Legal English: Young Lawyers
Sample Timetable - Week 1
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Testing and Grouping | Types of Crime Vocabulary & discussion |
Sentencing Vocabulary and discussion |
09:00 start. Visiting Speaker , Michelle Banks, Baker and McKenzie, Training to be a Solicitor |
Social English Weekend In London |
| Break | |||||
| 10:50-12:45 | Induction Introduction to the Course The Solicitor’s Work Vocabulary Student Interviews Language Feedback |
Criminal Procedure Describing your system Barristers and Solicitors Listening and Discussion |
Civil Law Case Studies Listening and Discussion |
Dealing with Difficult Legal Texts Easification/ Simplification |
Insolvency Vocabulary |
| Lunch | |||||
| 13:45 - 14:45 | CALL Induction Vocabulary: Civil and Criminal Law |
Visit to Southwark Crown Court Arrive 13:45 Contact: Colin Turner |
Civil law Case Studies Reading and Discussion |
Company Law | Video: Receivership The Receivers are Coming |
| Break | |||||
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Vocabulary Criminal and Civil law |
Visit - continued | Social English Dealing With Visitors |
Company Law Vocabulary and Discussion: Types of Company 15:30 finish |
CALL/ Tutorials Vocabulary Review |
| Homework | Crime and Criminal procedure: vocabulary | Tense Review | Reading: Easification | Vocabulary and letter | News and Views |
Sample Timetable - Week 2
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Contract Vocabulary | Contract Drafting Exercises – Draft clauses from negotiation | Contract Interpretation Worcester Widgets |
09:00 start. Visiting Speaker Els Janssens, Nabarro, Boilerplate Clauses |
Language Feedback from Negotiation |
| Break | |||||
| 10:50-12:45 | Negotiation Preparation Sale and Purchase of Computer Systems |
Contract drafting Drafting a Contract |
Civil Procedure Vocabulary and Information Exchange |
Worcester Widgets Correspondence Negotiation Preparation |
Writing letters and emails |
| Lunch | |||||
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Negotiation Sale and Purchase of Computer Systems |
Visit to Inns of Court & The Royal Courts of Justice |
Civil Procedure - The Rules in Practice Listening and Speaking |
Negotiation Worcester Widgets |
News & views |
| Break | |||||
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Language Feedback News & views Introduction |
Visit to The Royal Courts of Justice & Law Bookshop | News & views |
Negotiation Worcester Widgets 15:30 finish |
Vocabulary review |
| Homework | Vocabulary review | Reading: Civil procedure | Read Boilerplate Clauses | Vocabulary | Presentation/Letter |
Sample Timetable - Week 3
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Vocabulary work Formal Vocabulary EU Legislation |
9 00 Visiting Speaker: Steve Smart, AIG Europe Mobile Phone Contract |
Giving Legal Advice: Speaking |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
Student presentations |
| Break | |||||
| 10:50-12:45 | EU Case Studies: Information Exchange | Property Law Conflict of Law |
Giving Legal Advice: Writing Commercial law issues |
Finance and tax |
Student presentations |
| Lunch | |||||
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Intellectual Property |
Negligence - vocabulary and case studies |
Competition law |
Student presentations | Feedback on presentations Review of the course |
| Break | |||||
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Competition law | Prepositions practice | Employment law/Telephoning |
Student Presentations |
TBA |
| Homework | Preparation for Speaker | Preparation: Legal advice | Presentation Preparation | Presentation Preparation | Vocabulary Work/Review |