Contract Law for Freelancers: Contract Law Beginner's Course

What is contract law? Let's talk about it in a not-so-boring way! 

Why learn contract law? There's obvious reasons and there's these ones! 

Let's create our first contract. We always start by titling our contract.

Let's add the parties, which are the people involved in the agreement.

Now let's add the services that you'll deliver and create a space for you and your client to sign. We'll write about your services later in what we call "attachments".

Let's talk about the billing term.

Let's talk about the billing period and what it means.

Let's talk about the project details and how to write them.

Let's talk about how to create a fixed fee agreement.

Let's talk about downloading the contract template.

Terms and conditions are one of the most important parts of the contract.

Acceptances and what they mean.

Let's talk about warranty! 

You may have heard of NDAs and confidentiality clauses. Let's talk about adding one to protect you and your client.

Let's talk about ownership and licenses so your client can own the work they purchase! 

Non-solicit so your client feels protected.

Outline your relationship always.

Terms and termination of the agreement - this is how you outline the rules surrounding them.

If you want to get paid and get paid on time, create a payment terms clause.

Hate getting paid late? You need the late payment clause.

Expense reimbursement so you get paid back for the things you shouldn't be spending money on! 

Changes are outlined here.

Identification and limitation so you can't hold somebody else accountable for your own actions.

Get credit when it's due! 

Governing law and dispute resolutions. If there's a legal matter, this is where it all goes down.

Force majeure in the case of disasters.

This is how notices work and how they become active.

This clause protects you from harassment.

Miscellaneous clauses for additional information.

Let's wrap up the entire contract.

Let's add some page numbers! 

Let's download your contract.

Let's e-mail your contract.

Here's a free resource to create contracts! 

Congratulations on taking the course! Here are some next steps.