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August 05, 2006

Teaching the Context of Contract Drafting

At the ABA Annual Meeting, I was on a "train the trainer" panel with Sue Irion, Tina Stark and Charles Fox regarding the teaching of contract drafting. I talked about how to teach the substantive law that underlies contracts. Because this applicable law differs by contract, there was no way to address which laws should be taught. Instead, I tried to develop a taxonomy of subjects that should be covered in the training process. It turns out that I covered many of these topics in my Contract Drafting course, but this taxonomy helps identify some holes in my coverage and some new ways to organize the material. My slides.

Posted by Eric at August 5, 2006 05:59 PM | Life as a Law Professor

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