Drafting Clearer Contracts: Masterclass (11) (Nordic States Only)
Hour-long live sessions every Thursday from 28 January 2021 through 18 March 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
Session 1 will be held on Thursday, 28 January 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
Please do this reading for session 1.
MSCD Chapter 1
MSCD Chapter 2
MSCD Chapter 5
Before session 1, please complete this quiz on issues relating to the front and back of the contract.
Before session 1, please review these extracts from the front and the back of the contract.
Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 1.
Go here for the recording of session 1.
Session 2 will be held on Thursday, 4 February 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
Please do this reading for session 2.
Please submit the first Salesforce redrafting exercise by noon GMT +1 on 2 February 2021.
Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 2.
Session 3 will be held on Thursday, 11 February 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
For session 3, please review these terms for purchase of services.
Before session 3, please complete this quiz on the categories of contract language. The question is the same in each case. In questions 5 and 30 additional information is noted in bold and in parentheses.
Session 4 will be held on Thursday, 18 February 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
Here are the terms of purchase of services discussed in session 3, with comments added.
Please do this reading for session 4.
Before session 4 please complete this quiz on defined terms.
In this draft contract, text is highlighted to indicate defined-term glitches. Before session 4, consider what those glitches are.
Session 5 will be held on Thursday, 25 February 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
Here's a copy of the draft contract discussed in session 4, with annotations explaining the defined-term glitches.
Please do this reading for session 5.
Please submit the second Salesforce redrafting assignment by noon GMT +1 on 23 February 2021.
Copy of Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 5.
Session 6 will be held on Thursday, 4 March 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
Please do this reading for session 6.
Before session 6, please complete this quiz on ambiguity. In each case, the question is whether or not the text presented is ambiguous.
Session 7 will be held on Thursday, 11 March 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
Please do this reading for session 7.
Please review this extract of a set of standard terms with buried verbs highlighted.
Please submit the third Salesforce redrafting assignment by noon GMT +1 on 9 March 2021.
Review the Salesforce master subscription agreement from the perspective of a potential Salesforce customer.
Session 8 will be held on Thursday, 18 March 2021, at 13.00 GMT +1.
For session 8, please review these extracts of a model contract.