Contract and Legal Document Drafting Course
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COURSE BEGINS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A 15-unit, interactive, online course, teaching the essential skills of drafting clear contracts, including the key elements of English contract law and terminology. The course includes basic contracts, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, assignments and third party rights, guarantees, indemnities, warranties, conditions and other contract terms. Rights, remedies and enforceability are all covered in online lessons. The course exercises which make up most of the home tasks help participants learn the vocabulary and phrases through context, testing and reinforcement. The production of written material by the students is emphasised to test and expand their legal drafting ability. All the Instructors are either practicing British lawyers, working in the area of Commercial and Contract Law or experienced teachers of Law and Legal English.
THE COURSE INCLUDES
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- Reading, writing, listening and speaking exercises
- vocabulary quizzes
- authentic contracts
- the practical language of contract formation
- contract drafting practice
- contract remedies vocabulary
- glossary with definitions
- course certificate upon successful completion
- Discount on Summer School courses
COURSE CONTENTS
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Course contents
Introduction to Contracts I
Language used in describing the basics of contract formation and specific contract clauses (examples of vocabulary: assignment, boilerplate, counter-offer, indemnification, liquidated damages, severability)
Introduction to Contracts II
Terminology associated with the defences to contract formation and other common law and statutory concepts
(examples: consideration, delegate, duress, fraud, nominal)
Contract Remedies I
Vocabulary to describe the concepts of remedies and the various types of damages and ways of writing demands and requests for remedies(examples: equitable relief, exemplary, mitigation, punitive)
Contract Remedies II
written descriptions of various forms of contractual remedies and relief (examples: declaratory judgment, injunction, laches, specific performance)
Non-Competition and Confidentiality
Writing valid examples of non-competition clauses and confidentiality undertakings (examples: know-how, proprietary information, trade secrets)
Guarantees, Indemnities, Representations & Warranties
Language relating to assurances contained in various agreements and structuring the documents (examples: guarantee, indemnity, misrepresentation, puffery)
Assignment and Third-Party Rights
Terms relating to the transfer of rights or obligations under an agreement and examples of transfer agreements (examples: beneficiary, successors, privity)
Conditions and other Contract Terms
Drafting Contract terms. Satisfying contractual conditions. Types of conditions (examples: conditions precedent/subsequent, material adverse change)
Parol Evidence & Implied Terms
Outside circumstances and implicit terms when interpreting contracts (examples: course of dealing, integration, merchantability)
Performance
Vocabulary of performance in a contract (examples: frustration, impossibility, perfect tender)
Standard Forms and Advertised Offers
Terminology associated with templates and standard agreements (examples: adhesion, invitation to treat, unconscionability)
Termination
Vocabulary relating to the cessation of agreements and clauses and notices of cessation (examples: accord and satisfaction, repudiation, rescission)
Contract Interpretation
Language relating to the manner in which contracts are construed (examples: ambiguity, construction, trade usage)
Public Procurement
Vocabulary necessary to explain bidding in contracts and examples of standard procurement contracts (examples: auction, bid rigging, transparency)
Licence Agreements
Various forms of licensing contracts (examples: arm’s length, shrink wrap, upfront royalty)
Final Examination
Comprehensive test of the vocabulary and skills taught.
Language used in describing the basics of contract formation and specific contract clauses (examples of vocabulary: assignment, boilerplate, counter-offer, indemnification, liquidated damages, severability)
Introduction to Contracts II
Terminology associated with the defences to contract formation and other common law and statutory concepts
(examples: consideration, delegate, duress, fraud, nominal)
Contract Remedies I
Vocabulary to describe the concepts of remedies and the various types of damages and ways of writing demands and requests for remedies(examples: equitable relief, exemplary, mitigation, punitive)
Contract Remedies II
written descriptions of various forms of contractual remedies and relief (examples: declaratory judgment, injunction, laches, specific performance)
Non-Competition and Confidentiality
Writing valid examples of non-competition clauses and confidentiality undertakings (examples: know-how, proprietary information, trade secrets)
Guarantees, Indemnities, Representations & Warranties
Language relating to assurances contained in various agreements and structuring the documents (examples: guarantee, indemnity, misrepresentation, puffery)
Assignment and Third-Party Rights
Terms relating to the transfer of rights or obligations under an agreement and examples of transfer agreements (examples: beneficiary, successors, privity)
Conditions and other Contract Terms
Drafting Contract terms. Satisfying contractual conditions. Types of conditions (examples: conditions precedent/subsequent, material adverse change)
Parol Evidence & Implied Terms
Outside circumstances and implicit terms when interpreting contracts (examples: course of dealing, integration, merchantability)
Performance
Vocabulary of performance in a contract (examples: frustration, impossibility, perfect tender)
Standard Forms and Advertised Offers
Terminology associated with templates and standard agreements (examples: adhesion, invitation to treat, unconscionability)
Termination
Vocabulary relating to the cessation of agreements and clauses and notices of cessation (examples: accord and satisfaction, repudiation, rescission)
Contract Interpretation
Language relating to the manner in which contracts are construed (examples: ambiguity, construction, trade usage)
Public Procurement
Vocabulary necessary to explain bidding in contracts and examples of standard procurement contracts (examples: auction, bid rigging, transparency)
Licence Agreements
Various forms of licensing contracts (examples: arm’s length, shrink wrap, upfront royalty)
Final Examination
Comprehensive test of the vocabulary and skills taught.
COURSE TERMINOLOGY
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The course covers essential basic vocabulary and phrases which are most often used in legal documents such as contracts and other agreements. It provides explanations of the meaning and use of archaic legal English, including Latin and Norman French which
COURSE DURATION
MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS
On-line exercises.
On-line glossary of vocabulary and phrases.
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