Course Info

Length: 1 Week

Type: Online

Available Dates

Fees

  • Apr-08-2024

    1,550

  • May-13-2024

    1,550

  • June-10-2024

    1,550

  • July-08-2024

    1,550

  • Aug-12-2024

    1,550

  • Sep-09-2024

    1,550

  • Oct-14-2024

    1,550

  • Nov-11-2024

    1,550

  • Dec-09-2024

    1,550

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Taking the right approach
 
  • Discussion of the lawyer’s role and the importance of asking the right questions

  • Identifying and allocating risks

Drafting letters and Proofreading
 
  • Structure of a typical agreement

  • The dangers of poor drafting – how the court might interpret your drafting

User-friendly drafting
 
  • What does effective legal drafting look like?

  • Six techniques for producing clear, user-friendly drafting

  • Improving poor drafting

Drafting from scratch using precedents
 
  • A four-stage approach to drafting from scratch

  • Drafting key clauses

  • Making the most of precedents and templates

 “White-water drafting”

 

  • Danger areas where drafting is particularly susceptible to disputes

  • Refresher on “boilerplate” language clarifying the legal meaning (based on case law or statute) of many standard words and phrases

Course Video