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Legal English + Specialisation

Course   Legal English + Specialisation

 

This course is designed for participants that request specific legal topics to focus on during the week. Topics include drafting or negotiating for specific purposes, current legal issues such as Brexit, GDPR compliance and cryptocurrency. Please contact us for a free consultation if you would like a bespoke legal English course with specialisation.

Location​ Dublin office

Learning Objectives

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In addition to many of the general legal English learning objectives participants will;

  • 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) style of 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 for specific purposes 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    €1650

 

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

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