LEGAL ENGLISH+: ENGLISH FOR RUSSIAN-SPEAKING LAWYERS, LAW STUDENTS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS
About this course
General Information:
- Legal English Plus is recommended for young Russian-speaking lawyers, law students and legal assistants who wish to work in a legal environment in which English is used;li>
- Students should have an intermediate to advanced level of general English to get maximum benefit from this course;
- This is a 25-week course (100 academic hours of tuition plus private study time);
- The classes are held at the Dialog office or at your place of work;
- There are a maximum of 4 students in each group:
- This is a serious and practical course. We ask you to work hard;
- The course includes all study materials; and
- You will receive a certificate of attendance and personal report upon completion.
Course Outline
The course includes an intensive study of these areas:
- Commercial legal vocabulary in context;
- The terminology of commercial contracts;
- Best practice in modern contract drafting in 2014;
- Accurate modern letter-writing skills;
- Negotiating skills;
- Forms of business in the US., UK and Europe;
- Company law and its vocabulary;
- Presenting information and legal opinions;
- Comparing styles: legalese and plain English;
- Commercial awareness; and
- The requirements of leading Moscow-based international law firms in 2014
Focus of the Lessons
Lessons focus upon these aspects of English language:
- Vocabulary crash course;
- Accurate and natural sentence structure in English;
- Modern style and register;
- Comparing the legal English of the UK and the USA;
- Accurate prepositions in English;
- Accurate collocations in English;
- Accurate formation of questions;
- Accurate conditional sentences;
- Understanding modern idiom; and
- Correcting old problems.