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Legal English +Innovation

Course   Legal English and Innovation

Location​ Dublin office

Learning Objectives

 

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

  • Develop a competent lexicon in the domains of startup, technology, and legal innovation

  • Learn agile methodologies based on lean startup

  • Prepare presentations for incubator and accelerator programmes

  • Practise an investor pitch;

  • Apply essential legal terminology required for specific legal startup development ( e.g. legal technology problem and solution, legal marketing and product research, employment law)

  • Acquire vocabulary needed to understand written legal English +Innovation;

  • Demonstrate reading comprehension skills within a legal Innovation context;

  • Avoid typical mistakes common to non-native speakers;

  • Write accurately using specialized legal Innovation 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 the legal technology sector. Participants will feel confident pitching to investors, accelerator programmes and startup incubators. 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    €1375

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

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