Drafting Clearer Contracts: Masterclass (8) (UK & Ireland Only)
Hour-long live sessions every Wednesday from 13 January 2021 through 3 March 2021, at noon GMT.
Session 1 will be held on Wednesday, 13 January 2021, at noon GMT.
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.
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A redrafting exercise, if you're interested
The Salesforce master subscription agreement.
Ken's version of the second set of extracts of the Salesforce master subscription agreement.
Ken's version of the first set of extracts of the Salesforce master subscription agreement.
Ken's version of the third set of extracts of the Salesforce master subscription agreement.
Session 2 will be held on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, at noon GMT.
Please do this reading for session 2.
Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 2.
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Session 3 will be held on Wednesday, 27 January 2021, at noon GMT.
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.
Here are the terms of purchase of services discussed in session 3, with comments added.
Here are the terms of purchase of services discussed in session 3, with comments added.
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Session 4 will be held on Wednesday, 3 February 2021, at noon GMT.
Please do this reading for session 4.
Before session 4 please complete this quiz on defined terms.
Here's a copy of the draft contract discussed in session 4, with annotations explaining the defined-term glitches.
In this draft contract, text is highlighted to indicate defined-term glitches. Before session 4, consider what those glitches are.
Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 4.
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Session 5 will be held on Wednesday, 10 February 2021, at noon GMT.
Please do this reading for session 5.
Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 5.
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Session 6 will be held on Wednesday, 17 February 2021, at noon GMT.
Please do this reading for session 6.
Before session 6, please complete this quiz on some of the contentious usages we'll discuss in session 6
Before session 6 or, if you don't have time, session 7, please complete this quiz on ambiguity. In each case, the question is whether or not the text presented is ambiguous.
Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 6.
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Session 7 will be held on Wednesday, 24 February 2021, at noon GMT.
Please do this reading for session 7.
Please review this extract of a set of standard terms with buried verbs highlighted.
Please review this highlighted version of the Salesforce master subscription agreement.
Here's Ken's annotated version of the Salesforce master subscription agreement.
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Session 8 will be held on Wednesday, 3 March 2021, at noon GMT.
For session 8, please review these extracts of a model contract.
Here's Ken version of the extracts of the model contract.
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