Legal English

Helping commercial lawyers to work effectively in an international setting

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Course Summary

The course includes case studies, negotiations, discussions and meetings, and the materials combine real professional content with our highly effective learning methodology.

The trainers are language specialists with expertise in this field. There is important input from the real legal world including sessions led by practising lawyers. Many participants also benefit from making lasting professional friendships.

The key language skills you will acquire in the course include:

• legal vocabulary expansion
• effective communication skills for meetings and negotiations
• effective participation in discussions
• written communication including reports and formal letters, opinions and advices
• listening skills

Typical activities that you will participate in will include:

• taking part in simulated meetings and negotiations
• drafting examples of contracts
• giving legal advice: for example describing the process of litigation to a foreign client, role-playing real life communicative situations such as greeting visitors, making arrangements by telephone and socialising
• making a presentation on a legal topic of your choice

There are opportunities to learn about aspects of English and EC law and the English legal system but it is not a course in law.