Tailored Legal English courses are available for lawyers practising in English as a second language. Communicaid’s Legal English courses, available at our London training centre or alternatively at a location of your choice worldwide, are designed and delivered by lawyers for lawyers and are recognised by law societies and bar associations worldwide.
From an intensive one-to-one course at our London training centre to an in-company Legal English course at your offices, Communicaid offers you and your organisation a legal English language course that meets your needs. With centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York providing countrywide coverage and partner organisations worldwide, Communicaid is uniquely placed to be your local, national and international training partner for legal English courses.
Benefits
A Legal English course will provide you with:
- More confidence explaining points of law under your national jurisdiction
- More effective and accomplished representation for your organisation
- Greater awareness of how to correct your own use of legal English
- Enhanced editing and drafting skills
- Improved presentation and negotiation skills when using legal English
Who should attend
Tailored Legal English courses are ideal for in-house counsel and lawyers who are required to communicate and draft on an international level using precise legal language.
Course content
All our Legal English courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients and will be determined by personal/organisational requirements, existing level and end objectives. However, core subject areas for a Legal English course will include:
- The accurate and appropriate use of vocabulary specific to your practice area or industry
- Communication skills for: client advising, giving legal opinions, attending international client or
practice group meetings and participating in teleconferences
- Drafting clear opinions, memos or agreements relevant to your practice areas and
incorporating appropriate house styles
Approach
Legal English training is available seven days a week, 365 days a year. Training takes place between 08:00 and 20:00 although training is also available outside of these hours upon request.
Suitable tailored and published materials will be used throughout your course, with recommendations on self-study material and extra reading made at the beginning and throughout the duration of your course.
We offer a variety of training formats for your Legal English course – from intensive, weeklong courses to extensive, modular lessons. Appropriate formats will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.
Legal English course trainer
Your Legal English course trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our specialist Legal English training team.
AS
AS is a qualified solicitor and has extensive experience in business, law and corporate language training. His legal background has taken him around the world advising on human rights’ issues and he is the author of several articles and publications on the subject. AS has been working with Communicaid since 1997 and has taught a wide variety of lawyers and business people, both native and non-native English speakers on an intensive and extensive basis. Recent Communicaid clients that have undergone legal English training with AS include British Telecom, Lovells and London University.
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