Legal Drafting: Commercial (LAW-849-001)
Howells
Meets: 01:00 PM - 02:50 PM (M) - Room 527
Enrolled: 12 / Limit: 16
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Description
Has two primary focuses. First, it teaches the principles of preparing transactional (i.e., nonlitigation) documents. Students can expect to draft several contracts of varied length and subject matter, Second, the course provides opportunities for students to draft litigation pleadings, such as a complaint or an answer, to which they are not exposed in Legal Rhetoric (Legal Method). The emphasis is on hands-on exercises and individualized critique of student work.
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First Class Readings
For our first class, we will be going over the basic concepts in contract drafting that are covered in the following readings from the course text:
Text: Tina L. Stark, DRAFTING CONTRACTS, How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do (Aspen 2007).
Ch. 1 - A Few Words
Ch. 2 - Building Blocks
Chs. 3 & 4 - Translating the Business Deal, Parts 1 & 2
Ch. 5 - A Contract’s Parts
Syllabus
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