Contract Drafting & Negotiation

1 unit

Enrollment limit: 15. This is a skills-intensive course that will teach the principles and techniques for drafting contemporary commercial contracts and will provide practical opportunities for students to learn and apply drafting skills with supervision and feedback by the instructor. The course will help you understand fundamental basics to effective drafting including the structure of agreements, how to translate a business deal into contract provisions, how to draft clearly and unambiguously, and how to negotiate contract terms effectively. Throughout the course, students will engage in a series of drafting exercises. While the course will address key concepts covered during first-year contracts, the primary emphasis is on developing skills that will allow you to convert these concepts into sophisticated commercial agreements. The course will meet seven times during the spring semester in two-hour sessions, the first two sessions will occur during intersession. Grades will be based on the drafting exercises and participation. Due to the small size of the course, and the ongoing feedback that will be provided on the exercises, grading will not be done anonymously. 1 credit.