Avukat, hâkim, savcı, hukuk danışmanı ve bu alanda uzmanlaşmak isteyenlere ayrıca hukuk öğrencilerine özel tasarlanmış uluslararası hukuk bilginizi terminoloji eksenli, kelime vurgulu, konuşma odaklı geliştirmek isteyenler için büyük bir fırsat. Sizi amansız rekabette; meslektaşlarınızdan bir adım öne geçirecek girişimde bulunun. Vakit kaybetmeden hukuk İngilizcesi (ilgilenenler için) programımıza katılın.

1. Course Design for the International Legal English
Certificate (ILEC)
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2. O iOverview
d iIntroduction
ILEC promotes good teaching practice
How lawyers use English
– major false preconceptionsmajor false preconceptions
– what lawyers do
C d i Course design
Classroom tips
Materials
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3. ILEC promotes good ILEC promotes good
teaching practiceteaching practice
o Provides the language, skills and topics
o Lawyers need
o Is inherently motivating
o Lots of support material availableo Lots of support material available
o Further training sessions under development
o Puts the student at the centre
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4. How lawyers use English
Major misconceptions
o lawyers spend a lot of time in court
lawyers can rely on translation and interpreterso lawyers can rely on translation and interpreters
o legal English is tied to Anglo‐American legal systemso legal English is tied to Anglo American legal systems
o lawyers need an in‐depth knowledge of Anglo‐
A i l l tAmerican legal systems
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5. What do lawyers do?
o first, ask “What is the context? What do business people p p
do”
if business people do it, then lawyers have to be if business people do it, then lawyers have to be
proficient in the English needed to assist them.
lawyers prepare and analyse documents for business o lawyers prepare and analyse documents for business
clients
l k id di ( d l fo lawyers work to avoid disputes (and try to settle out of
court when they do occur)
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6. What is Legal English?What is Legal English?
o Law is language!
o Legal English is different from General English or Business English
• Technical vocabulary
• (Cross‐discipline) technical vocabulary (Cross discipline) technical vocabulary
• Semi‐technical vocabulary
o Generally: legal English has these common attributes:
• very long sentences
• archaic expressions
• providing for all possible contingencies p g p g
• greater tendency to use formulaic expressions
o Nuances and shades of meaning can have huge consequenceso Nuances and shades of meaning can have huge consequences
o Language teachers can teach these nuances and shades
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7. English in Practice
o lawyers use English in a wide variety of
k d ditasks, depending on:
• their position/seniority in the firmp y
• their area of practice
• the size of the firm
• the importance of the client/case
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9. E gli h i P tiEnglish in Practice
What do lawyers read?y
o correspondence
o memoranda
o contracts and contract clauses
o statutes and case lawo statutes and case law
o law‐related articles
o regulatory filings
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10. English in PracticeEnglish in Practice
What do lawyers write?
o letters/email
do memoranda
o contracts & contract Clauses
o legal opinions
fili & l l d (b i f )o court filings & legal memoranda (briefs)
o regulatory filings
o corporate documentation
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11. English in PracticeEnglish in Practice
In what situations do lawyers speak and listen?
o firm meetings
o client meetingso client meetings
o seminars and conferences
o negotiations
o informal settings
phone conversationso phone conversations
o judicial proceedingsj p g
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12. Classroom Tips
o make your role clear from the start
h k b h h d do think about what the students need
o prepare thoroughly for each classo prepare thoroughly for each class
o be armed
o be confident
o learn from the students
watch the egoo watch the ego
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13. M t i lMaterials
o “International Legal English” course book (CUP)
o “International Legal English” teacher’s book (CUP)
o “Success with ILEC” Summertown publishingo Success with ILEC Summertown publishing
o “Oxford Handbook of Legal Correspondence” (OUP)
o “Professional English in Use: Law” (CUP)
o “Market Leader Intermediate: Business Law” (Longman)o Market Leader Intermediate: Business Law (Longman)
o www.LegalEnglishTest.org
o www translegal com Legal English Teaching Support (LETS)o www.translegal.com – Legal English Teaching Support (LETS)
• Law summaries
• Practice summaries
• Sample documents
• FAQ
• Important teaching resources and research linksImportant teaching resources and research links
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