Essentials of Contract Drafting and Negotiating
“AltaClaro saves our partners a ton of time. If they are doing formal training, it’s hours of prepping, coordinating, and presenting or just all the time day to day explaining the basics.”
- Partner, AM Law 50 Firm
Every lawyer needs to be an effective contract negotiator -- now you can learn the essentials from top attorneys. Using a commercial contract, you'll learn essential concepts such as contract structure, interplay of key provisions, "boilerplate" language, and practice tips from real-world negotiations.
Training courses associates and partners love and law firms need.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of the various standard contract provisions and how they interrelate
- Draft basic contract terms
- Recognize and negotiate one-sided and neutral provisions
- Write in a clear and concise way
- Blackline documents
- Interpret editing comments
- Coordinate signature pages
- Avoid common pitfalls in corporate drafting
The AltaClaro Difference
Effective Learning with ROI--Backed by Education Science
Step 1: Learn
Learn at your own pace, absorbing lessons in short, easily digested segments led by experienced practitioners.
Step 2: Do
Apply what you've learned to solve real-world client scenarios, using transaction documents derived from actual deals.
Step 3: Review
Deepen your learning in virtual review sessions with an experienced practitioner. Review model answers and ask questions.
Empower Associates to Own Their Growth
Empower your associates with detailed, personalized feedback on simulated assignments in key practice areas, focusing on core competencies, practical skills, and substantive legal know-how.
This targeted approach fosters:
Clear Insight
Associates gain a strong understanding of their strengths and areas for growth.
Focused Development
Associates can prioritize the core competencies, skills and issues most critical for their success.
Greater Self-Awareness
Associates are empowered to take ownership of their professional development journey.
Unlock Your Firm's Full Talent Potential
Gain valuable training insights through consistent, objective feedback on simulated legal assignments, enhancing your associate talent development goals.
This focused, scalable method provides firms:
Address Skill Gaps
Identify skills gaps early in an associates' development phase to provide coaching and support where needed.
Standardized Assessments and Early Identification of Talent
Ensure fair and consistent evaluation across the firm while recognizing and nurturing high-potential associates.
Data-Driven Insights and Efficient Resource Allocation
Make informed decisions about training and development by targeting mentoring and internal training where it's needed most.
Class Content Overview
Level: Basic-Foundational
This class is suitable for attorneys who have a general interest in, or are exposed to corporate transactions but have not had extensive practical experience in drafting or negotiating contracts. This class addresses the basics of corporate drafting, using a commercial contract as an example. The instructor will focus on technical skills and concepts such as the basic structure of a contract, the interplay of representations and warranties, covenants, and conditions, and drafting and negotiating boilerplate language.
Course Details
2 CLE Credits is available for each course.
Participants will be asked to review and propose revisions to a contract based on a set of facts relating to our hypothetical client’s goals and concerns. During the live review session of the course, participants will review the model answer and receive feedback on the substance of the drafting as well as practical tips for clear and concise drafting.
Instructors Who Practice What They Teach
Our vetted instructors are global practitioners with outstanding professional and educational qualifications and demonstrated achievement in their fields. All have 10+ years Big Law experience.
In addition to their accomplishments as practitioners, our instructors are also passionate about teaching. We carefully interview instructor candidates to assess personality, domain expertise and effectiveness in the classroom. Our instructors must maintain a 4.5 out of 5 rating from students.
Praise for Our Legal Instructors
“The instructor was great and had a lot of great insights to share.”
“Doug was very engaging, which was helpful and kept the review session moving.”
“John had deep subject matter insight. It was an excellent class.”
“Hellen did a fantastic job at meeting us at our experience level ...great war stories and practical tips.”
“I really enjoyed this live session. The instructor did a great job: he seemed both well-prepared and he was genuinely engaging.”
“Mick didn't just walk through the corrections but the thought process behind each change and how it would effect/protect the client.”
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