International Legal English is a course for law students or newly-qualified lawyers who need to use English in their legal work or studies. Suitable also for self-study, the course prepares learners for using English in different areas of law environment and is divided into five semesters.
The following legal topics are covered during the 1st semester [1/5] of this course:
- The practice of law : the legal system / legal education / law firm structure and culture / practice areas
- Company formation and management : legal person / personal liability / certificate of incorporation / memorandum of association / AGMs / board of directors
- Company capitalization : shares and loans / share capital / ordinary and preference shares / pre-emption rights / rights issue / plain language / legalese
- Lärare: Ewa Orłowska
International Legal English is a course for law students or newly-qualified lawyers who need to use English in their legal work or studies. Suitable also for self-study, the course prepares learners for using English in different areas of law environment and is divided into five semesters.
The following legal topics are covered during the 1st semester [1/5] of this course:
- The practice of law : the legal system / legal education / law firm structure and culture / practice areas
- Company formation and management : legal person / personal liability / certificate of incorporation / memorandum of association / AGMs / board of directors
- Company capitalization : shares and loans / share capital / ordinary and preference shares / pre-emption rights / rights issue / plain language / legalese
- Lärare: Ewa Orłowska
International Legal English is a course for law students or newly-qualified lawyers who need to use English in their legal work or studies. Suitable also for self-study, the course prepares learners for using English in different areas of law environment and is divided into five semesters.
The following legal topics are covered during the 2nd semester [2/5] of this course:
· Company law : fundamental changes in a company /constitutional amendment, consolidation, acquisition of controlling shares / voluntary liquidation merger / sale of substantially all assets / compulsory winding-up
· Contracts : contract formation / essential terms of a contract / types of contracts / contract clauses and negotiation
· Contracts : remedies / types of damages / specific performance / understanding contract clauses / interviewing a client / types of breach
- Lärare: Ewa Orłowska
International Legal English is a
course for law students or newly-qualified lawyers who need to
use English in their legal work or studies. Suitable also
for self-study, the course prepares learners for using English in
different areas of law environment and is divided into five semesters.
The following legal topics are covered during the 3rd semester [3/5] of this course:
- Contracts | assignment and third party rights : privity of contract / confer rights / impose duties / third – party beneficiary
- Employment law : terms and conditions of employment / termination of employment
- Sale of goods : sale of goods legislation / terms and conditions of sale / retention of title
- Lärare: Ewa Orłowska
International Legal English is a course for law students or newly-qualified lawyers who need to use English in their legal work or studies. Suitable also for self-study, the course prepares learners for using English in different areas of law environment and is divided into five semesters.
The following legal topics are covered during the 5th semester [5/5] of this course:
- Secured transactions : security interest / pledge / fixed & floating charges / attachment
- Debtor - creditor : mortgages / liens / first in time rules / priority creditors
- Competition law : single European market / antitrust / market economies / price fixing / merger regulation
- Lärare: Ewa Orłowska
The Lawyer's English Language Coursebook is intended to be a complete course of preparation for the TOLES Foundation and Higher exams in legal English. This book can also be used as a complete course of self-study for legal English and it is recommended to anyone who needs to use legal English during studies and/or at work.
The following legal topics are covered during the 2nd semester [2/2] of this course:
· the language of employment law
· an employment contract
· an employment case / claim / tribunal
· the language of the law of tort
· types of tort
· tortious liability
· understanding contracts
· the style of written contracts
· understanding technical / archaic words / terms
· delivery of goods or services
- Lärare: Ewa Orłowska
International Legal English is a course for law students or newly-qualified lawyers who need to use English in their legal work or studies. Suitable also for self-study, the course prepares learners for using English in different areas of law environment and is divided into five semesters.
The following legal topics are covered during the 5th semester [5/5] of this course:
- Secured transactions : security interest / pledge / fixed & floating charges / attachment
- Debtor - creditor : mortgages / liens / first in time rules / priority creditors
- Competition law : single European market / antitrust / market economies / price fixing / merger regulation
- Lärare: Ewa Orłowska