Basic Contract Law for Paralegals 9thby Jeffrey HelewitzISBN/ASIN: 9781454896289 In this course, you`ll get the tools you need to navigate through legal contracts. You`ll spend time exploring different pieces of legislation, breaking down the elements necessary for an enforceable contract, and identifying ways to avoid the accidental emergence of enforceable contractual obligations. While this course will not teach you how to become a lawyer, it will allow you to become a better «client» for lawyers in your legal department or outside of law. By the end of this course, you will be better able to identify possible legal issues early on in order to avoid future contractual disputes. Contracts must reflect operational objectives under clear, comprehensive and enforceable conditions. In this course, you will explore how different contract concepts relate to each other in a single document and how to approach an agreement from a holistic perspective. The course is divided into 40 lessons of 10 to 35 minutes each, including an interactive quiz at the end of each lesson. Each lesson includes presentation slides with text to explain the content. The Contract Law course covers Anglo-American contract law and the vocabulary required by lawyers working in this area of law. This course uses videoconferencing technology to offer short online exercises and assignments to talk, read and listen. By the end of this course, you will have been given tools to work effectively with your legal team to use the contractual terms to limit, expand or modify the remedies in the event of a breach of contract that the law would otherwise provide. This course is specifically designed for lawyers, law students and business people who deal with contract law, contractual issues and who wish to improve their knowledge of contract law for their studies, professional goals and career advancement.

Acquire the knowledge and skills required for paralegals working in contract law. A paralegal with a thorough understanding of contract law can be very helpful for lawyers during the drafting and litigation phase of a case involving an alleged breach of contract. The Contract Law Specialist Certificate Program introduces you to the range of issues and processes involved in entering into a binding contract. Learn from real-life cases to better understand contract design, execution, defense, and violation correction. The program is designed as a self-study program, so you can start at any time and complete homework according to a schedule that suits you. Each course includes instructor guides, exercises, quizzes, chapter reviews, course notes, and other innovative e-learning tools. See mandatory courses and electives for selection below: This contract law course with new materials and updated case studies is designed to introduce the range of issues that arise when concluding and executing contracts. There will be an introduction to what a contract is, and also analyze the purpose and meaning of contracts.

Next, he will discuss the intention to create legal relationships, legality and morality, and the distinction between gifts and good deals. The course also explores common pitfalls: one-sided promises, mistakes, fraud, and frustration. Knowing what constitutes contracts and how they can go wrong, Professor Fried will talk about the specific remedies and benefits. Finally, Professor Fried will present how contracts can establish rights for third parties. Ian Ayres is a lawyer and economist. You are Vice Dean and Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor at Yale Law School and Professor at Yale School of Management. Professor Ayres was a columnist for Forbes magazine, a commentator on the public radio market, and a contributor to the New York Times Freakonomics blog. Her research has been featured on PrimeTime Live, Oprah and Good Morning America, as well as in Time and Vogue magazines. Ian is the co-founder of stickK.com, a website that helps you achieve your goals. In a post-conviction trial in Illinois, Ayres helped convince a court to overturn his client`s death sentence.

In 2020, Harvard University Press published Ian`s twelfth book, Weapon of Choice: Fighting Gun Violence While Respecting Gun Rights (with Fredrick Vars). Ian has also published over 100 papers on a variety of topics, including several empirical studies. In 2006, they were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ayres` book with Greg Klass, Insincere Promises: The Law of Misrepresented Intent, won the 2006 Scribes Book Award «for the best work in jurisprudence published the previous year.» Professor Ayres has been ranked as one of the most prolific and cited law professors of her generation. (See James Lindgren and Daniel Seltzer, The Most Prolific Law Professors and Faculties, 71 CHI.-KENT L. REV. 781 (1996); Fred R. Shapiro, The Most Cited Jurists, 29 J.

LEGAL STUD. 409 (2000).) The Chronicle of Higher Education describes Ayres as «a legal and economic guru.» Ayres was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, receiving her B.A. (major in Russian Studies and Economics) and J.D. from Yale and her Ph.D. in Economics from M.I.T. Professor Ayres worked for the Honorable James K. Logan of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. You have previously taught at Harvard, Illinois, Northwest, Stanford and Virginia law schools and have been a researcher at the American Bar Foundation and Columbia.

From 2002 to 2009, Ayres was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. His two most cited articles are Fair Driving: Gender and Race Discrimination in Retail Car Negotiations, 104 Harvard Law Review 817 (1991) and Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules, 99 Yale Law Journal 87 (1989) (with Robert Gertner). Excerpts from their publications as well as audio and video clips are available on the Internet at the following address: www.ianayres.com. Publications, audio and video clips This certificate program examines the many different aspects of contracts. They explore the creation of enforceable agreements that clearly and concisely define the rights and obligations of the parties to achieve business objectives with acceptable levels of risk.