The Deal:Working with Contracts and Contract Language

1 Credit Hour

This course examines the connection between the law of contracts and the practice of contract law through the lens of particular agreements and their terms. Among the types of contracts we will examine will be letters of intent, merger and acquisition agreements, employment contracts, and non-disclosure agreements. Readings in contract law and theory will be supplemented by in-class simulations using the traditional elements of business deals: the close reading of contract language, the drafting of particular clauses, and the negotiation of business points among parties of equal, and sometimes unequal, bargaining power.