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Learn contracts with our zero-fluff contracts classes that cut through the noise. You will rapidly acquire practical contract drafting and negotiating skills, transforming your  contract expertise and growing your confidence.

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24/7 Access to Practical Contract Training Videos, Checklists, and More

With our membership program, lawyers and in-house contract teams get access to our library of high-quality contract training. Learn what you need when you need it.

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Contract skills matter.

They matter to your company because you are better able to manage risk and achieve its business objectives.

They matter to your career because becoming a contract MVP often means more opportunities, more advancement, and more money.

They matter to your mental health because you feel more confident and less anxious and worried when you know you know what you are doing.

But most importantly, they matter to you. You and your family count on your skills for your income. Investing in your skills is investing in your family's financial security and quality of life. 

How to Contract courses can help you improve your skills so that you can do better at work, advance your career, grow your confidence, and achieve your dreams.

Our contracts courses are the way to gain those skills.

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What contract class do you want to take? 

Laura Frederick has on-demand courses covering  five core contracting concepts. Each 2-hour class is $195 and each 4-hour class is $395. Click the image below to learn more and purchase the course.

 

 

Our 2025 Live Virtual Course Schedule

Each course is designed, created and taught by Laura Frederick, Founder of How to Contract. Courses are offered either in a live format with no captions or in a pre-recorded edited format with captions added. Every course on this schedule includes Laura available during the course through live chat and afterward for Q&A. 

  • March:  Contract Formation Essentials (2 hours)
  • April:  Drafting and Negotiation Essentials (2 hours) 
  • May: Service Agreements and SOW Essentials (2 hours)
  • July:  Commercial Contract Essentials for New Lawyers (July Session) - 14 hours of contract fundamentals training over two weeks for new lawyers and law students. This course  consists of pre-recorded sessions with live chat and Q&A covering these subjects: Drafting and Negotiation, Contract Formation, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Boilerplate, NDAs and Service Agreements and SOWs.
  • August: Commercial Contract Essentials for New Lawyers (August Session) - 14 hours of training over two weeks for new lawyers and law students. This course  consists of pre-recorded sessions with live chat and Q&A covering these subjects: Drafting and Negotiation, Contract Formation, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Boilerplate, NDAs and Service Agreements.
  • September Supply Chain Agreements (2 hours)
  • October: Goods Essentials (2 hours)
  • November: Dispute Resolution Essentials (2 hours)
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Then again, 

why limit yourself to just one class?

Sign up for our super-popular All-Course Annual Pass. You'll get access to all current and future Contract Essentials and Mastery on-demand courses.  Add our training membership for even greater savings!

All-Course Access Pass

$995

Save 50% of retail price $2165

Your annual access pass includes 24+ hours of these existing training courses and 12+ hours of new courses in 2025:

  • How to Draft and Counsel Your Team on AI Contracts (6 hours)
  • Boilerplate Essentials (2 hours)
  • Indemnification Essentials (2 hours)
  • Indemnification Mastery (4 hours)
  • Intellectual Property Essentials (2 hours)
  • Limitation of Liability Essentials (2 hours)
  • NDA Essentials (2 hours), and
  • NDA Mastery.(4 hours) 
  • Contract Formation (February 2025)(2 hours)
  • Drafting and Negotiation (March 2025) (2 hours)
  • Service Agreements and SOWs (May 2025) (2 hours)
  • Supply Chain (September 2025)(2 hours)
  •  Goods Agreements (October 2025)
  • Dispute Resolution Provisions (November 2025)

You will also have access to:

  • Laura's five core contract playbooks, which cover boilerplate, indemnification, intellectual property, limitation of liability, and NDAs.
  • Option to register and attend any live virtual Essentials or Mastery courses at no additional cost
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Membership + All-Course Access Pass

$1495

Save 50% of retail price of $2960

Your annual pass includes as months of access to everything in the Annual Pass plus everything on this list:

  • AI Contracts Training Library
  • 50 training lessons on key contracting concepts created by Laura Frederick and delivered weekly
  • 85+ hours of training videos plus 50+ checklists, guides, negotiation tips, and tons of other materials
  • ContractsCon 2022, 2023, and 2024 recordings and materials
  • Cloud Contracts Training Library 
  •  
  • Drafting and Counseling Your Team on AI Contracts six-hour training program
  • Contract Blind Spot program covering insurance, taxes, data as IP, export compliance, and due diligence 
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Then again, 

why limit yourself to just one class?

Sign up for our super-popular All-Course Annual Pass. You'll get access to all current and future Contract Essentials and Mastery on-demand courses.  Add our training membership for even greater savings!

All-Course Access Pass

$995

Save 50% of retail price $2165

Your annual access pass includes 24+ hours of these existing training courses and 12+ hours of new courses in 2025:

  • How to Draft and Counsel Your Team on AI Contracts (6 hours)
  • Boilerplate Essentials (2 hours)
  • Indemnification Essentials (2 hours)
  • Indemnification Mastery (4 hours)
  • Intellectual Property Essentials (2 hours)
  • Limitation of Liability Essentials (2 hours)
  • NDA Essentials (2 hours), and
  • NDA Mastery.(4 hours) 
  • Contract Formation (February 2025)(2 hours)
  • Drafting and Negotiation (March 2025) (2 hours)
  • Service Agreements and SOWs (May 2025) (2 hours)
  • Supply Chain (September 2025)(2 hours)
  •  Goods Agreements (October 2025)
  • Dispute Resolution Provisions (November 2025)

You will also have access to:

  • Laura's five core contract playbooks, which cover boilerplate, indemnification, intellectual property, limitation of liability, and NDAs.
  • Option to register and attend any live virtual Essentials or Mastery courses at no additional cost
BUY NOW

Membership + All-Course Access Pass

$1495

Save 50% of retail price of $2960

Your annual pass includes as months of access to everything in the Annual Pass plus everything on this list:

  • 50 training lessons on key contracting concepts created by Laura Frederick and delivered weekly
  • 85+ hours of training videos plus 50+ checklists, guides, negotiation tips, and tons of other materials
  • ContractsCon 2022, 2023, and 2024 recordings and materials
  • HTC's Cloud Contracts Training Library 
  • Drafting and Counseling Your Team on AI Contracts six-hour training program
  • Contract Blind Spot program covering insurance, taxes, data as IP, export compliance, and due diligence 
BUY NOW
TELL ME ABOUT GROUP DISCOUNTS
Meet the creator behind all this contract training -

Laura Frederick, Founder and CEO of How to Contract


Laura Frederick is a technology transactions lawyer by training. She worked on contracts throughout her career. Laura founded How to Contract in 2021 to share the expertise she developed through her experience in Big Law and as in-house commercial counsel at a variety of companies including Tesla. And now she is offering an affordable training membership to help people like you get the training you need to be confident and successful in your work. 

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