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Drafting Clearer Contracts

Date: 26-27 February 2026 (26 February: 9.00am - 12.40pm)
(27 February: 9.00am - 12.40pm)
Delivery: Zoom

Conducted by internationally renowned contract drafting expert, Ken Adams will take participants through the drafting process and share essential techniques of drafting deal terms effectively. This hands-on online course explores how to draft contracts that express deal terms clearly and effectively, saving you time and money, enhancing your competitiveness, and mitigating risk. Rather than simply lecturing, Ken uses interactive exercises, encouraging participation and addressing practical considerations related to the drafting process. This masterclass is valuable for both junior and senior legal professionals, with tips that apply to all contracts drafted in English, whatever the governing law.

Participants will receive a copy of Ken’s publication A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (5th Edition, ABA Publishing) as part of the course fee. As the books will be shipped from overseas, please register and pay for the course by 31 December 2025 to receive your copy before the course start date.

For registrations and payments received from 1 January 2026 onwards, the books will be ready for collection 4 weeks after the end of the course. Participants will be required to pick up their copy from the SAL office at The Adelphi, 1 Coleman Street, #07-01.

This is a Training Workshop and your registration is subject to the relevant terms and conditions for Training Workshops.

Usual Price: SGD 844.75

Contract Law

Corporate

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CPD

CPD Points: TBC

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Overview

Day 1

Time	Agenda
8:45 – 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 – 9:30 am	The State of Contract Drafting
9:30 – 10:00 am	The Front and Back of the Contract
10:00 – 10:30 am	Categories of Contract Language
10:30 – 10:40 am	Break
10:40 – 11:30 am	Categories of Contract Language (continued)
11:30 – 11:40 am	Contract Layout
11:40 – 12:40 pm	Using Defined Terms

Day 2

Time	Agenda
8:45 – 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 – 9:35 am	Ambiguity and Vagueness
9:35 – 10:15 am	Select Usages
10:15 – 10:30 am	Drafting as Writing
10:30 – 10:40 am	Break
10:40 – 11:45 am	Bringing It All Together – Drafting exercise
11:45 – 12:40 pm	Effecting Change
12:40 pm	End

Speakers

Kenneth A. Adams

Ken Adams occupies a unique position in the field of contracts, in that he’s the only commentator to focus on how to say clearly and concisely in a contract whatever you want to say.

Ken’s book A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting has been a best-seller for the American Bar Association since it was published 2004; the fifth edition was published in February 2023. His work has been cited by courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and Delaware courts.

Ken has conducted hundreds of online and in-person Drafting Clearer Contracts presentations internationally, both public and in-house for companies, law firms, and government agencies. He also offers Drafting Clearer Contracts: Masterclass, which is built around eight hour-long weekly sessions.

Ken is chief content officer of LegalSifter, a company that combines artificial intelligence and expertise to help with the contract process. He’s also head of Adams Contracts, a division of LegalSifter than develops automated contract templates.

A U.S. citizen, Ken was raised in Africa and Europe; he received all of his secondary and college education in England. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1989, Ken practiced corporate law at major law firms in New York and Geneva, Switzerland.

Other Information

SILE Accredited CPD Activity

Number of Public CPD points: (TBC)

Practice Area: Corporate/Commercial

Training Level: General

SILE Attendance Policy

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, this includes logging in at the start of the webinar and logging out at the conclusion of the webinar on each day of the activity, and not being away from any part of the webinar for more than 15 minutes on each day of the activity. Participants may obtain 3 Public CPD Points for each day of the event on which they comply strictly with the Attendance Policy. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to http://www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

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