Drafting: an essential skill.(legal drafting) Fordham Urban Law Journal | January 1, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 Fordham Urban Law Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

INTRODUCTION

Needless to say, a good commercial lawyer must be skillful and facile in drafting. Frequently, speed in the preparation of legal papers is desirable, even if an early deadline has not been set.

I. ARITHMETIC

While all elements of the draft should be impeccable, above all the arithmetic must be correct and make sense. A manufacturer and an independent sales agent or a salesman-employee after some discussion may agree that if sales in a given year are $2 million or less, the commission will be four percent, and if sales in a given year exceed $2 million, ...

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