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legal drafting course
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Overview

A comprehensive overview of legal drafting

Duration

3 months

Total fee

9,000

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

legal drafting course
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LawSikho 
Highlights

  • Money back guarantee
  • Earn a certificate after completing the course
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legal drafting course
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LawSikho 
Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • Young lawyers who want to be introduced to various aspects of legal drafting so that they can later specialize in their area of interest
  • In-house counsels who frequently negotiate and draft contracts and deal with law firms and litigators at various forums
  • Professors who want to develop practical legal skills for teaching their students or to perform client work on the side
  • Law students who want to get started with a broad range of practical skills and be equipped to handle tasks ranging from litigation, drafting and advisory work
  • Business owners and managers who have to frequently work and collaborate with lawyers in connection with the legal work of their organization
What are the course deliverables?
  • INTRODUCTION TO CONTRACT DRAFTING
  • General Principles of Contract Law
  • Basic guidelines for drafting
  • Advanced Guidelines for Contract Drafting and Contract Review
  • Contract: Formatting Strategies and Techniques
  • Contract: The Definitive Contract Checklist
  • Contract: Introduction to parts of a contract
  • How to draft Non-Disclosure Agreements
  • All about Leave and License Agreement
  • How to draft various notices under contracts
  • INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LITIGATION
  • How to lodge an FIR
  • What happens after you file an FIR
  • Template: Complaint to the police
  • Bail and Anticipatory Bail
  • Criminal Appeals, Revision and Miscellaneous Application
  • Template: Sample complaint (when the police refuse to file an FIR)
  • Template: Bail Petition
  • Template: Anticipatory Bail Application
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More about this course
  • Legal drafting is an important skill for lawyers - it involves learning how to draft various kinds of petitions to be filed in court, drafting contracts for clients, preparation of legal opinions or ‘legal memos’ (not moot court memos)
  • These skills enable a lawyer to perform different kinds of billable work for clients and provide them value
  • These skills are highly valuable, but they are either not taught or taught in a very limited manner in law school
  • Legal drafting is crucial for any lawyer to perform client work effectively. As you gain more expertise, you may realize that drafting skills for different forums and different areas of law will differ

legal drafting course
 at 
LawSikho 
Curriculum

Learn how to capture the requirements and intentions of your client in your contract

Perform end-to-end contract drafting work

Learn how to add value (rather than impose obstacles) to the deal-making process through your contract drafting and negotiation skills

Learn the difference between various contracts, technicalities involved in drafting such contracts

Learn how to draft various specific contracts including but not limited to Non-disclosure agreements, Master service agreements and lease agreements

Learn how to proofread, review and finlaise the legal documents

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