Acceptance or rejection of an offer is a vital determining fact as to whether a contract is created or not. Sometimes, it isn't exactly clear whether an offer was accepted or rejected, and the difference can mean a loss or a win for your client. For this assignment, you'll describe the necessary elements of a contract so you will get a better idea of how to recognize those elements in any contracts you are working with for clients.

Your office is representing a client who needs to prove that her offer was rejected. You have been asked by the attorney to gather information to help prove that the offer was rejected.

1. Answer the following questions:

• How would you start your research into this problem?
• What information would you try to find about the offer? The acceptance?
• What about consideration? How might you determine if there was consideration in a case?
• Have you or someone you know been involved in a case where one party was under a false impression that an offer was made or accepted or a case where consideration was not achieved?
• What were the details of that case?
• How was it eventually settled?
• Would you change anything in your next contract based on the outcome of that case? Why?