LAW 5004 - Contract Drafting

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Villanova University

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Description: 3L ONLY Course This course is designed to provide a bridge between a theoretical course in Contracts and the practical aspects of contract drafting and negotiation. The course provides students with an insider's view of the day-to-day activities of lawyers who draft, criticize and negotiate contracts on behalf of their business principals. The primary goal of the course is to provide students with the tools to draft and negotiate agreements effectively in the modern business law office. Accordingly, instructors provide students an overview of the mechanics of drafting various types of both individual provisions and the overall agreements. Generally, all of the agreements are business documents. Instructors focus on practical objectives, drafting customs, negotiating points and legal essentials. The students then are given concentrated instruction in the substantive law relating to several types of agreements and business transactions ranging from business acquisitions to employment agreements to non-disclosure agreements. Subjects are occasionally added during the term if a new transaction of educational value to the class presents itself in the instructor's actual legal practice. Students will be asked to draft agreements, ranging from interpretation of poorly drafted originals to complex contracts. Each student's work will be individually reviewed and marked up during the course. For each type of transaction, the substantive law is brought to bear on practical, real-life drafting experiences. The contract-drafting process will be viewed through the prism of a modern law practice: meeting the expectations of clients and legal employers, developing individual styles and areas of expertise, and ethical considerations. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.villanova.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 519-4500

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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