Scissors cutting up a contract

How to create contracts clients want to sign

If I could have one birthday wish (yes… it is my birthday today!), it would be that everyone who writes contracts tries hard to make them readable and understandable.

It’s more important now than ever that our contracts are clear, actionable, user-focused, and automated.

It was an absolute delight to contribute a chapter to  Juro’s Modern Contract Handbook


There are chapters from many different authors on key problems with contracts and contract processes.

You won’t be surprised to hear that my chapter is about the language of contracts.

This article is based on a conversation with the lovely team at Juro, so it’s more stream-of-consciousness than my usual articles or presentations.

Thank you to the clever Juro team and CEO Richard Mabey for pulling these resources together and for your passion for better contracts!

There are also wonderful articles from fellow contract enthusiasts including…

You might remember the Juro team from their wonderful work to create this visually engaging privacy policy (partnering with the talented Sefania Passera). The visual privacy policy is now available as an open-source policy you can use for your privacy policy.

Verity White

Verity White is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Law and the Legal Director at Checklist Legal, a B Corp certified law firm, that specialises in human-centred contract operations.

Verity is the author of Create Contracts Clients Love and an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne where she taught Contract Design for Automation .

Connect with Verity on LinkedIn and Instagram for more details on her current projects.

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Our Founder Verity White is teaching Contract Design for Automation at University of Melbourne