Session 1 will be held on Thursday, 9 March 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Here's a list of participants.

Please do this reading for session 1.

MSCD5 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.

Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 1. Before session 1, please review the extracts of the front and the back of the contract (slide 10 onwards) and consider ways in which they don't comply with MSCD's recommendations.

Go here for the recording of session 1.

A redrafting exercise, if you're interested

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 second 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 Thursday, 16 March 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Please do this reading for session 2.

MSCD5 Chapter 3

Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 2.

Go here for the recording of session 2.

Session 3 will be held on Thursday, 23 March 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

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.

For session 3, please review these terms for purchase of services.

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 Thursday, 30 March 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Please do this reading for session 4.

MSCD5 Chapter 6

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.

Here's a copy of the draft contract discussed in session 4, with annotations explaining the defined-term glitches.

Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 4.

Go here for the recording of session 4.

Session 5 will be held on Thursday, 6 April 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Please do this reading for session 5.

MSCD5 Chapter 7

MSCD5 Chapters 10, 11, and 12

Here's a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation for session 5.

Go here for the recording of session 5.

Session 6 will be held on Thursday, 13 April 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Please do this reading for session 6.

MSCD5 Chapter 9

MSCD5 Chapter 13

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.

Go here for the recording of session 6.

Session 7 will be held on Thursday, 20 April 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Please do this reading for session 7.

MSCD4 Chapter 17

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.

Please review this confidentiality agreement.

Here's Ken's annotated version of the confidentiality agreement

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Session 8 will be held on Thursday, 27 April 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada).

For session 8, please review these extracts of a model contract.

Here's Ken's version of the extracts of the model contract.

Go here for the recording of session 8.