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In addition to the many sources with sample or real agreements and contracts, law students need a good sense of the basics of drafting. Three types of drafting sources are available:
- General
- Specific Contracts and Agreements
- Legal Writing and Drafting Generally
The Law Library has more than 200 books on legal writing and composition. To identify these items, search the Law Library catalog by the Library of Congress subject heading "legal composition." See also the Gallagher guide on Legal & General Writing Resources.
Drafting Contracts - General Sources
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Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice, 3d ed.
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Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do, 2d ed.
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Drafting Effective Contracts: A Practitioner's Guide, 2d ed.
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The Elements of Contract Drafting with Questions and Clauses for Consideration, 3d ed.
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Drafting Effective Contracts : a Practitioner's Guide, 3d ed.
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Call Number: (online, via VitalLaw platform)Publication Date: 2017- -
Garner's Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Contracts
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Publication Date: 2019 -
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Legal Drafting: Litigation Documents, Contracts, Legisltion, and Wills
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A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, 4th ed.
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Publication Date: 2018
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Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate (Lexis)Contains boilerplate language for many types of contract provisions, such as arbitration, assignment and delegation, confidentiality, force majeure, severability, transaction costs, and waiver of jury trial.
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A Practical Guide to Drafting Contracts: From Concept to Closure
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Real World Document Drafting: A Dispute-Avoidance Approach
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Working with Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You, 2d ed.
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Publication Date: 2008
Drafting Specific Types of Contracts & Agreements
The following titles are examples only.
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Drafting Technology Patent License Agreements
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Premarital Agreements: Drafting and Negotiation, 2d ed.
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Publication Date: 2017
Legal Writing & Drafting Generally
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Contracts in the Real World: Stories of Popular Contracts and Why They Matter, 2d ed.
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Hereof, Thereof, and Everywhereof: A Contrarian Guide to Legal Drafting, 2d ed.
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Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises, 2d ed.ition
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Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules
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Plain English for Lawyers, 6th ed.
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Publication Date: 2019 -
Preparing Plain Legal Documents for Nonlawyers
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Publication Date: 2015
CALI Lessons
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) has numerous lessons on contracts, including:
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Drafting with "And" and "Or" [CALI]30 minutes
Other useful CALI lessons: