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The right contract classes can make all the difference.
Every day, lawyers and professionals like you decide what agreements should say, when to accept a specific redlined change or refuse, and how to explain to your counterparty and counsel your clients on those issues.
The challenge is developing that expertise in a world with slashed training budgets and managers who are overwhelmed with their own workload, leaving little time to provide that feedback and guidance.
Our contract training offers a solution.
How to Contract is the definitive source for real-world continuing education tailored specifically for lawyers and professionals. Our in-depth, authoritative content equips you with the skills and knowledge to master the complexities of commercial contracts, enhancing your professional capability and confidence.
Learn to navigate your complex contracting challenges
Learn contracts for the real world
We don't repeat what you learned in law school. Our training will help you learn how to manage the contract risks facing your company.
Develop negotiating skills
We don't stop at "it depends." Our programs explain essential techniques for contracts you handle every day, whether you work in sales, procurement, project manager, or other business functions.
Clear and concise training from lawyers you trust
All our training is carefully designed and curated by Laura Frederick, one of the world's leading authorities on commercial agreements.
Hundreds of companies around the world rely on on our contracts training
We have lots of ways to help you learn contracts.
Training Membership
Access the training you need when you need it. Our massive training library (80+ hours of videos and tons more) includes AI Contract Drafting Course, Cloud Contracts Library, and recordings from ContractsCon 2022 and 2023. Contract managers and attorneys will benefit from our contract resources.
LEARN MORELive + On-Demand Courses
2-hour Essentials and 4-hour Mastery courses provide a thorough grounding in clause and contract types, focusing on real-world applications and contracting strategies. Mastery programs use the same core materials but dive deeper into the nuances and use cases.
LEARN MOREEnterprise Programs
We offer companies custom training programs to upskill their lawyers and contract teams. Choose from virtual or on-site courses, new hire readiness, group coaching, and group pricing. We can update your contract templates, develop strategies for your contract types, and refresh your playbooks.
LEARN MORECheck out what past attendees LOVED about our contract training:
We offer on-demand and live virtual contracts courses
And don't forget our contract training extravaganza
ContractsCon 2025
Join us in Las Vegas for in person or attend virtually. There will be training and fun. Did I mention costumes?
Our training agenda is packed with interactive learning programs on contract topics you face in your work, including provisions involving AI contracting, privacy and cybersecurity, and complex technology products. We're diving into advanced drafting strategies for MSAs, financial provisions, and other common challenges.
Join us for the most fun you'll ever have learning contracts.
Cool beans! Tell me more!Do you have contract questions?
We have contract answers.
We've launched our new Contract Training Hubs, free checklists and training tools to help you boost your contract skills. Here are some of our most popular free downloads on contracts.
Indemnification Negotiation Scripts
Laura Frederick created this negotiation script to share typical arguments that each party make during indemnification negotiations. She reviews both sides' assertions on different points, including indemnify, defend, and hold harmless. If you feel unsure how to negotiate these provisions, download this script.
Non-Disclosure Agreement Checklist
Over 2,000 people have downloaded this NDA checklist. It includes key concepts including confidential information definition, CI exceptions, use and disclosure restrictions, legally-required disclosures, return and destroy clauses, term and termination, surviving clauses and NDA boilerplate.
Assignment Provision Checklist
Assignment provisions seem simple enough but have some critical elements you can't afford to forget. Use Laura Frederick's quick checklist to make sure you've listed the correct operative terms like assign and delegate, address mergers and operation-of-law assignments, and the other key concepts.
NICE TO MEET YOU
I'm Laura Frederick.
I created How to Contract to help you learn how to draft and negotiate agreements in the real world, not an academic theoretical one.
I learned real-world contracting like most - thrown in the deep-end, expected to draft and negotiate without the training to feel confident or comfortable. I was always worried I'd bring down my clients with my mistakes and misjudgments.
That's why I spent most of my law firm and in-house career looking for good practical contract courses. Despite my constant search, I never found what I really needed - someone to tell me exactly what to say in our commercial contracts, when to accept or reject changes from my counterparty, and why.
In 2020, I decided to create it myself. I took all the expertise and nuanced insights I'd learned from my 25+ years as a commercial contracts lawyer working as an associate in Big Law and as in-house counsel in companies like Tesla.
Thousands have taken my training and regularly tell me how it changed their careers, boosted their confidence, and brought more joy to their work.
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