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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.
Hundreds of companies around the world rely on on our contracts training
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.
Check out what past attendees LOVED about our contract 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.
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!
LEARN MOREI want it all! Please don't make me choose!
Ok, don't worry. We have bundled offers that you'll love.
LEARN MOREWe 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.
- March: Contract Formation Essentials (2 hours)
- April: Drafting and Negotiation Essentials (2 hours)
- May: Service Agreements and SOW Essentials (2 hours)
- July: Commercial Contract Essentials for New Lawyers (July Session) - 14 hours of practical contract fundamentals training over two weeks for new lawyers and law students. This course consists of pre-recorded sessions with live chat and Q&A covering these subjects: Drafting and Negotiation, Contract Formation, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Boilerplate, NDAs and Service Agreements and SOWs.
- August: Commercial Contract Essentials for New Lawyers (August Session) - 14 hours of practical contract fundamentals training over two weeks for new lawyers and law students. This course consists of pre-recorded sessions with live chat and Q&A covering these subjects: Drafting and Negotiation, Contract Formation, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Boilerplate, NDAs and Service Agreements.
- September: Supply Chain Essentials (2 hours)
- October: Goods Agreements Essentials (2 hours)
- November: Dispute Resolution Provision Essentials (2 hours)
FAQs
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