AllDrafts Blog
A blog on law, the practice of law, legal documents, and other random stuff. And AllDrafts, the contract editor.
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Quality Contract Templates
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Counting Business Days
How do most people count seven business days from May 10, 2024? Out loud, with their index finger and a calendar.
Lawyers: Work Slower to Increase Billings
If you've stumbled across this piece in your precious, billable time, fear not—reading this will indeed be the most profitable decision of your day. Today, we explore a counterintuitive yet potentially wallet-fattening strategy: working slower to boost your billable hours.
The Last 2 Hours Reading a Contract are The Longest
It feels like you’ve read the contract in front of you a thousand times. However, the meeting with your client is looming, and you know the importance of getting every aspect right. The last review is always the toughest because it’s your last chance to catch errors.
The Secrets of Making Clients Like You
Establishing healthy relationships with your clients is crucial to success. However, when clients pay by the hour and depend on our legal acumen to get the job done right, it's challenging to earn their trust and respect.
Every experienced lawyer has this priceless asset — and most mismanage it!
Even the most seasoned lawyers are usually mismanaging their document library. Think about it — your existing contracts, the very backbone of countless legal dealings, are often hard-to-find, underutilized, buried in folders, or managed inefficiently.
Laser-Targeted Legal Services for Rapid Client Acquisition and Increased Profits
What if you chose the client instead of waiting for a client to choose you? What if you could take the work you’ve already done and sell it again with little effort? What if you could sell it a dozen times over? Fixed-price legal work is one way to get off the billable-hour treadmill.
Do you make these mistakes in contract drafting?
Common mechanical mistakes in contract drafting that every legal professional should be vigilant about.
Rethinking Plagiarism: Why It's a Crucial Skill for Lawyers
In a bold departure from conventional wisdom, Boyd & Frye argue that plagiarism is not just acceptable in legal practice, but an essential skill. This assertion challenges the core of legal education's strict anti-plagiarism stance, revealing a stark contrast between what is taught in law schools and what is practiced in courtrooms.
Contracts and Consequences in Literature
Whether it's a contract with the devil, a personal contract between two individuals, or a metaphorical contract with God, these agreements reflect the complexities of human choices and the far-reaching consequences they can have.
Using Legalese to Discourage Clients and Counterparties
Legalese serves a vital purpose, creating a linguistic moat around our legal agreements, ensuring that they are not easily challenged by the uneducated, the uninformed, or the impatient.
Free Online Legal Dictionaries
A list of free online legal dictionaries.
Use Plain Language in Legal Documents
Plain language makes the law more accessible to the people it serves. Plain language is clear, concise, and focused on the reader. It removes the unnecessary jargon and focuses on the message.
In Defense of Legalese: The Indispensable Role of Technical Legal Language
In defense of legalese as a vital aspect of the legal profession, offering precision, consistency, respect for precedent, protection of rights, and showcasing expertise.