Blog 19: Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a)  I, Aaron Ramos, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
 
(b) For general knowledge and advisement, Mentor- Federico Blanco, while constructing the contract for the deal- Scott, Robert E, and George G Triantis. "Anticipating Litigation in Contract Design." The Yale Law Journal, 115.4 (2006): 845-856. And finally the article I referred to most when in negotiations was Ertel, Danny. "Getting Past Yes: Negotiating as if Implementation Mattered." Harvard Business Review, 82.11 (2004): 60.
 
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link) Done
 
(d) In this independent component I negotiated  a deal from start to finish. Meaning I  drafting the legal documents, conferred with the clients, sent initial offers and revised deals that the counter part has sent us.
 
INTERPRETIVE  
This component allowed me to actually do the work that my mentor does on a regular basis and therefore gave me a better understanding of the field and all the work that is done in it. This component gave me the opportunity to decide whether or not I would be interested in pursuing this area of law this as a career. This component demonstrates 30 hours of work in that the process conducted in the  component such as conferring with a client to drafting the document for one deal can a long time. Unfortunately due to privacy reasons I can't post pictures of the deal I drafted or the clients I worked with (they didn't let me take pictures) I can only post the cover page of the deal.

 
APPLIED 
The component helped me answer my EQ by allowing me to experience the work of a lawyer in my field which made me think about the best way  to get my client what they wanted. Throughout the component, especially when it came to negotiating compensation and the time the deal would be implemented I found that the best way to negotiate these terms was through using cleat language and being direct. Not only did this component help me answer my EQ it also supported one of my answers.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Content:

1.  With the help of my mentor,I will negotiate a deal from start to finish. This includes drafting the legal documents, confer with the clients, send initial offers and revise deals that the counter part has sent us.

2.  I will provide photographic evidence of me conferring with the client, the drafts of the contracts I have completed and the versions the other party has sent me.

3.  This component will help me better understand my topic because I will be able to experience the full responsibilities of  a lawyer working to create a deal. Not just one aspect like my last independent component. In addition, It will allow me to implement the answers to my essential question and see how they work in a real life scenario along with providing supplementary research for my second or third answer.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log. Done.

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a)   I Aaron Ramos, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 31 hours of work.
  (b) 
• Mentor- Federico Blanco
• Chesler, Susan M. "DRAFTING EFFECTIVE CONTRACTS: How to Revise, Edit, and Use Form Agreements." Business Law Today, 19.2 (2009): 35.  
• Johnson, Lori D. "Effective Contract Drafting: Identifying the Building Blocks of Contracts." Nevada Lawyer, 21.10 (2013): 24-26.

• (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours. Done

• (d)  I completed a modified version of a contract that outlines a transaction between the company i mentor at and a fake client. ( I say modified version because I had to change certain aspects of the contract due to confidentiality reasons.)   
• INTERPRETIVE

 In my creation and completion of this independent component, I got a taste of what the profession I want to pursue is really like. In addition to this, It also gave me more of an insight as how the first answer to my essential question is applied in real life situations and it also gave me a second answer. The whole process of drafting a contract from start to finish can take up to a week. In this modified version, I went through the motions it would usually take to write a deal such as this one. I conferred with my client, drafted and my initial offer. I made the corrections upon receiving a feedback from my mentor. The evidence this independent component was completed with the required 30 hours will be turned in with the final product, it is essentially different versions of the document  that show it under construction and the many revisions  that needed to be made. 

Here is some photo graphic evidence that I continuously worked on my component and completed it 
 



 

• APPLIED 

 The component helped me understand the foundation of my topic better by allowing me to see how some of my research and my first answer are used everyday in this field. While creating this document, my mentor was constantly reminding me of my first answer, which is to know a clients interests, and take the necessary steps as if this were for an actual client and work that into the document. In addition, the component helped me understand that there are certain building blocks one  must have in order to be able to draft a well written document. These building blocks as outlined in my research and by my mentor as well include: avoiding being repetitive and verbose, keep the point clear and concise , and the structure of the document as it pertains to the type of deal. These building blocks have even lead me to and idea of what my next answer to my essential question will be.

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1. For my independent component I plan on attending several meetings with a team of lawyers including my mentor, to get the perspectives of  these experts in the legal field of  entertainment. Not only will I attend these meeting, I will also relate whatever I learn in the form of drafting a contract and explaining all the process that are associated with a contract such as a negotiation and other procedural requirements. 
 

2. I will display evidence of the completion of  my 30 hours by taking photos at each of the meetings . In addition, I will have a completed several drafts of a contract that will take me hours to properly write and draft. I will bring in the very first draft  a second working draft and a final draft of the document as evidence.

 3.  Through these actions, I will be able to better understand my topic in greater depth by actually offering more information and context in terms of the work and procedures or ideas most  lawyers learn through years of experience in a few conventions. Furthermore, writing a contract will allow me to really understand the importance of contract law ,negotiating, and other aspects of entertainment law and how those aspects are interconnected by getting hands-on exposure.