A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts

A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts

Instructor: NBI - National Business Institute

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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1 week to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

• Form LLCs, partnerships, and corporations and complete filings correctly
• Prepare corporate contracts and handle ongoing corporate matters
• Avoid common drafting mistakes and apply corporate paralegal ethics

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There are 4 modules in this course

Draft and manage business entity documents and corporate contracts with confidence as a transactional paralegal.

This course prepares paralegals to support business formation and transactional work from entity selection through ongoing corporate maintenance. You'll walk through forming LLCs, partnerships, and corporations, learn the filing tips and traps that derail new entities, and study the drafting mistakes transactional paralegals most often make. Working from real samples, you'll practice preparing corporate contracts, handling ongoing corporate matters, and managing documents and forms efficiently — all within the ethical boundaries that govern corporate paralegal work.

Covers business entity formation — how to form LLCs and partnerships and how to form corporations, and the documents each requires.

What's included

2 videos7 readings2 assignments

2 videosTotal 122 minutes

Forming LLCs and Partnerships77 minutes
Forming Corporations45 minutes

7 readingsTotal 35 minutes

Welcome to this course5 minutes
Meet Your Presenters5 minutes
A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts, Organizational Documents and More Course Outline5 minutes
Forming LLCs and Partnerships5 minutes
Lesson 1 Key Takeaways: Forming LLCs and Partnerships5 minutes
Forming Corporations5 minutes
Lesson 2 Key Takeaways: Forming Corporations5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 35 minutes

Module 1 Activity: Structured Analysis Assignment30 minutes
Module 1 Quiz - A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts, Organizational Documents and More5 minutes

Learn the formation and filing tips and traps that trip up new entities, and the top drafting mistakes transactional paralegals should avoid.

What's included

2 videos4 readings2 assignments

2 videosTotal 61 minutes

Formation and Filing Tips and Traps31 minutes
Top Drafting Mistakes Any Transactional Paralegal Can Make30 minutes

4 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Formation and Filing Tips and Traps5 minutes
Lesson 1 Key Takeaways: Formation and Filing Tips and Traps5 minutes
Top Drafting Mistakes Any Transactional Paralegal Can Make5 minutes
Lesson 2 Key Takeaways: Top Drafting Mistakes Any Transactional Paralegal Can Make5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 35 minutes

Module 2 Activity: Information Extraction + Judgment30 minutes
Module 2 Quiz - A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts, Organizational Documents and More5 minutes

Handle ongoing corporate matters and prepare corporate contracts using annotated samples.

What's included

2 videos4 readings2 assignments

2 videosTotal 90 minutes

Handling Ongoing Corporate Matters44 minutes
Preparing Corporate Contracts (With Samples)46 minutes

4 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Handling Ongoing Corporate Matters5 minutes
Lesson 1 Key Takeaways: Handling Ongoing Corporate Matters5 minutes
Preparing Corporate Contracts (With Samples)5 minutes
Lesson 2 Key Takeaways: Preparing Corporate Contracts (With Samples)5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 35 minutes

Module 3 Activity: Decision Framework Application30 minutes
Module 3 Quiz - A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts, Organizational Documents and More5 minutes

Master document and form management techniques and apply the ethics rules specific to corporate paralegals.

What's included

2 videos5 readings3 assignments

2 videosTotal 90 minutes

Document and Form Management Tips and Tricks30 minutes
Ethics for Corporate Paralegals60 minutes

5 readingsTotal 25 minutes

Document and Form Management Tips and Tricks5 minutes
Lesson 1 Key Takeaways: Document and Form Management Tips and Tricks5 minutes
Ethics for Corporate Paralegals5 minutes
Lesson 2 Key Takeaways: Ethics for Corporate Paralegals5 minutes
Decision Framework5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Module 4 Activity: Comparative Analysis30 minutes
Module 4 Quiz - A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts, Organizational Documents and More5 minutes
Final Assessment - A Paralegal's Guide to Drafting Business Contracts, Organizational Documents and More15 minutes

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NBI - National Business Institute

National Business Institute

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