Ep 154: Former Tesla Lawyer Laura Frederick on How to Teach Contracting Skills for the Real World

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Is there a better way to train lawyers to draft and negotiate contracts? Laura Frederick thinks so. This former Tesla and BigLaw commercial contracts attorney is the founder of</span> <a href= "https://www.howtocontract.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to Contract</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a learning platform that trains lawyers and professionals how to draft and negotiate contracts in the real world. She is also managing attorney of her own firm,</span> <a href="http://www.laurafredericklaw.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Laura Frederick Law</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, in Austin, Texas, where she focuses on drafting and negotiating vendor supply, services, and technology agreements.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a lawyer in the technology transactions group at law firm Morison & Foerster and then as an inhouse commercial counsel at major corporations including Tesla, Frederick saw how hard it can be for younger lawyers to learn the skills they need to effectively draft and negotiate agreements. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In August 2020, she began posting daily contracting tips on LinkedIn. Her tips were so popular that she turned them into a book, ​​</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Practical Tips on How to Contract: Techniques and Tactics from an Ex-BigLaw and Ex-Tesla Commercial Contracts</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Out of the tips and the book emerged the idea for How to Contract, where she provides practical training on contracting. In January 2022, she held her first How to Contract conference, with nearly 400 attendees.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frederick joins host Bob Ambrogi to share her innovative approach to teaching contract skills, and she shares her thoughts on the current array of contracting technology products on the market. </span></p> <p><strong>Thank You To Our Sponsors</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episod