Blog 17: Third Answer

1. My EQ is, what is the best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties?
2. The best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties is to Maximize Your Leverage
3. 3 details to support the answer 
•  Leverage makes getting what your client wants out of the deal much easier
• Leverage can be too aggressive and thus make you or your case look bad
• If the opposing counsel tries to attack your case, leverage is what makes you able to take the hit or drive them off.
4. The research source (s) to support your details and answer
• Talking to my mentor
• Sarwar, TF. "Leveraging International Law to Help Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh." University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 32.3 (2011): 843-846. 
5. I actually think my third answer is the weakest of my two answers and will require a large amount of research in order to be presented thoroughly

Updates

My mentor and I have been working closely together on a few newer deals that his associates have helped him sign. In addition, he has been helping me conduct some more research for my second and third answer as well as the rest of my topic.  My mentor has given me a few different databases to check out for research as well as answered any questions I had in full detail. Allowing me to have a greater amount of information to research and include in my work.

Other than that, not much has been going on. I plan to work closely with my mentor to get a finalized third answer to my essential question and include an interview in my support with that answer.

The view from my mentor's office

Working on a deal with my mentor

 

Blog 16: Answer 2

1.  My essential question is: what is the best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties?

2.  My first answer is: the best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties is to know you client's interests.

3.  My second answer is: the best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties is through using clear and concise language.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
My second answer is true because: it keeps the ideas clear just as a professor would in teaching a subject the most clear and concise wording can help everyone learn. It avoids confusion, obscured or ambiguous phrases and  things read out of context can be very misleading; for example, the car commercials that say anyone can buy a car and not put money down ETC. They don't mention all the prerequisites necessary to qualify for that deal, which in turn means not ANYONE can do it .Finally, it ensures everyone gets what they want. The only example I could come up with is buying a car, if the contract is clear and easy to read then it is easy to make sure you have received everything you asked for.

5.  Johnson, Lori D. "Effective Contract Drafting: Identifying the Building Blocks of Contracts." Nevada Lawyer, 21.10 (2013): 24-26. and Chesler, Susan M. "DRAFTING EFFECTIVE CONTRACTS: How to Revise, Edit, and Use Form Agreements." Business Law Today, 19.2 (2009): 35.
6.  Scott, Robert E, and George G Triantis. "Anticipating Litigation in Contract Design." The Yale Law Journal, 115.4 (2006): 835-856.
7. Not only is my second answer important in this field, but in all aspects of business as well. Clear and concise language can help avoid a lot of disputes .

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.

January Updates

Everything has been going very well. My mentor has started letting me help him with some of the more current deals he's working one and has even been giving me some resources to use to supplement my learning.

This magazine has a few details and cases that are somewhat similar to those that my mentor has been working on. Every time I go to mentorship there is a new issue with new information and cases, that I use as examples and apply what I read to the deals my mentor and I work on.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:

1. I am very proud of the fact that in my Lesson 2 Presentation, I was able to go into greater detail on my mentorship and what exactly my topic is, through the answer to my essential question. I felt that in addition to answering my essential question I was also able to give a greater understanding for what I love to do.

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I felt that my presentation had no issues with the different aspects of the rubric. Professionalism, Organization and Creativity, and Audience Involvement I felt were met in my presentation to at least the P level. The only aspect of the rubric that I feel that I did above P work in was in my Justification of Answer. I feel that the content I presented in my Lesson two was in depth and extremely detailed and beyond the expectations of the rubric. I feel I deserve an AE in that area.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
In my Lesson 2 Presentation I felt that explaining certain terms or processes as well as giving real life examples really helped my audience understand my presentation and preform the activity.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I noticed that while I was explaining certain topics in my presentation the topic may have confused some people.Especially because these areas can be verbose and  that often just confuses the audience. Perhaps next time I will try to incorporate more real life scenarios or examples so the audience can relate to the information I am presenting.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
The second answer to my EQ will most likely be, the best way for a lawyer to negotiate a transaction between two parties is through using clear and concise language,