http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2008/05/08/fall-2008-penn-redrafting-project/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2008/05/08/fall-2008-penn-redrafting-project/comment-page-1/#comment-72706 AdamsDrafting » Blog Archive » Report on the 2008 Penn Law Redrafting Project Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:34:51 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2008/05/08/fall-2008-penn-redrafting-project/#comment-72706 [...] I selected a template master services agreement submitted by a Fortune 500 company in response to this May 2008 post. The process this time around was the same as in previous semesters—for more on that, see this [...] [...] I selected a template master services agreement submitted by a Fortune 500 company in response to this May 2008 post. The process this time around was the same as in previous semesters—for more on that, see this [...]

]]> http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2008/05/08/fall-2008-penn-redrafting-project/comment-page-1/#comment-71600 AdamsDrafting » Blog Archive » Defined Terms for the Components of a Transaction Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:06:25 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2008/05/08/fall-2008-penn-redrafting-project/#comment-71600 [...] That led to one of my students sending me the following message regarding our final assignment, the Penn Law redrafting project: Dear Professor [...] [...] That led to one of my students sending me the following message regarding our final assignment, the Penn Law redrafting project: Dear Professor [...]

]]> http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2008/05/08/fall-2008-penn-redrafting-project/comment-page-1/#comment-51988 Watching Your Language to Say What You Mean in Contracts « Ohio Practical Business Law Counsel Mon, 12 May 2008 02:54:40 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2008/05/08/fall-2008-penn-redrafting-project/#comment-51988 [...] Choosing the Right Words.  All right >> so you’re convinced that using just the right language is important in any document dealing with a legal relationship.  But does that really mean it has to be long and virtually impossible to understand (even by another lawyer, or for that matter even a few years later by the lawyer who drafted it in the first place)?  Ken Adams, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School who writes the terrific AdamsDrafting blog focusing on contract drafting, doesn’t think so.  He is seeking submissions of a form contract a company uses on a regular basis for his class to redraft.   [...] [...] Choosing the Right Words.  All right >> so you’re convinced that using just the right language is important in any document dealing with a legal relationship.  But does that really mean it has to be long and virtually impossible to understand (even by another lawyer, or for that matter even a few years later by the lawyer who drafted it in the first place)?  Ken Adams, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School who writes the terrific AdamsDrafting blog focusing on contract drafting, doesn’t think so.  He is seeking submissions of a form contract a company uses on a regular basis for his class to redraft.   [...]

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