Tech Contracts Master Class™

Expert Training on Just About Every Clause in an IT Contract

The Tech Contracts Master Class™ series covers essential clauses in technology contracts. The Master Class suit lawyers, and businesspeople who draft and negotiate technology contracts, including contract managers, procurement officers, executives, and IT professionals. Taken together, these four courses – two hours each – will prepare you to negotiate contracts about software, cloud services, and artificial intelligence (AI) more efficiently and with more confidence. And they’ll help you avoid the many pitfalls surrounding IT agreements.

On-Demand

All the key clauses in contracts about AI, software, the cloud, and IT professional services. Each of the four courses runs just over 2 hours. You can buy them individually or in a discounted 4-course bundle. You get access for 1 year.

Tech Contracts Master Class™ 4-Course Series

All Master Classes:

  • Prime Clauses
  • General Clauses
  • Key Liability Terms
  • End-Game and Special Clauses

Discounted 4-class price: USD $1,595 ($185 savings compared to purchasing classes individually).

Prime Clauses | Tech Contracts Master Class™ #1

Prime Clauses is the first in the series of four distance learning Tech Contracts Master Classes™ presented by industry expert David W. Tollen.

CLE is available: 2 hours per class and 8 hours for the series. (We’re approved in California, and can give you documents to support your self-submission efforts in other jurisdictions.)

Topics Covered: License, Subscription, IP Transfer, Payment

General Clauses | Tech Contracts Master Class™ #2

General Clauses is the second in the series of four distance learning Tech Contracts Master Classes™ presented by industry expert David W. Tollen.

CLE is available: 2 hours per class and 8 hours for the series. (We’re approved in California, and can give you documents to support your self-submission efforts in other jurisdictions.)

Topics Covered: Data Management, SLAs, Confidentiality, and other General Clauses

Key Liability Terms | Tech Contracts Master Class™ #3

Key Liability Terms is the third in the series of four distance learning Tech Contracts Master Classes™ presented by industry expert David W. Tollen.

CLE is available: 2 hours per class and 8 hours for the series. (We’re approved in California, and can give you documents to support your self-submission efforts in other jurisdictions.)

Topics Covered: Including Indemnities, Warranties, and Limits of Liability

End-Game and Special Clauses | Tech Contracts Master Class™ #4

End-Game is the fourth in the series of four distance learning Tech Contracts Master Classes™ presented by industry expert David W. Tollen.

CLE is available: 2 hours per class and 8 hours for the series. (We’re approved in California, and can give you documents to support your self-submission efforts in other jurisdictions.)

Topics Covered: Disputes, Termination, Special Terms, and OSS

Live Master Class Series

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Do you need help convincing your employer our training is worth the investment?

  • Benefits include reducing long-run costs, through faster and better negotiations, and improving contracts
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  • The Presenter

    Founder

    David W. Tollen, founder of Tech Contracts Academy® LLC, which provides In-House and public training on drafting and negotiating IT agreements.

    Career

    David is an active attorney with Sycamore Legal, P.C., an instructor at U.C. Berkeley Law School, and an expert witness in I.T. contract litigation.

    Author

    The author of the American Bar Association’s bestseller (and recommended reading for the Master Class), The Tech Contracts Handbook

    Live Program Information

    Registration for each live, public Master Class includes:

    Q&A

    Live two hour webinar, with Q&A (where our instructor responds live to written questions, time permitting)

    Recordings

    Available for asynchronous viewing upon request for set 30 calendar day period that starts soon after each class

    Continuing Legal Education

    The Master Class is approved for CLE credit in California and potentially available elsewhere. Learn more about CLE

    Certificates

    General and CLE certificates for each course

    Slides

    Copy of the program slides

    Terms and conditions, including pricing, and details of what is provided with registration differ for Master Class on-demand, via live webinar, and in-house. All programs include access to slides.

    Live Program Reminders

    Cost for entire live series is $1,450 (if registering for all at once, which includes automatic 10+% discount). All payments in US Dollars. All program times are Pacific Time (Daylight or Standard, as applicable). Each class is presented once per series.

    We recommend attending them all, but you may select any combination (or one).

    Additional discounts are available when 10 or more from a company register to attend all four live, public Master Classes. And even more discounts are available on all our courses for larger teams. Contact [email protected] or see our Team Training page.

    Only one discount (including a single code/coupon) may be used per registration. No retroactive discounts.

    Don’t delay! If you are enrolling close to the day of a class, we cannot guarantee processing in time to view the class live (but, recording access is still available for a limited time). Please plan accordingly. If you experience any difficulties completing your order online, please reach out asap to [email protected]. Some international addresses occasionally create problems for the e-commerce platform. If this should occur, we will do our best to find a work-around for you – and will appreciate your patience.

    Note about GoTo Webinar, our public program platform: When logging into our live class, a software download prompt may appear. You do not need to download GoTo Webinar software to access our class – it can be accessed directly, via browser. You can learn more here.

    Recording access via GoToStage.

    Our refund policy is available here. If your relationship with us is subject to California Business & Professions Code Section 17538, see our company information set forth on our Contact page, and know that you may request that our company name and address (which is as set forth there) be e-mailed to you by reaching out to [email protected]. If California’s Electronic Commerce Act of 1984 (California Civ. Code Section 1789) may apply to your relationship with us, know that complaints or requests for further information may be directed to us via the contact information set forth on our Contact page. And, the Consumer Information Center of California’s Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted at www.dca.ca.gov, 800-952-5210, or 1625 North Market Boulevard, Ste. N112, Sacramento, CA, 95834.