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English for Lawyers Pro

Course​  English for Lawyers Pro

Location​ Dublin office

Learning Objectives

  • Apply essential legal terminology derived from specific areas of law  ( eg contracts, IP, property, employment law)

  • Understand the vocabulary needed to compare and contrast the common law system with the civil/Napoleonic systems. 

  • Acquire vocabulary needed to understand written legal English;

  • Identify correct prepositions commonly used within a legal English framework;

  • Demonstrate reading comprehension skills within a legal context;

  • Understand an awareness of legal register (lay v legal, formal v informal) in written contracts;

  • Avoid typical mistakes common to non-native speakers;

  • Write accurately using specialized legal vocabulary with few usage errors.

  • Expand collocation/idiom usage in written legal and spoken legal English;

  • Apply modern letter writing skills and improve drafting and editing skills.

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Learning Outcomes

Participants will;

  • Acquire the necessary legal vocabulary and terminology for their specific professional requirements; 

  • Develop the processes and strategies to improve legal English writing and drafting;

  • Understand with key vocabulary in texts regarding legal issues; Consolidate their language skills in the production of authentic legal content.

 

By the end of the course; Participants will feel more confident in using legal English independently in a professional setting. Participants are expected to be working towards autonomous language acquisition similar in standard to the TOLES curricula or B2-C1/C2  (Proficient User level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). 

 

 

Who should attend This course is suitable for lawyers in a commercial, banking, financial or general practice. It is also suitable for paralegals, legal executives, legal educators and translators

Fees    €1550. Discounts available for early registration in September 2018.

Course fees include; initial 1H skype consultation, all teaching and training materials, textbooks, social events, participant review report, certificate of participation.

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