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TransLegal LexMail™
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Duration:
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4 - 8 hours
(5 – 10 minutes per week for one year) |
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Method of study:
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Online, self-study.
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Objectives:
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To build Legal English vocabulary through a weekly email.
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Description:
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LexMail is a word-of-the-week email designed to build your active Legal English vocabulary. TransLegal has selected key Legal English vocabulary and provides practical, easy-to-understand definitions, usage tips, and pronunciation guides.
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Suitable for:
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All legal practitioners, law students and administrative support staff.
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Contents:
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• a definition
• a sound file for pronunciation help • examples of use in context • related terms • common mistakes |
Legal English 500™
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Duration:
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20-30 hours
(20 units x 1 – 1.5 hours per unit) |
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Method of study:
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Online, self-study.
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Course objectives:
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This course teaches 500 essential Legal English terms necessary for using English in the practice of law. This is a basic course designed to provide the learner with key Legal English vocabulary common to all areas of legal practice. Following this course, the learner can go on to learn the essential vocabulary in particular fields of law, such as company law, contract law, and other commercial law areas.
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Course description:
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This course presents key Legal English terminology in short online reading and listening passages of the type often encountered by lawyers. The key vocabulary in each passage is linked to a glossary with a definition of each term and a recording of the word used in a sentence. The learner is thus able to hear the correct pronunciation of the term and see how it is commonly used in context. The exercises which follow each reading or listening passage are designed to help the learner learn the vocabulary through context, testing and reinforcement.
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Suitable for:
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All legal practitioners and law students.
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Course contents:
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Sources of Law describing the sources of the various types of legislative, administrative, and judicial law (examples: statutory, codification, ruling) Rights & Obligations how to talk about what types of rights and obligations may arise by law or contract (examples: accrue, vest, encumbrance) Legal Standards describing legal standards imposed by the law (examples: best efforts, guilt, liability) Interpreting the Law vocabulary associated with talking about the nuances of the law (examples: construe, implied, infer, ambiguity) Explaining the Law (Applicability) describing how and whether the law applies (examples: scope, force, moot) Explaining the Law (Permitted & Prohibited) terminology associated with explaining what the law does and does not allow (examples: bar, enjoin, sanction) Explaining the Law (Limits) describing the upper and lower limits of what is permitted under the law (examples: lenient, curb, curtail) Acts & Omissions vocabulary necessary to describe the behavior of various parties (examples: misrepresent, deeds, render) Parties describing the people and roles involved in the law (examples: trustee, bailiff, proxy) Evidence the language of presenting and describing evidence (examples: corroboration, preponderance, presumption) Advising the Client vocabulary for advising a client on options, best course of action, etc. (examples: leeway, ill-advised, prudent) The Deal how lawyers talk about transactions (examples: matter, scheme, allot) The Claim legal English vocabulary needed to describe and present claims and losses (examples: allege, incur, inflict) Legal Procedure describing the bodies, people, and procedures in various instances, e.g. courts, administrative bodies (examples: tribunal, panel, venue) Pleading the Case vocabulary associated with instituting proceedings, arguing a case and asking for remedies (examples: file, move, refute, plead) Decisions describing outcomes and results (examples: deem, remand, quash) Enforcing the Law explaining whether behavior complies with or contravenes the law (examples: compel, enforce, injunction, compliance, breach) Time and the Law language of deadlines, terms, and delays (examples: toll, time-barred, lapse, pending) Money and the Law describing costs and payments in the legal context (examples: retainer, disbursement, contingency fee) Final Examination a comprehensive test of many of the vocabulary terms taught in the course.
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Legal English of Company Law
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Duration:
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20-30 hours
(20 units x 1 – 1.5 hours per unit) |
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Method of study:
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Online, self-study.
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Course objectives:
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This course teaches the essential Legal English terminology in the area of the law of corporations and other business organizations, including formation, corporate powers, capitalization, corporate governance, M&A, and the winding-up of a company.
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Course description:
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This course presents key Legal English terminology in short online reading and listening passages of the type often encountered by lawyers. The key vocabulary in each passage is linked to a glossary with a definition of each term and a recording of the word used in a sentence. The learner is therefore able to hear the correct pronunciation of the term and see how it is commonly used in another context. The exercises which follow each reading or listening passage are designed to help the learner learn the vocabulary through context, testing and reinforcement.
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Suitable for:
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Lawyers whose practice includes significant elements of company law work.
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Course contents:
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Introduction to Company Law language used in describing the rules and regulations governing companies and business organisations (examples of vocabulary: directive, incorporation) Companies Limited by Shares I terminology associated with the main characteristics and powers of companies (examples: limited liability, pierce the corporate veil) Companies Limited by Shares II vocabulary to describe private and public companies and group structures (examples: affiliate, closely held corporation) Partnerships and LLCs how lawyers talk about partnerships and limited liability companies (examples: general partner, personally liable) Joint Ventures and Sole Proprietorships describing the simplest form of business and cooperative arrangements (examples: proprietor, undertaking) Process of Incorporation I language of the formation of companies (examples: promoters, authority) Process of Incorporation II terms relating to the internal rules of the company and corporate officers (examples: articles, CEO, secretary) Officers & Directors Idescribing the election, term of office and the duty of care owed by directors (examples: fiduciary relationship, good faith) Officers & Directors II how to discuss the authority officers of the company have and conflicts of interest (examples: apparent authority, duty of loyalty Insider Tradingvocabulary used in defining insider trading (examples: disgorgement, insider, tip) Shareholders I terminology associated with becoming a shareholder and shareholder meetings (examples: casting vote, minutes) Shareholders II how lawyers discuss the liability of shareholders as well as the different types of shares and dividends (examples: corporate veil, pari passu) Shareholders’ Agreements language of agreements governing shareholders’ rights and obligations (examples: pre-emption rights, veto right) Mergers & Acquisitions I vocabulary necessary to explain types of mergers and acquisitions and pre-sale aspects of M&A (examples: auction sale, target company) Mergers & Acquisitions II terminology for advising a client on the sale and purchase agreement (examples: purchase price, restrictive covenant, warranty) Debt Finance: Loans language associated with loan facilities (examples: amortisation, event of default) Debt Finance: Security & Debt Capital Markets terminology associated with security and raising capital on bond markets (examples: bond holder, perfection) Equity Financedescribing the ways companies raise equity capital (examples: flotation, oversubscribed, underwriter) Corporate Insolvency the procedures associated with the bankruptcy of companies (examples: creditor, moratorium) Final Examination comprehensive test of the vocabulary taught. |
PLEAD® Self-study
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Duration:
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45-60 hours
(15 units x 3 – 4 hours per unit) |
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Method of study:
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Online, self-study + self-study using the International Legal English coursebook.
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Course objectives:
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This course is intended to provide a basic vocabulary in 10 areas of commercial law. Following this course, the learner can go on to expand his or her vocabulary in particular fields of law, for example company law, contract law, and intellectual property law.
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Course description:
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Developed by TransLegal in cooperation with the Boston University School of Law, the Boston University Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, and Cambridge University Press, the course has an online element and a coursebook element. The online part of this course presents key Legal English terminology in short reading and listening passages of the type lawyers often encounter. The key vocabulary in each passage is linked to a glossary with a definition of each term and a recording of the word used in a sentence. The learner is therefore able to hear the correct pronunciation of the term and see how it is commonly used in another context. The exercises which follow each reading or listening passage are designed to help the learner learn the vocabulary through context, testing and reinforcement.
The coursebook uses legal texts to present and practise legal language developing the four key skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The International Legal English coursebook features: • authentic legal texts • authentic case studies allowing learners to consolidate and practise what they have learnt • exam preparation for the Cambridge International Legal English Certificate (ILEC), including practice tasks, exam tips and a practice ILEC paper supplied by Cambridge ESOL. |
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Suitable for:
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All legal practitioners and law students.
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Course contents:
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Company Law (3 units) the vocabulary involved in the formation, management, capitalisation and fundamental changes of companies (examples: corporate veil, articles of association, fiduciary duty, pre-emption rights, liquidation) Contract Law (3 units)key terminology of contracts covering formation, remedies, assignment and third-party rights (examples: consideration, counter-offer, liquidated damages, privity, vested), Employment Law teaches the language of the law of employer-employee relationships (examples: dismissal, redundancy, collective bargaining, discrimination), Sale of Goods dealing with the vocabulary of sales of goods (examples: warranties, merchantability, disclaimer, title), Real Property key terminology of transactions involving land (examples: tenancy, statute of frauds, easement, mortgage), Intellectual Property the essential vocabulary used to describe copyrights, patents and trademarks (examples: fair use, injunction, passing off, holder), Negotiable Instruments the language involved in discussing intangible rights of payment (examples: promissory note, bearer paper, holder in due course, debenture), Secured Transactions terminology related to security interests (examples: fixed vs. floating charge, pledge, attachment), Debtor-Creditor Law the language used in discussing debt and remedies available to creditors (examples: perfection, priority, lien), Competition Law essential vocabulary for matters relating to competition law rules (examples: abuse of a dominant position, tie-in, barrier to entry). Final Examination comprehensive test of the vocabulary taught.
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