There are many different elements that must be part of a contract for it to be legally valid, and as a paralegal, it is your job to help determine whether those elements are present in a contract. In this assignment, you'll explore the requirements for drafting a contract to get a better grasp of what must go into this legal exchange of promises.

Scenario:

Your uncle asks for your help in drafting a lease contract with a neighbor who is selling his house and moving into the downstairs apartment in your uncle's house. He wants to use online contract software, but he's not sure that it will do everything that is necessary to have a sound contract.

Instructions:

1. Review the required readings.
2. As you review the scenario above,respond to your uncle's request for help. In your response, be sure to answer the following questions:

• What would you explain to your uncle what risks or limitations of using software when drafting the contract?
• Describe the steps a lawyer would take when drafting the contract so that your uncle can verify that the software also took those steps.
• While this may have been a situation where you were informally assisting a family member, how will you use this information as a paralegal in a law office?
• Explain to your uncle why, as a paralegal, you can't give him legal advice