English for Lawyers
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Quo Vadis
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The IH Course
English for Lawyers
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FAQ’s
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Example Course
Summary
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Give Confidence
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Give Confidence
Highlight Problems
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Give Confidence
Highlight Problems
Identify Priorities
Aims
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Give Confidence
Highlight Problems
Identify Priorities
Reference Material
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are not lawyers !
Specific jargon : “Legalese”
Hereto
hereafter
thereby
Herewith
thereto
thereof
Thereafter herein
therewith
Therein
hereby
hereof
Hereto
Hereafter
Thereby
Herewith
Thereafter
Therein
Thereto
Thereof
Herein
Therewith
Hereof
Hereby
To this
After this
In that way/by that
With this
After this
In that document
To that
Of that
In this document
With that
Of this
In this way/by this
FAQ’s
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How much law do I have to know?
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How much legal jargon do I need to
know?
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Are there alot of Latin words?
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How do we know what to teach
without having to study law?
Quo Vadis?
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The TOLES Exam
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The TOLES Exam
(Test of Legal English Skills)
www.toles.co.uk
Quo Personna?
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What are the students’ expectations?
Quo Libris?
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English for Lawyers Course Material
Quo Libris?
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English for Lawyers Course Material
Supplementary Material
– Lawyers English Language Coursebook
Catherine Mason & Rosemary Atkins (Global Legal English)
– Practice Papers for Advanced level
TOLES website
– Market Leader Business Law
Tricia Smith (Pearson Longman)
– Professional English in Use –LAWGillian Brown, Sally Rice (CUP)
– Good Bilingual Legal Dictionary
Quo Practicalis?
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Prepare and Organise
Quo IH?
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Course Format
Course Layout
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Contract Law
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Contract Law
Corporate Law
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Contract Law
Corporate Law
European Law
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Contract Law
Corporate Law
European Law
The Courtroom
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Contract Law
Corporate Law
European Law
The Courtroom
Patent Law
Course Layout
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Contract Law
Corporate Law
European Law
The Courtroom
Patent Law
The TOLES Exam
Summary
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Don’t stress !
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Don’t stress !
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No problems !
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Don’t stress !
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No problems !
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Give them what they want !
Summary
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Don’t stress !
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No problems !
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Give them what they want !
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The information is out there !