LAW 647 - Legal Drafting for a Transactional Practice

This seminar provides students an opportunity to draft agreements often used in representing business entities in a transactional legal practice. Students will analyze hypothetical and actual case studies to explore basic concepts of drafting in a business situation from a practical viewpoint. The class will examine how law, language and business factors interact in drafting. Assignments may include: 1) Partnership Agreements and Operating Agreements for Limited Liability Companies, 2) Certificates of Incorporation and Corporate Resolutions, 3) Executive Employment Agreements, 4) Term sheets and Letters of Intent, 5) Asset Acquisition Agreements, 6) Share Acquisition Agreements, 7) Licensing Agreements.