A CLE PROGRAM AND A BOOK
FOCUSING ON A DISPUTE AVOIDENCE APPROACH
TO DRAFTING CONTRACTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
Clear writing is the key to any lawyer’s
success. Regardless of specialty or practice setting,
attorneys need the skills to draft, modify, explain,
critique, and/or review legal documents.
Real
World Document Drafting® demonstrates how to produce precise legal
documents that both foster business relationships and
reduce the risk of litigation.
Real World Document
Drafting® covers
the legal principles and skills related to negotiating and
drafting a range of contracts, explores the underlying
principles of contract law that apply to specific contract
provisions, and considers alternative ways to resolve
issues in the course of negotiations.
Marvin Garfinkel
is a transaction lawyer with
over fifty years of broad experience involving real estate,
intellectual property, common interest communities, product
distribution, mergers and acquisitions, and beverage law.
He has taught at a variety of ALI-ABA courses of study on
real estate and commercial leasing. He has appeared on
various ALI-ABA, ABA, state and local bar association and
industry related programs. His extensive writings on real
estate, bankruptcy, defaults, and workouts have been
published regularly in legal journals and trade
publications. He is Of Counsel with DrinkerBiddle &
Reath LLP in Philadelphia.
The Skills Course
The Skills Course is usually presented as a one day 7 credit course with one-half hour of ethics included. It may also be presented in other formats including a series of two hour presentations. MCLE approval has been available in every jurisdiction.
Together, the course and the book integrate the legal principles, skills, and experience related to negotiating and drafting a range of contracts and other documents. They explore the underlying principles of contract law that apply to specific contract provisions and consider alternative ways to resolve issues in the document negotiation process. The focus is on producing readily comprehended legal documents that can serve as roadmaps for business relationships and can reduce the possibility of related litigation.
