CPD Replay – Contract Drafting Basics (CPD 351)

With the replay, interactive features, and live Q&A and chat with the presenter are unavailable.

Qualifies for 3 CPD Hours (recorded version), of which 1 hour qualifies for Ethics.

In this three-hour course, you will learn important contract drafting essentials to apply throughout your practice. From choosing the right contract format to drafting payment terms and boilerplate, to understanding how and why it’s important to standardize the language used for specific consequences, contracts expert Lenné Espenschied shares tips and techniques to help you avoid critical errors, improve the quality of your work, and draft with greater confidence.

Topics covered in this session:

• -three types of contract formats
• -seven essential parts of a contract
• -red, yellow, and green: words to avoid, words to limit, and words to prefer
• -five things you should know about drafting payment terms
• -strategies for drafting boilerplate
• -how to standardize the language

This was not originally going to be recorded and available as a replay, but we’ve been able to make this available.