, including Examples of well-drafted boilerplate provisions More detailed examples of proper way to use shall Multiple well-drafted contracts with annotations Revised Aircraft Purchase Agreement exercise to focus on key issues, along with precedents on how to draft the action sections and the endgame sections. Expanded explanations of endgame provisions, along with examples and new exercises

Author : Ben Fernandez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactional Drafting written by Ben Fernandez and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transactional Drafting: Introduction to Contract Drafting and Transactional Practice contains a condensed presentation of all of the topics typically covered in an upper level law school class on contract drafting. The book covers drafting from scratch including writing in plain English (not using legalese), avoiding ambiguity, and drafting covenants, rights and prohibitions consistently (using "will" or "shall" for covenants, "may" for rights, and "will not" or "shall not" for prohibitions). And it covers contract organization, from the title and the exordium to the core covenant, deal provisions and "boilerplate," to the testimonium and the signature blocks. The book also includes material on getting up to speed before you start drafting and brainstorming for contingencies after you have finished. In addition to drafting from scratch the book introduces students to the wide range of skills involved in transactional practice. There are chapters on revising form documents, both when you are the original drafter and when you represent the other side. Also, the book includes chapters on negotiating contract language, handling a closing (i.e. verifying authority and getting the documents signed), dealing with ethical issues that arise in contract drafting and execution, drafting a contract amendment, and using computers to draft contracts. Transactional Drafting includes everything students need to know to "hit the ground running" as a transactional attorney. The chapters of the book are as follows: 1.Getting up to Speed (familiarizing yourself with the client's business and interviewing the client to flush out all the terms of the deal) 2.Drafting Covenants, Rights, Prohibitions and Descriptions (using "will" or "shall" and "may") 3.Avoiding Potentially Ambiguous Words and Phrases (time periods, numbers, misplaced modifiers, indefinite pronoun references) 4.Organizing a Contract's Beginning Sections (title, exordium, background, definitions, reps and warranties) 5.Organizing Core Covenants and Other Deal Provisions (core covenant, duration, additional provisions) 6.Organizing a Contract's Ending Sections (termination, cancellation, boilerplate, testimonium, signature blocks) 7.Brainstorming (additional provisions to better protect the client, indemnity, insurance, waivers, liability limits) 8.Drafting with Precedent Language and Documents (sources, evaluating samples, revising language) 9. Tailoring Form Documents for a Deal (making revisions consistent, determining the effect on other provisions) 10.Revising the Other Side's Completed Documents (qualifying language, limiting scope, inserting conditions) 11.Negotiating Contract Provisions (preparation, advancing the client's interests without killing the deal) 12.Dealing with Ethical Issues in Contract Drafting (revisions to signed documents, unenforceable provisions, notarization after the fact) 13.Getting the Contract Signed (closing the deal) 14.Drafting a Contract Amendment (sample form for amendments) 15.Drafting With Document Assembly Programs and On Line Resources (using artificial intelligence for contract drafting) In addition, the appendix to the book has numerous examples of contract provisions, checklists, exercises and sample documents as well as an introduction to the documents typically used for a commercial real estate loan (promissory note, guaranty, loan agreement, mortgage, and security agreement).

Author : Marcel Fontaine
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047430239
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drafting International Contracts written by Marcel Fontaine and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drafting International Contracts is an essential resource for anyone working in international business. It features the latest trends, fostering an understanding of how international contracts are drafted in practice.

Author : Ben L Fernandez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contract Drafting written by Ben L Fernandez and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contract Drafting Introduction to Transactional Practice" is a brief but comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about drafting contracts from scratch and revising complex form agreements. This is an excellent supplement for a class on transactional drafting. It is written in a concise and unpretentious style, and is more comprehensive than most textbooks on this subject, covering the following topics: (1) Getting up to Speed (familiarizing yourself with the client's business and interviewing the client to flush out all the terms of the deal); (2) Drafting Covenants, Rights, Prohibitions and Descriptions (using "will" or "shall" and "may"); (3) Avoiding Potentially Ambiguous Words and Phrases (time periods, numbers, misplaced modifiers, indefinite pronoun references); (4) Organizing a Contract's Beginning Sections (title, exordium, background, definitions, reps and warranties); (5) Organizing Core Covenants and Other Deal Provisions (core covenant, duration, additional provisions); (6) Organizing a Contract's Ending Sections (termination, cancellation, boilerplate, testimonium, signature blocks); (7) Brainstorming (additional provisions to better protect the client, indemnity, insurance, waivers, liability limits); (8) Drafting with Precedent Language and Documents (putting a document together from sample provisions); (9) Tailoring Form Documents (revising a complex form document); (10) Revising the Other Side's Completed Documents (qualifying language, limiting scope, inserting conditions); (11) Negotiating Contract Provisions (preparation, advancing the client's interests without killing the deal); (12) Closing the Deal (closing agendas, verifying signature authority); (13) Dealing with Ethical Issues in Contract Drafting (revisions to signed documents, unenforceable provisions, notarization after the fact); (14) Drafting a Contract Amendment (sample form for amendments); (15) Using Computers to Draft Contracts (document assembly programs, on line execution, artificial intelligence) This book is also a great introduction to transactional practice for any attorney who is new to this area of law. If your practice involves contract drafting and you didn't get the training you need from law school, this book will help you learn what you need to know as quickly as possible. Numerous examples of contract provisions, checklists, exercises and sample documents are included to help you start building your portfolio of provisions and documents.

Author : Dodd, Feldman, Nimmer
Publisher : Wolters Kluwer
ISBN 13 : 1543812503
Total Pages : 2300 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drafting Effective Contracts: A Practitioner's Guide, 3rd Edition written by Dodd, Feldman, Nimmer and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 2300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The professional's favored tool for over a decade, this backbone reference provides a comprehensive set of drafting elements that can be used from contract to contract. Move step-by-step through the contract-creation process --from conducting the initial client meeting to closing the deal, with detailed discussions of the eleven, essential drafting elements, parties, recitals, subject, consideration, warranties and representations, risk allocation, conditions, performance, dates and term, boilerplate, and signatures. A favorite reference tool for professional drafters for over a decade, Drafting Effective Contracts combines a clear analysis of how effective agreements are structured with a practical breakdown of the essential elements of any contract-- giving you the best way to draft contracts. This completely updated practical reference guide presents a consistent structural analysis and a comprehensive set of drafting elements that can be used from contract to contract. You are led step-by-step through the process by which contracts are created, given clear sample contract provisions, and offered direction around the obstacles that may be encountered in drafting agreements for goods and services, promissory notes, guaranties, and secured transactions. Drafting Effective Contracts provides a complete handbook for drafting legal agreements that work. For starters, you get a practical and comprehensive approach to the overall contract process--from conducting the initial client meeting to closing the deal. You'll find a detailed discussion of the 11 drafting elements that every contract may have: Parties Recitals Subject Consideration Warranties and Representations Risk Allocation Conditions Performance Dates and Term Boilerplate Signatures After you get a solid explanation of these essential elements and how they're assembled to create effective contracts, you get key strategies for negotiating the agreement and closing the deal. You get an overview of the legal concepts that underpin various types of agreements --such as promissory notes, guaranties, security agreements, and agreements for the sale of goods and services. Then you'll see how to apply the drafting elements to create the finished contract. You also get an array of sample agreements and contracts as well as statutory material. Only Drafting Effective Contracts combines the best benefits of a forms book and a treatise to give you the most complete tool for building effective legal agreements.