Author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting; blogger at Adams on Contract Drafting. At adamsdrafting.com, and on Spoutible I'm @AdamsDrafting.
Joined October 2010
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23 Oct 2023
Some news. After ten years of talk, I've launched a new business offering automated contract templates. Very imaginatively, it's called Adams Contracts. It's at adamscontracts.com.
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23 Oct 2023
I'm currently at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting in San Antonio. If you'd like to see our confidentiality agreement template in action, drop by @LegalSifter's booth (No. 720). We're also giving away five copies of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting.
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23 Oct 2023
Finally, now that I have stuff to say, I'm on Spoutible (as AdamsDrafting), where I'll be offering a mix of contracts shitposting and pizza pics. I hope to see some of you there.
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17 Aug 2023
Today’s reminder: Don’t be a Copy and Paste Monkey.. @AdamsDrafting
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29 Jul 2023
Mr. Ken and his @OoniHQ Koda 16 at @bcca, doing a pizza extravaganza for the kids. For their blog post about it, go to belmontchildcare.org/blog/20…
ALT Ken, a pizza, and a gaggle of BCCA kids (and one teacher).
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29 Jul 2023
Here's the latest in my line of contract-drafting T-shirts—"The Traditionalist"! It's available at bonfire.com/display-the-esse…
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18 Jul 2023
For corporate lawyers: almost all of them. @AdamsDrafting has made a career of proving this to us. I'm not even kidding. Thinking about what I drafted 20 years ago and the platitudes we'd all share is frankly embarrassing. And that was state of the art, AMLaw100 work.
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16 Jul 2023
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27 Jun 2023
Nice! Anyone else got the set?
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25 Jun 2023
For me, what's most notable about this is the "#780" part. What sticktoitiveness! But otherwise, if you have half an hour and would like to know what I'm about, without a lot of blather, this is the place. My thanks to @brianlfrye.
25 Jun 2023
I just posted @IpseDixitPod #780, featuring @AdamsDrafting discussing his book "A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting," which is published by @ABAesq. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e…
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19 Jun 2023
Here's my take on the study feature in this article. adamsdrafting.com/lawyer-att…
5 Jun 2023
Experts in legal writing have called for clearer prose for decades. But the plague of legalese persists econ.st/3MKNlhL
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Ken Adams retweeted
19 Jun 2023
When I decided to forsake court advocacy and start my own non-contentious practice, I knew nothing of the philosophy of contract drafting. I read your book. I was completely won over by your reasoning on shall.
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18 Jun 2023
Hey @LIRR, does this rule apply to all personal electric vehicles or just those that are non-folding?
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17 Jun 2023
A good starting point for deciding how to treat "shall" in contracts is realizing that the general "rule" for using "shall" is preposterous. For how I build on that, see this article. adamsdrafting.com/wp-content…
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13 Jun 2023
Three new series of Drafting Clearer Contracts: Masterclass for fall 2023. Step right up!
adamsdrafting.com/3-new-seri…
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10 Jun 2023
Here's my blog post with a link to MSCD5's "quick reference" chart of my "categories of contract language" framework. It's the antidote to chaotic verb structures. adamsdrafting.com/the-mscd5-…
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2 Jun 2023
More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand. theguardian.com/environment/…
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