Comments on: Training Your “Apprentices” in Contract Drafting http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mark Anderson http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/comment-page-1/#comment-92613 Mark Anderson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:20:40 +0000 http://adamsdrafting.com/system/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/#comment-92613 Just to be clear, the academic limb in the UK is 1 year if you have a law degree, and 2 years if you have a non-law degree. Just to be clear, the academic limb in the UK is 1 year if you have a law degree, and 2 years if you have a non-law degree.

]]> By: Art http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/comment-page-1/#comment-92612 Art Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:44:19 +0000 http://adamsdrafting.com/system/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/#comment-92612 Regarding the UK "apprenticeship" (known as a training contract), I think it is fair to note that the academic limb of UK training is shorter than in the US - one year rather than three. In other words, UK lawyers train for the same length of time, but learn more in the law firm and less in the classroom. I suppose the relative merits of the two approaches are open to debate. Regarding the UK “apprenticeship” (known as a training contract), I think it is fair to note that the academic limb of UK training is shorter than in the US – one year rather than three. In other words, UK lawyers train for the same length of time, but learn more in the law firm and less in the classroom. I suppose the relative merits of the two approaches are open to debate.

]]> By: Ken Adams http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/comment-page-1/#comment-92611 Ken Adams Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:29:23 +0000 http://adamsdrafting.com/system/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/#comment-92611 Mark: If "creative drafting" means reinventing the wheel, I say the heck with it. To my mind, creative drafting really means coming up with language to reflect some new-fangled arrangement arrived at in negotiations. Ken Mark: If “creative drafting” means reinventing the wheel, I say the heck with it. To my mind, creative drafting really means coming up with language to reflect some new-fangled arrangement arrived at in negotiations. Ken

]]> By: Mark Anderson http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/comment-page-1/#comment-92610 Mark Anderson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:42:04 +0000 http://adamsdrafting.com/system/2009/06/29/training-apprentices-in-contract-drafting/#comment-92610 Interesting to see that the US is moving towards an apprenticeship approach. In the UK, there has long been a 2-year apprenticeship for solicitors after completion of the academic stages, and you can only call yourself a solicitor at the end of that 2-year period. Before then you are a trainee solicitor (previously called an articled clerk in England and an apprentice in Scotland). And yes, contract drafting does form part of a solicitor's training, although I think this aspect could probably be increased. With increasing use of office templates, the impression is given that creative drafting takes a back seat in some firms. Interesting to see that the US is moving towards an apprenticeship approach. In the UK, there has long been a 2-year apprenticeship for solicitors after completion of the academic stages, and you can only call yourself a solicitor at the end of that 2-year period. Before then you are a trainee solicitor (previously called an articled clerk in England and an apprentice in Scotland).

And yes, contract drafting does form part of a solicitor’s training, although I think this aspect could probably be increased. With increasing use of office templates, the impression is given that creative drafting takes a back seat in some firms.

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