The Categories of Contract Language

Faculty

The body of the contract contains the provisions that the parties are agreeing to, and each clause or sentence can serve a number of purposes. Each purpose requires its own category of language, and each category raises its own issues of usage.

This session will demonstrate how any given contract provision falls within one of several categories of contract language, each with its own recommended verb use. Mastering the categories is essential to control your drafting. Specific topics include:

• Language of performance
• Language of obligation
• Language of discretion
• Language of prohibition
• Language of policy
• Expressing conditions
• Language of declaration
• The use of ‘shall’ and ‘may’ in restrictive relative clauses

Faculty

Course Leader

• Kenneth A. Adams is the leading authority on contract language. His book, A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting is one of the ABA’s best-selling titles and has become an essential resource for contract drafters. He gives public and in-house seminars in the U.S., Canada and internationally, acts as a consultant and expert witness. From 2006 to 2012, Ken was a lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he taught the school’s first course on contract drafting. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Ken practiced corporate law at major law firms in the U.S. and Europe. His website and blog are www.adamsdrafting.com.

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2-3 delegates: 25% off program fee
4-10 delegates: 30% off program fee
11+ delegates: 35% off program fee
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