MEMBER-ONLY COURSE
Uplevel your boilerplate expertise with our course
Our members get access to this foundational training that develops your understanding of boilerplate provisions. You'll learn the 5 essential boilerplate rules, master 17 critical provisions, understand strategic approaches, and gain the essential knowledge that contract professionals need to handle these foundational contract clauses.
Here's what you'll learn in the 2-hour Boilerplate Essentials course
Module 1
Big Picture About Boilerplate
Dive into a high-level orientation to the course and a foundational overview of what boilerplate is, why it matters, and how these provisions function in contracts to allocate risk, set default rules, and shape deal outcomes. (19 minutes)
Module 2
Boilerplate Strategy
Explore the principles and process for managing boilerplate clauses, including the 5 core rules, how to build a tailored boilerplate strategy, how to adjust it as your contracts evolve, and how to spot and handle quasi-boilerplate provisions that look standard but carry real negotiating or risk impact. (18 minutes)
Module 3
17 Boilerplate Provisions
Learn the purpose, risk impact, and practical drafting approach for 17 core boilerplate clauses, including assignment, attorneys’ fees, audit, dispute resolution, entire agreement, force majeure, governing law and venue, notices, no waivers, severability, and third-party beneficiaries. (72 minutes)
Module 4
Q&A From Live Event
Comprehensive Q&A from the live workshop covering essential boilerplate questions from practicing lawyers. (22 minutes)
Here's a detailed agenda on everything included in this course
01 Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Boilerplate Essentials 02:04
Download Course Workbook 20 Pages
02 Fundamental Concepts
My 5 Boilerplate Rules 07:51
Developing Your Boilerplate Strategy 05:41
Adjusting Your Boilerplate Strategy 02:42
Quasi-Boilerplate 02:18
Quick Learning Check 3 questions
03 17 Boilerplate Sections
Introduction to 17 Boilerplate Provisions 00:35
Assignment 08:55
Attorneys Fees 05:22
Audit 05:14
Learning Check 3-1 3 questions
Counterparts 01:06
Cumulative Remedies 04:30
Dispute Resolution 07:29
Entire Agreement 04:28
Force Majeure 13:17
Learning Check 3-2 2 questions
Governing Law and Venue 08:28
Injunctive Relief 02:22
Interpretation 00:26
No Oral Amendment 02:00
No Waiver 00:51
Notice 02:23
Relationship of the Parties 01:10
Severability 01:54
Third-Party Beneficiary 03:32
Learning Check 3-3 2 questions
04 Course Completion Steps
Course Evaluation 3 questions
When the activities are complete, claim your Certificate of Completion
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Laura spent more than 25 years practicing law around the world, leading commercial deals at Fortune 500 companies like Tesla and international law firms like Morrison Foerster. Since launching How to Contract in 2021, she's delivered hundreds of hours of training to thousands of lawyers and professionals worldwide.
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