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
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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Which way do you want to learn?
Training Membership
Access the training you need when you need it. We share a weekly training lesson for 50 weeks, including concise video and practical materials. You also get access to our massive training library (80+ hours of videos and tons more) includes AI Contract Drafting Course, Cloud Contracts Library, and recordings from ContractsCon 2022, 2023, and 2024.
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. We have six new courses coming in 2025, including drafting and negotiation basics, contract formation, and MSAs and SOWs coming this spring.
LEARN MOREI want it all! Please don't make me choose!
Ok, don't worry. You can access everything with our bundled offers.
LEARN MOREOur training membership is exactly what you need to become a commercial contracts superstar.
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.
We offer on-demand and live virtual contracts courses
You can purchase individual courses or sign up for an All-Course Access Pass to have unlimited access to take all of them live and on-demand, including our 2025 program with 12 hours of new courses and our two-week contract essential intensive training programs offered in June and August.
Our 2025 Course Schedule
Each course is designed, created and taught by Laura Frederick, Founder of How to Contract. Courses are offered either in a live format with no captions or in a pre-recorded edited format with captions added. Every course on this schedule includes Laura available during the course through live chat and afterward for Q&A.
Spring Sessions
Tickets for these individual courses go on sale on February 20, 2025
- March: Contract Formation Essentials (2 hours) on March 18, 2025 at 12 pm ET
- April: Drafting and Negotiation Essentials (2 hours) on April 15, 2025 at 12 pm ET
- May: Service Agreements and SOW Essentials (2 hours) on May 20, 2025 at 12 pm ET
Fall Sessions
- September: Essential Contract Skills (2 hours)
- October: Goods Agreements Essentials (2 hours)
- November: Dispute Resolution Provision Essentials (2 hours)
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.
FAQs
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