| Dates and venues: |
25 - 28 February 2008, London
11 -14 August 2008, Cambridge
Autumn dates to be fixed
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| Fees: |
£1250
plus VAT= £1468.75
£ 1125 plus VAT =
£1321.88 for further delegates from same
organisation |
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| Why this course? |
This course will help you to perform important work functions
effectively
in English
(such as advising clients, writing letters,
negotiating and giving presentations). It
will also focus on expanding your key legal English
terminology and enhancing your use of it.
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| What does the course cover? |
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Key
corporate and commercial terminology and language
practice
(can be varied depending on
delegates' practice areas)
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Advising clients, writing letters and
e-mails, negotiating,
telephoning and giving presentations
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Drafting contracts (an introduction)
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Comparison of US and British English
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Some grammar correction and
grammar exercises in a legal
context
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Who should attend? |
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Practising lawyers from private practice,
industry and government
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Others who use legal English in their
work, such as contract managers, translators
and paralegals
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What level of English should
you have? |
You must have at least an intermediate level of English.
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| Who are the trainers? |
| Trainers include: |
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Stella Styllis - LLB (Hons) (Exon),
Solicitor (now non-practising), University
of Cambridge CELTA
Stella practised as a solicitor for over 20
years, both in-house and in private
practice, before devoting her time fully to
training. She has held senior legal
positions with the Cyprus Development Bank,
Amoco U.K. Limited and (for 10 years) the
Rank Group (a multinational leisure group
and then global owner of the Hard Rock
Cafe). She has also run her own
private practice.
Stella has personally trained lawyers from
all over the world: from major international
law firms, industry and the judiciary. |
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Alan Simmons - LLB (Hons in Law
and French), LLM (International
Human Rights), RSA CTEFLA
Alan trained as a solicitor at
Linklaters & Paines. He later
practised as a commercial solicitor
at the firms of
Merriman
White and Izod Evans, advising on
(among other things) Company,
Commercial, Construction, Employment
and Intellectual Property Law. After
then gaining his LLM,
he
trained
lawyers and judges in Central and
Eastern Europe on the European
Convention on Human Rights.
Alan has been
engaged
for many
years
in delivering legal English skills
and language training to lawyers
worldwide. |
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