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Practical Guide to Drafting Contracts: From Concept to Closure, Second Edition

Authors
  • Cynthia M. Adams
  • Peter K. Cramer
Series / Aspen Coursebook Series
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From concept to closure, A Practical Guide to Drafting Contracts provides detailed instruction for drafting contracts. Moreover, it teaches readers how to adapt existing contracts and forms to the specific needs of their client--as is frequently done by lawyers in legal practice. Step-by-step instruction and examples unpack the purpose of each provision for a wide range of contracts and integrate the basic principles that apply to both domestic and international transactions. Practice exercises further develop students’ drafting skills, as well as their working knowledge of the language and syntax of contract law.

New to the Second Edition:

  • Enhanced coverage of negotiating and drafting contracts in the United States
  • Mind-mapping exercises that help learners think deeply about key contract provisions and their effect on other important aspects of the contract
  • New contract simulations and drafting exercises
  • Clear signposting of text and exercises specifically written for non-native speakers

Professors and students will benefit from:

  • Step-by-step instruction through the entire drafting process
  • In-depth explanations and helpful examples
  • Insights into the strategic decisions behind drafting contracts
  • Hands-on exercises that:
    • Raise awareness of commonly occurring contract provisions
    • Encourage use of phrasing appropriate to audience and purpose
    • Build familiarity with the legal principles of contracts
    • Provide practice modifying forms and contracts drafted by other parties
  • Discussion of U.S. law regarding key contract provisions and drafting issues
  • Online Student Resources including:
    • Additional exercises
    • A wealth of sample APA contracts, Consulting Agreements, and Distribution Contracts that students are encouraged to mine for appropriate language and provisions in the process of drafting new contracts    
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About the authors
Cynthia M. Adams
Indiana University - Indianapolis

Cynthia M. Adams is Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Latin American Law Program at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, where she has taught advanced contract drafting; contract drafting for international law students; legal analysis and communication for both J.D. and international law students; contracts for international law students; civil procedure; trusts and estates; and legal process. Adams is an active member of the Indiana Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association. She serves as the Chair-Elect for the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers and serves on the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on International Exchange Programs.

Adams founded and manages a listserv devoted to teaching international law students and lawyers. She is a member of the Legal Writing Institute (a U.S. organization devoted to teaching excellence in legal writing) and serves as the Chairperson of the Legal Writing Institute’s Committee on Global Legal Writing Skills, which supports and promotes cross-border teaching of law students. Adams was one of the first faculty members to receive Indiana University’s Trustees Teaching Award in recognition of teaching excellence and is a three-time recipient of the law school’s Teaching Excellence Recognition Award. Adams has made many presentations at regional, national, and international conferences. Previously, Adams practiced law with an Indianapolis law firm, focusing on general business, acquisitions and mergers, commercial loans, and trusts and estates. She also served as an adjunct professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis and as an adjunct professor of English at Butler University.

Peter K. Cramer
Washington University – St. Louis

Before joining the law school, Cramer served as adjunct professor and associate director of Georgetown University Law School's Center for Global Legal English. He also was a faculty instructor at Indiana University, Bloomington's Center for English Language Training. Previously, Cramer was an instructor and adjunct professor at Indiana University, Indianapolis School of Law, where he taught Integrated Legal Analysis Contracts through IU's program in Cairo, Egypt. Additionally, he has taught Intensive Communication in Business at Harvard University's Institute for English Language Programs.

Cramer also has served as an English language instructor in Germany and has presented widely on international business and legal topics. Currently, he is co-authoring a textbook on drafting contracts for international lawyers with Professor Cynthia Adams from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The textbook will be published by Aspen Publishing in 2012.

Cramer studied law in Germany and received a B.A. in 1989 from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He then pursued his advanced degrees at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he received his M.A. in applied linguistics in 1992, Ph.D. in language education in 1997, and LL.M. in 2006. He also studied Japanese philology in 1993 at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.

Product Information
Edition
Second Edition
Publication date
2020-02-02
Copyright Year
2020
Pages
372
Connected eBook + Paperback
9781543810622
Connected eBook (Digital Only)
9798886140477
Subject
Drafting , Legal Writing
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