Lawctopus Law School’s online Contract Drafting Course has been developed by people who have worked as senior associates in law firms like Trilegal, SAM, and Platinum Partners, partners at law firms like Khaitan and Co., Paras Kuhad, and in-house counsels at corporates like HDFC and Infosys.
The course is packed with real-life, practical stuff that will help young lawyers start earning through this skill, and law students stand out during their internships.
Reviewing simple agreements can fetch you Rs. 5000 per agreement (the approximate price of this course) while drafting complex agreements can earn you between 2-10 lakh rupees.
The course also includes a Module on Negotiation, another critical skill that can earn you thousands (negotiating your rent agreement), lakhs (your employment agreement), and crores (an M&A Deal) of rupees.
About Lawctopus Law School
Lawctopus Law School has taught a wide range of skills to over 14,000+ law students, young lawyers, professionals, academicians, and business people.
Over 1000 students have rated our courses and the average rating is 92/100. Many students call our online courses a ‘warm’ learning experience!
Our online certificate course on ‘Contract Drafting and Negotiation’ will teach you the fundamentals of contracts, contract drafting, and contract negotiation. This course will ensure that you get a grip on the fundamentals of Contract Drafting from a very practical point of view.
We’ll take you through the drafting of the contract, section by section, clause by clause.
Lawctopus Law School’s Online Certificate Course on Contract Drafting and Negotiation
If you know your contracts well, you can make a living, or some would say a killing, (though we are against using war metaphors in learning) as a lawyer! 🙂
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts are skills any lawyer (especially non-litigation practitioners) does for bread and butter.
This course, designed for law students and young lawyers, will clarify your contracts-related concepts, and teach you the fundamentals of contract drafting.
If you are busy in this timeframe, consider registering for our future batches.
You can register for the next two batches here (2-months course) and here (4-months course).
A scholarship of Rs. 1000 is given to the early birds who register in advance!
Structure of the Contract Drafting Course
MODULE 1 AND 2: Basics of Contracts
This module introduces you to the basics: what are the elements of a valid contract, provides you with an overview of the development of contract law, and sets you in motion to begin mastering the subject.
ASSIGNMENT 1 (self-assessment)
Is this a contract?
MODULE 3: Pre-Contractual Instruments: A step before the formal contract
This module will help you understand the prerequisites required before drafting a formal contract. An often-ignored topic that will hold you in good stead.
By day 10 of the course, you will have your first live session with our faculty where you will build on your understanding of the elements of a contract (from a draft-person’s point of view) and what comes before a contract (pre-contractual instruments, negotiations, etc.)
MODULES 4, 5, 6: Drafting of Contracts: Understand the anatomy of a contract and its clauses
This module will help you to understand what are the various components which comprise an agreement.
You will learn in-depth about drafting an excellent agreement and understand the various clauses which go into the making of a contract.
ASSIGNMENT 2 (self-assessment)
Be your client’s consulting lawyer.
ASSIGNMENT 3 (self-assessment)
Rewrite, redraft, and hone your craft!
MODULE 7: Execution Formalities and Processes
How is a contract effectuated after it is drafted and signed?
In this module, we’ll discuss issues like stamp duty, the role of witnesses, schedules, and annexures.
ASSIGNMENT 4 (learning by doing, optional): THE CONTRACT LAB!
We get into a Zoom breakout room and the learners draft clauses of a contract on the go! It’s time we put our skills to the test!
MODULE 8: Drafting of Employment Agreement, Software Licensing Agreement, and Non-Disclosure Agreement
In this module, you will learn to draft 3 different types of Agreements in 1.5 hours!
You will be carefully walked through the common clauses as well as the clauses unique to each Agreement.
MODULE 9: Introduction to Negotiation
Real-world lawyers negotiate day in and day out and while entire books can be written on the subjects of negotiation, this primer is a good start.
ASSIGNMENT 5 (learning by doing, optional): THE NEGOTIATION TABLE!
Learners are divided into teams/groups and asked to negotiate on a problem statement.
Our faculty evaluates and mentors you through this process. A fun learning experience, which our students say helps them understand negotiation firsthand!
MODULE 10: Key Commercial Contracts
In this module, we will take a look at four key commercial contracts.
We will see what exact clauses go into the making of these contracts, why are they important, and understand how these contracts and drafted and reviewed.
ASSIGNMENT 6 (compulsory, evaluated): The full contract review and redrafting exercise.
Our faculty evaluates your work in a deep manner and at five levels!
SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES 11 AND 12: Anatomy of a Contract or a Deep-Dive into various sections of a contract
Learn from Advocate Lokenath Chatterjee as he discusses each clause, each section of a contract thread-bare, from a legal and a practical/business perspective.
SUPPLEMENTARY MODULE 13: Summary and Analysis of 20 leading cases on Contracts
Read and learn about the 20 leading cases (the landmark and the recent cases) which have shaped Contract Law.
Note: Based on our experience, some job and internship interviews might ask you about these case laws.
Check Out Our 4-Month Long Advanced Course on Contract Drafting Here.
Faculty and Research Team: Contracts Drafting and Negotiation Course
Mr. Bhumesh Verma (Recorded Lectures)
Bhumesh Verma is a seasoned legal practitioner with over 25 years of experience as a corporate lawyer.
Mr. Verma has been a partner at Khaitan & Co., Paras Kuhad & Associates, and is currently the Managing Partner at Corp Comm Legal.
He is the author of the book ‘Practical Guide to Drafting Commercial Contracts published by OakBridge.
Shayonee Dasgupta (Lead Researcher and Content Developer)
Shayonee is a 2012 graduate from NUJS, Kolkata. She has worked as an Associate at Trilegal (2012-15), and then at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas where she was a senior associate in 2017-18.
Deeply passionate about legal education, Shayonee is currently a consultant at IDIA and is a freelance researcher-writer.
Abhishek Nath Tripathi (Faculty, Negotiation of Contracts)
Abhishek Nath Tripathi graduated from NLSIU Banglaore in 2004. In 2010, he started his own law firm Sarthak Advocates and Solicitors.
He was a senior associate at Luthra and Luthra from 2004 to 2009. He has also been a visiting faculty at Amity Law School, Delhi, and at NLSIU Bangalore.
Advocate Lokenath Chatterjee (Contract Deep-Dives)
Advocate Lokenath Chatterjee is one of the rising stars of the Calcutta High Court.
He has taught commercial laws at the Institute of Cost Accounts of India, and at NUJS, his alma matter. Mr. Chatterjee has also helped Lawctopus design interesting, practical exercises like the Contract Lab.
Rachel Chenchiah (Faculty Advisor)
Rachel is a 2011 graduate of NLSIU, Bangalore. She has been a Fellow at Teach for India, an Associate at Khaitan & Co., and a Research Associate at Azim Premji Foundation.
She has also worked as a Senior Legal Counsel at Infosys, Bangalore for 2 years and is currently a Legal Counsel at Ola Electric.
Garima Mitra (Faculty, Negotiation of Contracts)
Garima, and HNLU Raipur alumnus, is a Lawyer by profession and leads the legal and compliance segment for Treelife Consulting. She advises emerging businesses in developing the best and most effective legal frameworks.
Garima has a deep understanding of the legal aspects of startups and specializes in fundraising, contracts, privacy law, and IPR.
Additionally, she has vast experience in advising startups on their regulatory and compliance issues. When not at work, she’s busy feeding dogs or following healthy eating plans!
Debanshu Khettry (Development of Reading Modules)
Debanshu graduated from NUJS Kolkata in 2013 and did his LLM from University College London in 2014.
He’s the founder of Standard Indian Legal Citation (SILC), an Angel Investor with the Mumbai Angels Network and Calcutta Angels Network, and a corporate lawyer par excellence.
He worked with Platinum Partners, Delhi before taking the reigns of Leslie and Khettry, a renowned law firm established in 1944.
Garima Gupta
Garima graduated from National University of Study & Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi, and did her LLM from NALSAR University, Hyderabad. She is a Ph.D. scholar at NALSAR University of Law.
Garima worked with the Corporate Legal Department of HDFC Limited for 4 years. She has experience in working on diverse facets of legal transactions including Drafting Agreements, Due Diligence, etc.
Akanksha Mishra (Faculty, Live Sessions)
Akanksha Mishra is an independent Litigator, practicing at the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench.
She has also been a corporate counsel for start-up companies and PSUs like Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL).
Akanksha graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, in 2018. A gold medalist, she completed her LLM in Constitution Law from Nagpur University, in 2021.
She is currently working as the Head of Lawctopus Law School.
Gourav Mohanty (Faculty, Drafting of three types of Agreements)
Gourav Mohanty worked as a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution Team of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM).
A gold medalist, Gourav graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, in 2016. While in college, he received the Ram Jethmalani Scholarship and the Chancellor’s Award.
Gourav has also received 2nd Prize in Linklaters NSLR Contract Drafting Competition.
Shashank Sardesai (Faculty, Live Sessions)
Shashank Sardesai graduated from the University of Pune in 2018 and is currently working as an Independent Litigator and Company Secretary.
He has co-founded EverTrust Legal, a full service law firm after having previously worked with esteemed law firms such as Wadia Ghandy & Co., HSA Advocates, and Khaitan Legal Associates.
He also holds a Diploma in International Business Laws from Symbiosis Law School, Pune (2014) and Diploma in Cyber Laws from Government Law College, Mumbai (2017).
Throughout his career, he has garnered extensive experience working on partnership deeds, leave and license agreements, lease deeds, service agreements, loan agreements, NDAs, mortgage deeds, deeds of guarantee, etc.
OakBridge (Knowledge Partner)
OakBridge is a new-age information services company.
The Founders are IIM Bangalore alumni and seasoned executives having a well-rounded combined experience of 40+ years with leading MNCs like LexisNexis, Wolters Kluwer CCH, Pearson, McGraw-Hill, and MacMillan, in the field of Publishing & Information Solutions, and Event Management.
Register for the Contract Drafting and Negotiation Course by clicking here.
Check Out Our 4-Month Long Advanced Course on Contract Drafting Here.
Learner’s Feedback for the Contract Drafting Course
Who is this course for?
- Undergraduate and postgraduate students of law.
- Young lawyers who want to revise the fundamentals of contracts and contract drafting.
- CXOs, entrepreneurs, and HR managers who wish to gain a basic understanding of contracts and how contracts and drafted.
- Legal academicians who want to gain a practical understanding of the drafting of contracts.
Details for our Contract Drafting and Negotiation Course
Duration
8 weeks
Life-time Access
By purchasing this course, you are granted lifetime access.
Life-time access means that the course access will be available to you as long as the company continues to offer the course or remains in existence. In the event the course is discontinued or the company ceases operations, access to the course will no longer be available.
Course fee
Rs. 6900 (inclusive of GST)
Mode of learning
- Completely online and self-paced. (Except for the weekly live sessions. The recordings of the live sessions are also available).
- Rigorously researched reading resources prepared and reviewed by Associates and Partners of top law firms
- Online forum for clearing your doubts throughout the course
- Weekly live lectures with subject experts totaling to about 8 live sessions
- 3 self-assessment assignments
- 2 ‘learning by doing’ exercises: the Contract Lab, and the Negotiation Table
- 1 compulsory assignment: review and re-draft a dummy contract. Get a detailed analysis of your assignment.
Assignments Included in the Contract Drafting and Negotiation Course
- Optional assignment: Is this a contract/offer/consideration/etc.?
- Optional assignment: Be a lawyer, and explain to the client.
- Optional assignment: Redraft clauses.
- Learning by doing exercises: Contract Lab. Negotiation Table.
- Compulsory assignment: Review, revise, and redraft a faulty agreement
Add-on benefits
- Get an e-certificate issued by Lawctopus Law School (LLS) after the completion of the course.
- Access to webinars around career counseling, CV-building, and earning through freelancing.
- A chance to get published on Academike, Lawctopus’ Law Journal (ISSN: 2349-9796).
- An opportunity to mentor future batches of senior students, academicians, and practitioners (this is a paid, part-time, work-from-home position at Lawctopus).
- Scholarships on other courses by Lawctopus Law School (LLS)
Free Access to ManuContract for 2 Months
Students of this course will get free access to ManuContract for the duration of the course, i.e for 2 months.
ManuContract is one of India’s most popular and trustworthy tools for contract lifecycle management (CLM) and we believe having access to the platform for 2 months will help students gain familiarity and develop competence in using this excellent resource.
Below is a description of ManuContract taken from their website (and the context behind the same).
Contracts are the cornerstone of any transaction between entities, and are the driving force behind all types of transactions across businesses. The relevance of knowing how to work with contracts is such that it is an independent work profile on its own with specialist professionals in the field. Paying attention to the minutest aspects of a contract is thus vital to ensure a streamlined contract lifecycle.
ManuContract offers an intelligent solution for CLM requirements covering:
- Contract Creation & Negotiation
- Contract Execution & Approval
- Contract Renewals, Adjustments, Extensions and Terminations
- Contract Intelligence (AI-based contract analysis & more)
Lawctopus and ManuContract also conduct joint webinars every 2-3 months. The webinars are around the topics of contract lifecycle management, using ManuContract for the same, etc. and students of this course will have the opportunity to attend those webinars on priority.
Register for the Contract Drafting Course by clicking here.
Check Out Our 4-Month Long Advanced Course on Contract Drafting Here.
100%, ‘No Questions Asked’ Money Back Guarantee
In case you do the course sincerely and are still dissatisfied with it, we’ll refund you 100% of the money you invested; no questions asked. We are that confident in our course!
What does ‘sincerely’ mean? It means that you attend at least 75% of the live classes and complete the compulsory assignments successfully.
If you still don’t think the course was worth the money, we’ll refund the full amount, no questions asked!
Just email us at llssupport@lawctopus.com and the refund will be issued within 7-10 working days.
FAQs [click on the Qs to read the As]
No.
We have weekly, 90-minute long live sessions the schedule of which is announced at the start of the batch.
Most of our live sessions happen during the weekend or late evenings so that all learners of the Contract Drafting and Negotiation Course (students or working professionals) can easily attend the same.
In case you miss attending a session live, you can always watch the recorded version of the same.
We suggest that you spend approximately 3-5 hours/week doing the course.
When you spend these 3-5 hours is up to you. You may spend around 40 minutes each day or do it over the weekend.
Yes, you can do the course if you can read and write English!
One of our modules explains the essential elements of a contract precisely. That should help you and is good enough to do the course.
The focus of the course is on the review, drafting, and negotiation of contracts and not on what is usually taught as Contracts I and Contracts II in law schools.
We encourage you to attend the live classes after thorough preparations. Just like the real charm of a live match/performance is watching it live, the real value of a live class is in attending it live!
A lot of new, practical things are covered; and of course, your questions are addressed too.
However, if you miss the live class, you can watch the recorded version of the live class which is uploaded for the specific batch only.
Contract drafting and review is a key source of income generation of nearly all types of lawyers: corporate lawyers, litigators, in-house counsels, and even judges. As an academician/researcher, the course will introduce you to the practical niceties of contracts.
Contracts govern business and life in many ways. Through this course, you’ll have the skill to draft these important documents!
Through this course on Contract Drafting and Negotiation, you’ll gain knowledge and skills that help you stand out in internships; and if you are a professional, skills that help you take up work around review and drafting of contracts.
Furthermore, a lot of what happens even in the niche fields like IPR and Sports Law involves dealing with contracts in these fields.
Many of our students have even secured freelance paid gigs, and internships around contract review and drafting. Our add-on recorded webinar on ‘How to be a legal Freelancer‘ helps in this record.
Landing a freelance job can mean that the money you spend on this course can be recovered by the time you end the course provided you spend good time and effort into doing the course, and in landing a freelance job! It’s surely possible, with the contents of the course!
Finally, Lawctopus regularly helps its students and alumni get internships and jobs. We care deeply for our students and alumni!
The focus of the course is on contract drafting, and not on drafting A, B, or C agreements.
Using the knowledge and skills you gain in this course, you’ll be able to draft nearly all types of agreements (of course, some advanced types of contracts require domain experience as well).
Also, along with this course, you get access to a quality book that has quality drafts of various types of contracts. Learners can use the same for future reference.
In case you want to learn how to draft complex agreements, check our Advanced Course on Contract Drafting which teaches you how to draft 20+ types of agreements.
Allowing for downloading of material puts our work at risk of copyright violation and related misuse.
Learners can easily access the material (reading modules, recorded lectures, recorded version of the live lectures, assignmens, etc.) from the Learning Management System (LMS).
Downloading of material is NOT allowed.
Access to the material via the LMS is easy and the students are free to take notes via online/offline mediums.
Check Out Our 4-Month Long Advanced Course on Contract Drafting Here.
Register for the Contract Drafting & Negotiation Course by clicking here.
If you are busy in this timeframe, consider registering for our future batches.
You can register for the next two batches here (2-months course) and here (4-months course).
A scholarship of Rs. 1000 is given to the early birds who register in advance!
Need help to decide? Feel free to reach out to us on these channels.
Phone calls/WhatsApp Number: 935 968 4056 (Rashi Sharma, Counsellor, Lawctopus Law School)
Email: courses@lawctopus.com
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