Effective Legal Writing for Contract Managers

This course is aimed at contract managers and will enable them to be more effective at understanding and drafting contracts and writing legal correspondence.

The course covers:

• Writing for the reader

• Avoiding ambiguity, repetition and superfluous language

• Structuring clauses, paragraphs and sentences

• Contractual and procurement terminology

• Selecting the appropriate tone (formal or informal)

• The differences between British and American English

• Punctuation

• Proofreading

• Varied interactive drafting exercises including contract amendments and trainer feedback