Subject: Law or Legal Contracts

Scenario: Your supervising attorney has a client, Sarah Delbarton, who has four children (Amy, age 12; Clara, age 8; Reginald, age 6; and Hugo, age 5). Ms. Delbarton, a single mother, travels extensively on business. Ms. Delbarton is in the process of hiring a tutor to teach her children. The tutor will receive room and board, a salary, and insurance benefits. The tutor will have a three-month probationary period, after which will begin a one-year term. Ms. Delbarton would like an option to renew for an additional year. After the renewal year, the parties will be free to renegotiate the contract. The household staff includes a housekeeper, a nanny, a cook, and a gardener. Ms. Delbarton would like your law firm to identify the appropriate person, conduct the initial interview to screen applicants, complete the necessary background check, and prepare the necessary documents. Ms. Delbarton, however, would conduct the final interview and make the selection. Ms. Delbarton would like to remain anonymous until the final interview.

Problem: It is now six months later. Ms. Lloyd-Jones has accepted Ms. Delbarton's offer as you have drafted it in part 3 (previously posted) and has begun work. Ms. Delbarton and Ms. Lloyd-Jones have discussed modifying their contract in the following manner: (1) increasing the term of the option to five years; (2) adding a week of vacation for each two years of service; and (3) decreasing compensation by 15 percent as each child graduates from high school and leaves the family estate. Draft a modification of the contract that you drafted in part (3). Remember to provide the appropriate consideration for both the offeror's promise and the offeree's promise. If additional facts are necessary for any part of this question, you may create these facts (including compensation) as you draft.