Understanding Contracts Better Than Your Lawyer (Currently Unavailable)

Author: Paul C. Jorgensen

CPE Credit:  3 hours for CPAs

As a financial professional, you see contracts of all kinds, for your own business and for your clients' businesses. You may think that most contracts are written in an arcane language, penetrable only by lawyers. You may think that most contracts are too ironclad to change. You may accept contract boilerplate without understanding it. If so, you are putting yourself at risk and costing yourself time and money.
What if you could understand contracts in a new way? Distinguish good contracts from bad contracts? See beyond the legalese and make contracts work exactly the way that you want them to work? What if you could take a three-hour course that would help you to understand contracts better than your attorney? You can.
In this course, Paul C. Jorgensen will take you through the theory and construction of contracts and their provisions. You'll learn to recognize and understand the bases for good contracts, the essential provisions of a contract and what each really means, and the provisions that you do not need or that expose you to risk.

Publication Date: October 2015

Designed For
Financial and accounting professionals who write, review, or negotiate contracts for themselves or their clients.

Topics Covered

  • Constructing good contracts
  • Rules that contracts should follow
  • Provisions that are unnecessary and create risk
  • Common contract writing problems and how to avoid them
  • How to prepare before reviewing or drafting a contract

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the most important differences between a good contact and a bad one.
  • Recognize provisions that expose you to risk.

Level
Basic

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Business Law (3 hours)

Program Prerequisites
None

Advance Preparation
None

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