The Clarence Course — Foundations

The onboarding course for every new Clarence user. Four modules take you from first sign-in to your first completed negotiation: find your way around, understand how Clarence reads a contract, run a live negotiation in the Contract Studio, and learn how to keep improving. Each module ends with a task that proves it.

1.5 hours

4 modules

20 lessons

Clarence Foundations Certificate

Course Modules

Work through each module in order. Every module combines theory, worked examples, and hands-on practice.

Getting started

Find your way around Clarence and understand what makes it different.

Understand the Agreements-not-arguments methodologyNavigate the header, Control Room and Negotiations tabKnow where notifications arrive and how to act on them

How Clarence understands a contract

Clauses, positions, leverage and roles — the four ideas everything else builds on.

20 min

5 lessons

Learning objectives

Read a clause position on the 1-10 barExplain what leverage is and the four dimensions behind itDescribe the intake conversation and the customer/provider, initiator/respondent roles

Your first negotiation

End to end in the Contract Studio: start, invite, negotiate, agree.

38 min

7 lessons

Learning objectives

Start a negotiation from a notification or from scratchInvite a counterparty and negotiate via Party ChatUse mediation well and bring clauses to agreement

Practise and improve

Keep sharpening: train against AI, read your scorecard, and use the fast path for everyday contracts.

22 min

4 lessons

Learning objectives

Run a training session against an AI counterpartyInterpret the scorecard: deal quality, not value extractionKnow when Quick Contract is the right tool

Clarence Foundations Certificate

Complete all modules in this course to earn your Clarence Foundations Certificate. A verifiable credential you can share professionally and include in your CPD record.

1.5 CPD hours

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