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TOLES
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Course content summary
This course is designed to prepare candidates for the TOLES (Test of Legal English Skills) examination. This qualification is for lawyers and law students to prove their ability to cope with everyday practical tasks in English when working in commercial law or studying in the law faculty of a UK or US university.
The course focuses on examination techniques for the different parts of the exam.
Benefits of doing this course
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- approach the exam more confidently
- assess your true ability in legal English
- improve your knowledge of legal English and key concepts in English law
- improve your writing skills, especially for letters and emails
- demonstrate your ability to current and future employers by including your grade and certificate as part of your CV
- keep up to date in your professional development
- prepare yourself for entry to a law course in a UK or US university, or for an internship
Course content
The TOLES course is intended to cover all of the language areas given below.
- Knowledge and use of specific legal vocabulary
- Formal letter writing and communication by email
- Simplification of complex contract clauses to Plain English
- Reading complex documentation
- Features of the English legal system
- Grammatical accuracy
The key language skills and communication strategies you will focus on for the exam include:
- Understanding and using specific legal vocabulary relevant in the global commercial market
- Writing formal letters and communicating by email
- Simplification of contract clauses
- Understanding and explaining complex legal documentation
- Writing and speaking with grammatical accuracy
Examination
The examination takes place in the school on the Friday at the end of the week.
Factcheck
- Fixed start dates
Subject to demand, available as a 4th and final week following our Legal English : Young Lawyers course
Subject to space and suitability, available as a one-week only course - Only appropriate for students who have taken our Legal English : Young Lawyers course or for people with a high level of legal English and in-depth knowledge of the legal English system
Course dates in 2009
26 January - 30 January, 9 - 13 March, 18 - 22 May,
27 - 31 July, 24 - 28 August, 19 - 23 October,
30 November - 4 December.
Fees in 2009
£375/week + £110 for exam fee and special materials.
This course is extremely useful and it's worth doing it.