Engelska för jurister och sekreterare

English for Lawyers and Legal Secretaries

This course will enable you to communicate more confidently in legal situations and use specialised legal vocabulary more effectively. 

For lawyers working in an international environment

Who is it for?

This course is for qualified, experienced lawyers from law firms or the corporate or state sector who have a reasonably confident command of English.

What is the focus?
The course includes

• case studies
• negotiations
• discussions and meetings
• and the materials combine real professional content with best-practice effective learning methodology.

Course content
The course is designed to develop participants' language and communication skills in a legal context. The course focuses on active speaking and writing skills and communication skills and strategies.

Please note:
There will be opportunities to discuss aspects of English and EU law but this is not a course in law, it is a course aimed at communication legal issues and concepts in English.

English for Legal Secretaries

Who is it for?

Legal English for Legal Secretaries course is ideally suited to assistants working in the legal field who do not have a formal legal qualification but need to be familiar with legal jargon and confident of its meaning and use.

What is the focus?
Legal English for Legal Secretaries course is aimed at providing legal executives and paralegals with the communication tools and skills required to be proficient in their role. 

Course content
Core subject areas for all courses for legal secretaries will include:

• formal writing skills: style & register, accuracy & structure
• contract drafting: key terms
• telephone etiquette
• advanced grammar within a legal context
• social English & appropriate forms of address, client service etc.