Fall 2018 Course Schedule

Legal Drafting: International Contracts (LAW-849D-001)
Mike Cavanaugh

Meets: 04:00 PM - 05:50 PM (M) - Warren - Room N101

Enrolled: 25 / Limit: 27

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Description

The course will cover structuring and drafting of international sales and service transaction contracts for commercial enterprises and government institutions, including examples from major industry sectors such as manufacturing, technology, commodities supply, energy, telecommunications, transport and logistics, media/entertainment and hospitality/tourism. We will focus on composing legal documents that efficiently accomplish clients' objectives, provide clarity for the parties and subsequent users, manage and mitigate risks, avoid disputes and provide guidance for regulators, courts and arbitrators. Instruction will include short but challenging hands-on drafting and editing assignments and in-class exercises to illustrate good drafting techniques and lawyers' use of use of available resources. Grading will be based on regular brief drafting and revision assignments, class participation and an open-book take-home final exam (subject to administrative approvals).

Teamwork is critical in contract drafting, and some of our work will be done in teams of two or more students.

The Final Exam will be a mark-up exercise on a draft commercial contract. The facts and circumstances for the Final will be developed and augmented over the last three class sessions. During which we will draft an invitation for bids, term sheet and proposed purchase and sale agreement. For the final, some additional facts will be given to students to work into the draft contract markup.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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John A. Spanogle et. al., Global Issues in Contract Law, © 2007 Thomson-West, St. Paul MN, ISBN 9780314167552

Charles M. Fox, Working with Contracts - What Law School Doesn't Teach You, © 2008, Practicing Law Institute, ISBN 978-1-4024-1060-4.

First Class Readings

Spanogle: Ch. 1 - Introduction

Fox: Ch. 1 - Introduction

Syllabus

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