How to Draft a Contract AND Secrets of Bulletproof Contract Drafting
November 2014
How to Draft a Contract AND Secrets of Bulletproof Contract Drafting: Better Documents; Less Stress; More Satisfied Clients
Featuring Lenné Eidson Espenschied
Program Highlights:
In "How to Draft a Contract," you will learn how to:
- to mark up a prior draft to fit the current transaction;
- to determine whether specific provisions are required, essential, recommended, or optional;
- to make seemingly minor edits to shift risk from one party to the other;
- to use the right words to create the intended legal consequences;
- to avoid ambiguous phrasing traps;
- to minimize risks associated with drafting in "the cloud," using web applications like google docs and iCloud;
and much more!
In "Secrets of Bulletproof Contract Drafting," you will learn how to reduce ambiguity by:
- recognizing the three types of ambiguity;
- using words consistently;
- organizing complex sentences logically and in parallel structure;
- identifying and eliminating unnecessary language;
- untangling convoluted sentence structures;
and much more!
Program Description:
How to Draft a Contract is a "how to" drafting program relevant to lawyers entering any area of transactional practice, including corporate, mergers and acquisitions, business law, and intellectual property, to name just a few. The program begins with a discussion of the legal context of drafting, revealing outside forces that may dictate the way specific terms of the agreement are drafted or interpreted. The program examines the meaning and implications of common performance and boilerplate provisions and includes specific drafting techniques and strategies that beginning lawyers can implement immediately to draft legal documents with confidence.
Secrets of Bulletproof Contract Drafting: Better Documents; Less Stress; More Satisfied Clients focuses on identifying and eliminating common sources of ambiguity in legal documents. Experienced corporate and transactional lawyers will undoubtedly recognize some of the common language we untangle in this program. We'll condense hazy theories of drafting into concise, clear, practical techniques that can be applied immediately to improve clarity and overall quality of all legal documents.
REGISTER FOR ONE OR BOTH PROGRAMS TODAY!
Agenda:
November 5, 2014:
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10am
Welcome and Introduction
9:10 - 10:30am
Context of Drafting
10:30 - 10:45am
Networking Break
10:45am - 12:15pm
Gathering and Organizing Information
12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:15 - 2:45pm
Drafting Techniques and Strategies
2:45 - 3:00pm
Networking Break
3:00 - 4:30pm
Handling ADR, Gender, Numbers, and Amendments
4:30pm
Adjourn
November 6, 2014:
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10am
Welcome and Introduction
9:10 - 10:30am
Three Sources of Ambiguity
10:30 - 10:45am
Networking Break
10:45am - 12:15pm
Semantic Secrets
12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:15 - 2:45pm
Syntactic Secrets
2:45 - 3:00pm
Networking Break
3:00 - 4:30pm
Miscellaneous Secrets
4:30pm
Adjourn
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $539.00 |
| CBA Member | $489.00 |
| CBA Business Law Section Member | $469.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $449.00 |
| New Lawyer - CBA Business Law Section Member, in practice < 3 years | $449.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS--ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 14.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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