Commercial Contract Clause Drafting

Commercial Contract Clause Drafting

Issued by University of California, Irvine

The earner of this badge completed coursework focused on techniques to draft a commercial contract clause. The earner demonstrated command of the fundamentals of commercial contract drafting necessary to create a clause, which could be used in a commercial contract.

Skills

  • Commercial Contract Clause Drafting

Earning Criteria

  • Write a clause that has clarity and omits archaisms, problematic terms of art, and non-standard use of English
  • Write a clause that is precise and omits legalese
  • Write a clause that avoids redundancy and repetition in the form of omitting the use of strings, elaboration, or unnecessary words
  • Write a clause that avoids the use of rhetorical language
  • Write a clause that omits having unintended meaning attributed to inconsistent usages