Skills

1. Lawyering Skills

1.1. Contracts

1.1.1. Negotiation

1.1.2. Drafting

1.1.2.1. Overview

1.1.2.1.1. Overall Process:

1.1.2.1.2. General Rules of Thumb:

1.1.2.2. Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts

1.1.2.2.1. Overview

1.1.2.2.2. The Building Blocks of Contracts: The Seven Contract Concepts

1.1.2.2.3. Express Contractual Remedies

1.1.2.3. Drafting a Contract's Parts

1.1.2.3.1. Typical Organization:

1.1.2.4. Drafting Clearly and Unambiguously

1.1.2.5. Drafting from the Client's Perpsective

1.1.2.6. Putting a Contract Together

1.1.2.7. Drafting Ethically

1.1.3. Reviewing

1.1.3.1. Overview:

1.1.3.1.1. Can be more challenging than drafting

1.1.3.1.2. Reviewing lawyer must prepare the same way as the drafting lawyer and must determine drafter's thought process

1.1.3.2. Five Steps:

1.1.3.2.1. 1. Prepare

1.1.3.2.2. 2. Get your Bearings

1.1.3.2.3. 3. Read and Analyze Key Business Provisions

1.1.3.2.4. 4. Read and Analyze Entire Contract

1.1.3.2.5. 5. Mark-Up Contract and Prepare Comments