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Legal English Intensive

The Common Law and Legal English for More Experienced Lawyers

LAW AND LEGAL ENGLISH WITH A CAMBRIDGE ADVANTAGE

Law and Legal English

Legal English Intensive is our course for more experienced lawyers who have only one week available to study in Cambridge. It is your opportunity to study the legal English that you see in the office as part of your work and would like to know more about.

This course is based on the questions we have been asked by senior lawyers from law firms and companies around the world, and includes explanations of the vocabulary of contracts drafted in English, as well as a good overview of how the common law of the UK and the USA works in practice.

Legal English Intensive is a practical course that will allow you to return to the office with more knowledge and more confidence.

You can learn a lot in a week with us, and the course also includes access to our online contract drafting course and recorded legal English modules after you return home.

Legal English Intensive focuses on your accuracy when speaking and writing in legal English, as well as the most essential legal concepts, such as warranties, indemnities, forms of security, and contracts with common law jurisdictions in the event of dispute.

A TYPICAL DAY

Classes start at 9am. Our group size is a maximum of 10, and we make sure that each lawyer in the group has lots of opportunity to ask questions to the class teacher.
The day is divided into four sessions of 90 minutes each. Your teacher will assess you level of legal English upon arrival so that you get the maximum benefit from your time.
A major focus is on the English legal vocabulary and accurate grammar that you need to do your job well. The first session of the day may be about the difference in contract law between the common law countries and your own. We look at what key commercial vocabulary really means in a way that a legal dictionary cannot explain.
Our contract drafting material in particular explains key contractual concepts such as warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability, and areas of potential danger, such as negligence and nuisance claims between the contracting parties.
There is also a strong focus on spoken and written accuracy. We know that lawyers are important people who do not want to make mistakes in English. We will improve your general accuracy by correcting those small mistakes in your speaking and writing
We use real contracts, real legal documents and real cases, so that you only learn practical and useful content.


SPEAKING WITH CONFIDENCE
 

Many lawyers can feel uncomfortable when they have to speak English with other lawyers or important clients.

This is natural. Lawyers are well-respected people, and can feel more nervous than others about making a mistake.

You might have to speak to a client in a conference call, or negotiate an important deal with lawyers from another country. As a professional, you feel a lot of pressure to be accurate and have everyone understand you.

The Legal English Intensive course isn’t only about legal grammar and pronunciation workshops. It’s also an opportunity to overcome that nervousness, and speak English in a more relaxed way, and with much more confidence.

Whether you have to make a professional Zoom or TEAMS call, speak to a client face-to-face, or give a presentation, we know how you feel.

Your Legal English Intensive teacher is there to help. This course is about confidence as well as knowledge.

LEGAL ENGLISH INTENSIVE COURSE COSTS

The Legal English Intensive course costs £1,350 with no hidden charges.

The price includes:

  • All classes in Cambridge

  • Two Cambridge Law Studio textbooks

  • The online Illuminate course

  • The online drafting contracts in English course

  • An online TOLES exam on a date of your choice

  • Access to online materials is for one year.

Any questions? Whats App us now on 0774796248

You will study with us as guests at the wonderful premises of Girton College, Cambridge. We have been guests at Girton since we were established in 1999, and we think this historic place offers the perfect inspiration for serious study.

Girton is part of the University of Cambridge, and we think there is no better place in the world to motivate you to do well, not just in your TOLES exam but in your career in law.

Please note that we are not part of the University but have been lucky enough to be guests there for more than twenty years. If you would like to know more about Girton you can find its wiki page here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girton_College,_Cambridge

 

Our students often ask us about returning to Cambridge to study at the university and we are happy to discuss this with you.

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