PeaceChord professional training
Neutral Drafting
Turn hard-won understanding into
language that is clear, balanced, and built to endure.
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An agreement is
only as strong as its language is clear.
Neutral drafting captures careful conversations within a durable document that people can understand, trust, and use.
This training develops the judgment behind precise language choice: preserving neutrality, identifying ambiguity, anticipating enforcement concerns, and shaping terms that faithfully reflect the parties’ understanding without creating new conflict.
- CLARIFY: Find the meaning beneath the shorthand.
- TRANSLATE: Turn shared intent into usable language.
- REFINE: Test every clause for balance, clarity, and durability.
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
Which Documents Do You Prepare?
Select the course aligned with the documents you prepare and the professional role you hold.
The Memorandum of Understanding
(For All Mediators)
Draft clear, useful MOUs that capture the parties’ decisions while maintaining professional neutrality.
- Wordsmith MOU provisions
- Develop a practical neutral drafting framework
- Receive editing lab materials and a clause workbook
Separation & Settlement Agreements
(For Attorneys/Supervised Paralegals)
Build a disciplined process for translating negotiated understanding into balanced legal language.
- Wordsmith Separation and Settlement Agreement provisions, with legal considerations
- Convert MOUs into binding contracts
- Receive drafting checklists, presentation materials, samples, and practical handouts
Learn with Lara Traum
Practice shaped by experience.
Lara Traum is an internationally recognized trainer, mediator, collaborative attorney, parenting coordinator, law professor, and author. Her teaching balances legal precision with humility in process and respect for client self-determination.
“Draft with enough clarity that the parties' jointly developed agreement can keep working long after the conversation ends.”
Enrollment
Choose the training that fits your practice.
Attorney course
$395
Foundations of Neutral Drafting:
Separation and Settlement Agreements
Bundle: Both Courses
$650
Foundations of Neutral Drafting:
The Memorandum of Understanding and
Separation and Settlement Agreements
