7573. Contract Drafting

This course introduces students to the principles, processes, and techniques for drafting contracts. Among the topics covered will be: the structure of a contract, representations, covenants, conditions, allocation of risk, incentives, remedies, and enforceability. Students will develop skills in reading and writing contracts and will thereby better understand provisions. Students will draft provisions in purchase and sale agreements, employment contracts, leases, and confidentiality agreements. Through negotiation and drafting simulations, students will explore the process of creating contracts as well as ethical issues that arise during the negotiating and drafting process. The goals of this course are: (1) to teach students how to draft clear and effective contracts; and (2) to introduce students to common substantive contract provisions and structure. This course satisfies the experiential requirement of the Certificate in Transactional Practice, but NOT the Practice-Based Learning Requirement, which can only be satisfied through a clinic or field placement with a seminar component.