Van Halen on Reading Contracts
This is a video clip I use near the beginning of our unit on
contracts in my Business Law and Legal Environment class. The clip is
light, relatively short, and is an industry (music) that many Belmont
University students understand. Through a story about a buried
contractual clause prohibiting brown M&M’s in the back stage area, David
Lee Roth (Van Halen) highlights the important point that everyone should read
contracts carefully before they sign. I sometimes couple this with directions
like “skip question 4; if you answer question 4 you will lose 5 points” in the
middle of my normal directions on a quiz or test, just to drive the point
home. Many of my students expect to have lawyers to rely on in business,
but I hope to communicate to my students that clients need to read and
understand contracts they sign. I also share examples of lawyers making
drafting mistakes and how much lawyers charge for their time.
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