Lawctopus Law School has launched a 6-month long online course on ‘Mastering Contract Drafting and Freelancing‘.This course empowers students to draft over 24 complex contracts, including website terms and international agreements, and teaches you how to excel as a Contract Drafting Freelancer through platforms like Upwork, LinkedIn, etc.
Courses and Costs
Lawctopus Law School currently offers 2 courses in the field of Contract Drafting and Negotiation.
- 6-Month Long Course on Mastering Contract Drafting and Freelancing: Rs.
60000/- Rs. 24999/- - 2-Month Long Online Certificate Course on Contract Drafting and Negotiation: Rs. 7999/-
About Lawctopus Law School
Lawctopus Law School has taught a wide range of practical skills to over 20,000+ law students, young lawyers, professionals, academicians, and business people. Over 1000 students have rated our courses and the average rating is 93.2/100. Our online courses are ‘warm’ learning experiences!
Structure of this Course
The course begins with a live ‘Orientation Session,’ which explains how to fully benefit from it.
This course will also teach you to build a strong profile, write winning proposals, and master networking and negotiation for career success.
- Lawyers (with 0-4 years of experience) will be able to earn additional income through contract drafting skills
- Learn to network better and generate income
- Become familiar in using freelancing platforms
- Learn to negotiate well in your daily life, during apartment hunting, job interviews, salary negotiations, M&A transactions, negotiation competitions, and more etc.
- It will save 3-4 years of your legal career! What a lawyer learns after 3-4 years of practice, you’d have learned in 6 months.
- Learn about international agreements, including aspects such as arbitration rules and governing laws, thus enhancing the scope of your freelancing.
- Learn the nuances of drafting terms and conditions for websites and offer your services to the increasingly digital and always online world
- The live sessions will make you an expert of 24+ most in-demand agreements in India.
- Build strong profiles on platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, and LinkedIn.
- Get expert mentorship to navigate freelancing with confidence.
- Learn to write winning proposals that help you land projects.
- Create standout CVs and cover letters for internships and jobs.
- Master networking to build valuable professional connections.
- Learn practical negotiation skills for salaries and career growth.
Meet Your Faculty and Coordinators for the Career Advancement Cell
Saloni Sahu, Manager, Career Advancement Cell, Lawctopus Law School
Education: BBA LLB from Prestige Institute of Management and Research and LLM from Oriental University
Work Experience: Content Manager at Deadly Law, Community Manager at LedX, Corporate Relations and Academic Associate at Oriental University, Outreach and Recruitment Manager at Lawctopus Law School
Anup Menon V, Top-Rated UpWork Freelancer
Education: A rank holder from Karnataka State Law University and holds an LL.M. in Corporate Laws.
Work Experience: Senior Legal Counsel at C. Mohanram & Associates, a Kerala-based law firm focused on corporate and civil law, top-rated UpWork freelancer
Specialisation: Extensive experience advising clients in India and internationally, including in the USA.
Tanuj Kalia, Founding CEO of Lawctopus, Author ‘Law as a Career’ (LexisNexis)
Education: Law graduate from NUJS Kolkata (2013), MA in Law, Politics and Society from AUD Delhi (2019)
Work Experience: Founding CEO of Lawctopus.com, Ex VP Marketing, Vakilsearch, Author ‘Law as a Career’ (LexisNexis)
Who can enroll for this course?
Law students
Young lawyers wanting to start earning through contract drafting
Academicians
Freelancing Enthusiasts
Course Developers and Faculty of this Course
Shashank Sardesai graduated from the University of Pune in 2018 and is currently working as an Independent Litigator and Company Secretary.
He has co-founded EverTrust Legal, a full service law firm after having previously worked with esteemed law firms such as Wadia Ghandy & Co., HSA Advocates and Khaitan Legal Associates.
He also holds a Diploma in International Business Laws from Symbiosis Law School, Pune (2014) and Diploma in Cyber Laws from GLC, Mumbai (2017).
Throughout his career, he has worked on partnership deeds, leave and license agreements, lease deeds, service agreements, loan agreements, NDAs, mortgage deeds, deeds of guarantee, etc.
Akanksha is currently working as the Head of Lawctopus Law School, where she has taught contract drafting & negotiation course to 1500+ learners and has received an average rating of 96.5/100.
Akanksha Mishra is an independent litigator with diverse experience in commercial and real estate litigation. She is practicing at the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench.
Akanksha has also been the corporate counsel for many start-ups, media companies, software developer companies, and PSUs like BHEL, MyCaptain, Mastersoft ERP Solutions, etc., where she drafted and reviewed multiple contracts.
Akanksha graduated from SLS, Pune, in 2018 and completed her LLM in Constitutional Law from Nagpur University in 2021, where she was awarded a gold medal.
Pranjal Doshi completed his law school education from HNLU (2018) and pursued postgraduate specialization in corporate law at the University of Cambridge (2019).
He has worked with leading Indian law firms having the likes of Trilegal and Khaitan & Co. He is currently working as an Associate at Walker Morris LLP, United KIngdom.
Pranjal specializes in mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions and extensively works on investment documents (both buy side and sell side) such as the share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreement and the like.
Arunima Jha has over ten years of experience in the legal field and is currently working as the Head Legal Counsel at Omnicom Media Group, a global leader in media, marketing, and corporate communications.
Her adeptness in media law derives from her preceding roles as Legal Counsel at BookMyShow, and K Raheja Corp, a distinguished real estate developer.
She holds an LLM in Business & Corporate Law from Mumbai University, and concurrently serves as a guest lecturer at various law institutes.
Arunima is also adept in privacy law, where she offers expert guidance on complex privacy and data security regulations. Throughout her career, she’s been involved in privacy assessments, separation plans, exit strategies, and preparing for public offerings, all while managing investment portfolios.
Adv. Jaibatruka Mohanta is a practicing Advocate before the Courts at Karnataka and other Courts across India. He is working as a Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Law, Education, Research and Advocacy (CEERA), NLSIU to delve into cutting-edge research, policy formulation, and capacity-building programmes for the government of India.
Jaibatruka, along with his team, advises the Government of India on matters of Criminal Law reforms and is involved with various groups to strengthen the criminal procedure in India.
He also engages in teaching Advanced Contracts and assists the Professor at NLSIU in conducting sessions on Public Policy, Procurement, and Tendering.
H. B Keshava graduated from UPES Dehradun and completed his BSc. in Cognitive Psychology from Annamalai University.
He is currently working as the Managing Attorney of Baskaran and Associates, an IPR advisory and practice firm based in Pune.
He has been a guest faculty at New Law College, Pune, and at Career Launcher, Chennai.
Mr. Gourav Mohanty is an advocate primarily practicing in Bombay before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court as well as courts/tribunals in other parts of the country.
Before being an independent practitioner, he worked as a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution Team of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM).
A gold medalist, Gourav graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, in 2016. While in college, he received the Ram Jethmalani Scholarship and the Chancellor’s Award.
Gourav has also received 2nd Prize in Linklaters NSLR Contract Drafting Competition.
Anup Menon V is a rank holder from Karnataka State Law University and holds an LL.M. in Corporate Laws.
He is currently working as a Senior Legal Counsel at C. Mohanram & Associates, a Kerala-based law firm focused on corporate and civil law.
Anup has extensive experience advising clients in India and internationally, including in the USA.
He specializes in serving clients in the Corporate, Banking, and Tech sectors, providing strategic legal counsel, drafting and reviewing a wide range of commercial contracts, managing corporate compliance, and offering guidance to startups.
Mr. Tanuj Kalia, the founding CEO of Lawctopus, graduated from NUJS Kolkata in 2013 and completed his MA in Law Politics and Society from AUD in 2019.
He’s the author of the book ‘Law as a Career’ (published by LexisNexis in 2015) and has keynoted at various forums including TEDx, leading private colleges, and NLUs.
He’s also the winner of Business World Legal 40 under 40 award. He’s currently training to be an ICF-certified coach.
As an MSME business owner he has negotiated business deals ranging from a few lakhs to a few crores in INR.
Mr. Bhumesh Verma (Recorded Lectures)
Bhumesh Verma is a seasoned legal practitioner with over 25 years of experience as a corporate lawyer.
Mr. Verma has been a partner at Khaitan & Co., Paras Kuhad & Associates, and is currently the Managing Partner at Corp Comm Legal.
He is the author of the book ‘Practical Guide to Drafting Commercial Contracts published by OakBridge.
Shayonee Dasgupta (Lead Researcher and Content Developer)
Shayonee is a 2012 graduate from NUJS, Kolkata. She has worked as an Associate at Trilegal (2012-15), and then at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas where she was a senior associate in 2017-18.
Deeply passionate about legal education, Shayonee is currently a consultant at IDIA and is a freelance researcher-writer.
Debanshu Khettry (Development of Reading Modules)
Debanshu graduated from NUJS Kolkata in 2013 and did his LLM from University College London in 2014.
He’s the founder of Standard Indian Legal Citation (SILC), an Angel Investor with the Mumbai Angels Network and Calcutta Angels Network, and a corporate lawyer par excellence.
He worked with Platinum Partners, Delhi before taking the reigns of Leslie and Khettry, a renowned law firm established in 1944.
Course Fees
Lawctopus Law School has 2 different courses to learn Contract Drafting and Negotiation.
Rs. 60,000 – Rs. 24,999/- (For 6 months long LIVE expert-level course)
Rs. 7,999/- (For 2 months long LIVE course)
Structure of this Course
Month 1: Draft of Essential Clauses of a Contract
Month 2: Execution Formalities and Negotiation Skills
Month 3: Drafting International Agreements, Common Agreements. and Advanced Negotiation Skills
Month 4: Drafting Intellectual Property, Technology Agreements, and Website Terms
Month 5: Drafting Real Estate Agreements
Month 6: Drafting Business and Commercial Agreements
Month 1: Drafting of Essential Clauses of a Contract
Recorded Lectures (25 in number)
- What is a contract; difference between a contract and an agreement; importance of a written contract
- Essential features of a well-drafted contract; components of a Contract; consideration clause of a contract; damages for default
- Pre-contractual instruments
- Primary focus of a draftsperson; disadvantages of using a standard template
- Effective date of a contract
- Definition clause; Identification of parties clause; Recitals clause
- Territory of operation
- Representation and warranties clause; Non-compete and non-solicitation clause; Termination clause; Force Majeure clause; Confidentiality clause
- Governing law and Jurisdiction clause
- Intellectual Property clause; Dispute Resolution clause Assignment of obligations; Conditions Precedent clause
Live Session (4 in number)
- Skeleton of a contract and pre-contractual instruments
- Substance and style of a contract
- How to draft introductory clauses like ‘Description of parties’, ‘Recitals’, ‘Interpretations’, ‘Definitions’, etc.
- How to draft operative clauses like Indemnity, Confidentiality, Conditions Precedent and Conditions Subsequent, Intellectual Property, Termination, etc.
- How to draft boilerplate clauses like Force Majeure, Severability, Waiver, etc.
- Networking Skills 1
Reading Resources
- Purpose and Theories of Contract Law
- Elements of a Contract
- Pre-contractual Instruments: the step before a formal contract
- Drafting of Agreements: Preliminary Terms
- Drafting of Agreements: Operative Clauses
- Drafting of Agreements: Boilerplate Clauses
Month 2: Execution Formalities and Basic Negotiation Skills
Recorded Lectures (18 in number)
- Allocation of costs pertaining to a contract
- Role of witnesses in a contract
- How to draft an Employment Agreement, a Software Licensing Agreement, and an NDA
- Introduction to Negotiation; Core Concepts of Negotiation; Importance of Negotiation; Key features of a good Negotiation
- Negotiation Terms
- Types of Negotiations; Techniques of Negotiations; The Negotiation Mindset; Role of a Negotiator
- Essential skills of a good Negotiator
- Steps involved in Negotiation – Pre-Negotiation; Steps involved in Negotiation – Post-Negotiation
- Results of Negotiation
- Special videos on ‘Anatomy of Contracts’
Live Session (4 in number)
- Execution Formalities – Stamp Duty, Registration Charges, Witnesses, Signatures, etc.
- Contract Lab
- Negotiation Table Exercise
- Oral Assignment Feedback Session
Reading Resources
- Execution Formalities & Processes
- Introduction to Negotiation
- Key Commercial Contracts
Month 3: International Agreements, Common Agreements. and Advanced Negotiation Skills
Recorded Lectures (15 in number)
- Introduction to international commercial contracts (Part I)
- Introduction to international commercial contracts (Part II)
- Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution Clauses in an International Contract
- How to draft international agreements
- Introduction to Loan Agreement
- How to draft a Loan Agreement
- An alternate method of drafting a Loan Agreement
- How to draft an Employment Agreement
- Introduction + How to draft a Non-Disclosure Agreement
- Essentials of an effective negotiation
- Mindset of an effective negotiator
- How to negotiate commercial contracts
- Mock negotiation of a Service Level Agreement between Company and Service-Provider
- Add on recordings of webinars
Live Sessions (8 in number)
- International contracts and e-contracts
- How to draft an Employment Agreement
- How to draft a Non-Disclosure Agreement
- How to draft a Software Licensing Agreement
- 2 Sessions on Negotiation Skills by Tanuj Kalia
- Networking Skills 2
- Freelancing Session 1
Reading Resources
- All about International Commercial Contracts
- Draft of Employment Agreement
- Draft of Non-Disclosure Agreement
- Draft of Software Licensing Agreement
- Introduction to Negotiation
- Essentials of an effective negotiation
- Mindset, Techniques and Skills required to be an Effective Negotiator
- Negotiation of commercial contracts
Month 4: Intellectual Property, Technology Agreements, and Website Terms
Recorded lectures (13 in number)
- Introduction to Trademark Licensing and Trademark Assignment Agreement
- How to draft a Trademark Licensing Agreement
- How to draft a Trademark Assignment Agreement
- Introduction to Patent Licensing Agreement
- How to draft a Patent Licensing Agreement
- Introduction to Copyright Licensing Agreement
- How to draft a Copyright Licensing Agreement
- How to draft a Joint Venture Intellectual Property Agreement
- Introduction + How to draft Terms and Conditions of an e-commerce website
- How to draft Terms of Use of an e-commerce website
- How to draft Terms of Use of a subscription-based product website
- How to draft Return and Refund Policy of an e-commerce website
- How to draft Privacy Policy of an e-commerce website
Live Sessions (8 in number)
- International contracts and e-contracts
- How to draft a Copyright Licensing Agreement and a Patent Licensing Agreement
- How to draft a Trademark Licensing Agreement and a Trademark Assignment Agreement
- How to draft a SAAS Agreement
- How to draft the Terms and Conditions of a Website (2 types) and Terms of Use of a Website (2 types)
- How to draft the Return and Refund Policy of a website and the Privacy Policy of a website
- Networking Skills 3
- Freelancing Session 2
Reading Resources
- Draft of a Trademark Licensing Agreement
- Draft of a Trademark Assignment Agreement
- Draft of a Patent Licensing Agreement
- Draft of a Patent Licensing Agreement
- Draft of a Copyright Licensing Agreement
- Draft of a Copyright Licensing Agreement
- Draft of a Joint Venture Intellectual Property Agreement
- Draft of Terms and Conditions of an e-commerce website
- Draft of Terms of Use of an e-commerce website
- Draft of Terms of Use of a subscription-based product website
- Draft of Return and Refund Policy of an e-commerce website
- Draft of Privacy Policy of an e-commerce website
Month 5: Real Estate Agreements
Recorded Lectures (4 in number)
- Introduction to Sale Deed
- How to draft a Sale Deed
- Introduction to Leave and License Agreement
- How to draft a Leave and License Agreement
Live Sessions (6 in number)
- How to draft a Sale Deed
- How to draft a Power of Attorney
- How to draft a Franchisee Agreement
- How to draft a Leave and License Agreement
- Networking Skills 4
- Freelancing Session 3
Reading Resources
- Draft of a Sale Deed
- Draft of a Leave and License Agreement
- Draft of a Power of Attorney
- Draft of a Franchisee Agreement
Month 6: Business and Commercial Agreements
Recorded lectures (8 in number)
- Introduction to Sports Sponsorship Agreement
- How to draft a Sports Sponsorship Agreement
- Introduction to Shareholders Agreement
- How to draft a Shareholders Agreement
- Introduction to Share Purchase and Share Subscription Agreement
- How to draft a Share Purchase and Share Subscription Agreement
- Introduction to Partnership Agreement
- How to draft a Partnership Agreement
Live Sessions (6 in number)
- How to draft a Shareholders Agreement
- How to draft a Share Purchase and Share Subscription Agreement
- How to draft a Partnership Agreement
- How to draft a Joint Venture Agreement
Reading Resources
- Draft of Sports Sponsorship Agreement
- Draft of Shareholders Agreement
- Draft of Share Purchase and Share Subscription Agreement
- Draft of Partnership Agreement
- Draft of Joint Venture Agreement
- Draft of Business Transfer Agreement
Freelancing Modules: CV Drafting, Cover Letters, LinkedIn, Upwork, Fiverr, Networking & Negotiation
- Drafting CVs that get noticed by legal recruiters
- Drafting Cover Letters in a way that helps you secure internships and jobs
- Learn to build an excellent LinkedIn Profile and get live feedback from experts
- Learn how to use UpWork and start applying for opportunities
- Learn how to use Fiverr and start applying for opportunities
- Freelancing in legal research, drafting, and writing projects
- Learn the finer nuances of networking effectively with your cohort
- Learn the negotiation skills that will help you in salary negotiations, negotiations with your freelancing clients, contract negotiations, sales, and even in M&A Deals that you help your clients
- Freelancing in contract drafting and review
Course Includes
- 30 Lessons
- 246 Topics
- 1 Quiz
