Certificate Course in

Introduction to Legal Drafting:

Contracts, Petitions, Opinions
& Articles
Contents
1. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO CONTRACT DRAFTING........................................1
2. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LITIGATION........................................1
3. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL LITIGATION................................................1
4. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO WRITING AND RESEARCH...................................2

1. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO CONTRACT DRAFTING

1. General Principles of Contract Law
2. Basic guidelines for drafting
3. Advanced Guidelines for Contract Drafting and Contract Review
4. Contract: Formatting Strategies and Techniques
5. Contract: The Definitive Contract Checklist
6. Contract: Introduction to parts of a contract
7. How to draft Non-Disclosure Agreements
8. All about Leave and License Agreement
9. How to draft various notices under contracts
10.Template: Non-Disclosure Agreements
11.Template: Leave and License Agreement
12.Template: Memorandum of Understanding
13.Template: Service and Materials Supply Agreement
2. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LITIGATION
 1. How to lodge an FIR
2. What happens after you file an FIR
3. Template: Complaint to the police
4. Bail and Anticipatory Bail
5. Criminal Appeals, Revision and Miscellaneous Application
6. Template: Sample complaint (when the police refuse to file an FIR)
7. Template: Bail Petition
8. Template: Anticipatory Bail Application
9. Template: Criminal Appeal
10.Procedure for filing a revision
11.Template: Criminal Revision Application
3. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL LITIGATION
1. Identifying department where to file RTI
2. Drafting of RTI Application
3. Video: Guidance on drafting an application under RTI Act
4. Pointers for drafting a legal notice and responding to them
5. How to draft a plaint and written statement
6. Pointers for drafting application for Temporary Injunction
7. What is probate and how do draft probate petitions
8. Template: Legal Notice for Breach of Contract
9. Template: Reply to Legal Notice
10.Template: Application for RTI
11.Template: RTI Appeal
12.Template: Plaint
13.Template: Application for Temporary Injunction
14.Template: Vakalatnama
15.Template: Writ Petition under Article 226
16.Template: Legal Opinion
17.Pointers for drafting a Written Statement
18.Template: Written Statement with Set Off
4. MODULE NAME : INTRODUCTION TO WRITING AND RESEARCH
1. Blogging, YouTube and Social Media - why as a lawyer you want to master
these
2. Why blogging is critical for all lawyers
3. Why and how to include blog posts in your CV
4. The biggest mistake you will make while writing a law article and how to
avoid it
5. Steps to extract Master Data and Signatories Details of a Company
6. Simple 5 step guide on how to write effective and popular legal articles
7. How to use SEBI Website
8. How to use RBI website
9. How to use MCA for extracting information final
10.How To Use Manupatra Effectively-II: Statute-wise judgment searches
11.How To Use Manupatra Effectively-I: Text Search Hacks
12.How to Use Google Search Like a Pro
13.How to use the DIPP website
14.How to Use the BSE website to extract listed company information
15.Guide to writing effective blog posts
16.Guide to Write CV
17.Extracting information from Ministry Of Corporate Affairs (MCA) website
on a paid basis
18.Content Creation Manual of Lawsikho (for reference)
19.Video: Why should one write articles
20.Video: Why are writing assignments important in Lawsikho courses
21.Video: What problems do you face while writing articles?
22.Video: How to analyse your goal of writing
23.Video: How to write your first article
24.Video: How much time to devote for writing an article
25.Video: How to make the legal language simpler
26.Video: How to increase the ease of readability
27.Video: Challenges one faces while writing articles
28.Video: How to build a skeleton structure
29.Video: How to structure your Legal Article
30.Video: How to structure an article on any topic under the sun
31.Video: How to choose suitable headings for articles
32.Video: How to search through legal databases
33.Video: How to perform research on various topics
34.Video: How to perform case research
35.Video: How to perform legal research and edit your article
36.Video: Mistakes people make while researching
37.Video: How to simplify legal language in articles
38.Video: How to write an introduction for a legal article
39.Video: How to write articles: Example of an article on Intellectual Property
Rights
40.Video: Article-Writing Training on "how to generate free legal services"
41.Video: Article-Writing Training on “Arbitration Agreement”
42.Video: Article-Writing Training: “Ten most important commercial
agreements”
43.Video: Article-Writing Training: "How to market yourself as a lawyer"
44.Video: Article-Writing Training: "How can a criminal lawyer prove in the
court of law that an act is culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and
not murder?"
45.Video: How to structure an article regarding a new amendment
46.Video: Importance of posting good educational content on social networking
sites
47.Video: How to publish your article
48.Video: What challenges do you face while writing and publishing an article
49.Video: How to take your articles to the masses at large
50.Video: Do’s and Don’ts of article writing
51.Video: Frequent queries on article writing
52.Video: How to use your writing portfolio to find new clients