This skills course teaches negotiation, drafting, and client counseling in both the transactional and litigation contexts. The course focuses on how lawyers represent clients in negotiating and drafting contracts and settlement agreements. The course also covers ethical issues arising in deal-making. Examples are drawn from actual cases and deals from a variety of contexts, including business, civil rights, employment law, the entertainment industry, public affairs, and general litigation, and applied through simulations, short case studies, exercises, and class discussion. Grading: Letter-graded. Students are graded on performance in simulations (e.g., negotiations and client counseling) with an emphasis on individual written work (e.g., contract and settlement drafting and revising). Credits: 3 Offered: Categories: Experiential Subject Areas: Business and Commercial, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law and Civil Rights, Employment Law, Dispute Resolution
