Corporate Document Drafting

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Corporate Document Drafting

The course will teach you how to write clearly and concisely. You will gain foundational skills for drafting or reviewing legal documents or contracts, as well as grammatical and syntactical principles and draftsmanship.

  • Reasons for drafting corporate documents
  • Understanding the clients goals
  • Structure of the document
  • Constructing effective sentences to use in drafting
  • How to use words to construct effective sentences
  • Self-paced online course
  • 6-12 weeks to complete
  • 24 course hours
  • Document drafting is a required skill for any legal professional.
  • Anyone entering law school will benefit from the knowledge and principles provided by this course.

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COURSE CONTENT

I. Reasons for drafting corporate documents
A. Codify the substance of the transaction so both sides are clear as to the rights, duties and expectations
B. In the event of a dispute, the intent, rights, duties and expectations to interpreted
II. Know the client’s expectations
A. Understand the goal
B. The proposed timing of the transaction
C. The risk of the transaction
D. The risk profile of the client
E. The amount of post-transaction flexibility
III. Structure of the document
A. Move from basic to specific information
B. Have descriptive headers and sub-headers
C. Identify redundant and repetitive information
D. Draft document in plain English
IV. Constructing effective sentences to use in drafting
A. Parallel verbs
B. Passive voice
C. Personal pronouns
D. Redundancies
E. Superfluous words
V. How to use words to construct effective sentences
A. Confusing terms and phrases in drafting
B. Words commonly misused in legal writing
VI. The use of authoritative words in drafting
VII. Using correct grammar in drafting
VIII. Miscellaneous or General Clauses in drafting documents